VOGUE – TIGERWOOD NATURAL

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.