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- ACACIA NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
- ACACIA GOLDEN HANDSCRAPED
- AFRICAN CHERRY HANDSCRAPED
- CUMARU NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
- HICKORY BISCOTTI HANDSCRAPED
- HICKORY BROWN HANDSCRAPED
- JATOBA NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
- JATOBA BROWN HANDSCRAPED
- JATOBA WALNUT HANDSCRAPED
- MAPLE SMOKEY TOPAZ HANDSCRAPED
- MAPLE TOBACCO HANDSCRAPED
- TIGERWOOD NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
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GENERATION – TIGERWOOD NATURAL HANDSCRAPED
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The sapwood of a tigerwood is brownish-white to dirty gray, while the heartwood is reddish-brown to light golden-brown in color. The species has a mottled, wavy or interlocked, irregular grain. Tigerwood has a medium to dull luster and is fine in texture.
TIGERWOOD (GONCALO ALVES)
SPECS – ½” X 5” X 1’-7’ (9 PLY PLYWOOD CORE / 2MM WEAR LAYER)
TEXTURES – SMOOTH AND HANDSCRAPED
COLORS – NATURAL
FINISH – 7 COATS OF TREFFERT ALUMINIUM OXIDE (ANTI SCRATCH AND ANTI ABRASIVE)
SHEEN – 15% HANDSCRAPED (GENERATION COLLECTION) / 45% SMOOTH (VOGUE COLLECTION)
JANKA HARDNESS – 1850
ORIGIN – SOUTH AMERICA
APPEARANCE – LIGHT GOLDEN BROWN TO REDDISH-BROWN APPEARANCE WITH IRREGULARLY SPACED BLACKISH BROWN STREAKS. TIGERWOOD DARKENS OVER TIME WITH LIGHT EXPOSURE KNOWN AS OXIDATION. THE BACKGROUND COLORS CHANGE FROM A REDDISH TAN TO A DARKER RED COLOR, WHICH IN TURN MAKES THE BLACK STREAKS LESS PRONOUNCED AND MORE SUBTLE.
