Wood To Distress
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Wood Species and Descriptions For Distressing Wood:
WHITE PINE:
Not a very hard wood, but a wood that makes a very attractive floor. Knotty pine, as it is commonly known, is cool in the summer, and warm on a cold morning. Available in nice wide widths, it makes you think of those distressed antique floors of the early part of the century. Pine does not stains very well.
YELLOW PINE:
Southern Yellow Pine is a softer wood that is harder & more durable than white pine. Southern Yellow has a more yellow color and is available with or without knots. With its distinctive straight grain and pale light giving color it gives a fresh open feel to any room. Not easy to stain, but can still give a look like a mature floor in no time and yet is still relatively inexpensive.
RED OAK:
A very popular wood used for flooring, it has a deeply defined grain, which is instantly recognizable. Red Oak will take stain well and is a hard-wearing floor. Pale brown with a pinkish hue.
NORTHERN OAK:
The same characteristics as regular Red Oak, Northern Oak is a red oak that grows in colder climates. It grows more slowly and is more dense and a little harder. The other difference is its l even wheat yellow color.
WHITE OAK:
White Oak is really brown to yellowish brown. And is slightly harder, more durable and stable than Red Oak. Perhaps the finest wood for staining, White Oak will enable you to blend the color to suit your decor. A little less common than red, white oak is a floor that can be made to look as if it’s been in your home for years with very little work.
TIGER OAK:
Tiger Oak is a Red Oak tree that is grown in areas where there are mineral deposits in the soil. The tree absorbs the minerals as it grows and so creates a dark fleck or stripe in the grain pattern. The color is a deep reddish brown , the effect is stunning and about 20% harder than Red Oak.
SASSAFRAS:
Sassafras is a particularly stable wood, although not the as hard as some hardwoods. It is ideal for areas close to the shore, lakes and rivers where humidity can be a problem. It has a grain pattern close to that of oak with a very pleasing chestnut brown to wheat brown color.
WHITE ASH:
Almost white with just a hint of yellow and beige – and with a deeply defined grain Because of its hardness and light color, Ash is a very difficult wood to stain. However, its natural color for those who are looking for a light floor is simply gorgeous. it’s slow grown in a cooler climate, which makes it harder and more durable than oak.
WHITE MAPLE:
Maple is a heavy, dense wood which has a very fine texture. It has the ability to promote light in even the darkest room .Maple is among the least stable of flooring woods and is extremely difficult to stain, so you have to like the color.
SPOOKY MAPLE:
Spooky maple is indeed a different kind of look for a hardwood floor; the stripes in the floor were created by little worms which made their home in the tree before it was cut down. the work they did will give you a casual floor that will have every visitor talking.
AMERICAN CHERRY:
American Cherry has a grain pattern that is almost three-dimensional and is really quite stunning. Don’t forget the color – ranging from a pinkish-brown through to a deep red. it is one of the more stable hardwoods. It takes a stain well and finishes extremely well.
MAHOGANY:
It’s durable, stains well and finishes beautifully. There really is nothing like the color of true Mahogany. Generally a reddish light brown with a hint of yellow, it gives a very rich look.
SANTOS MAHOGANY:
one of the hardest woods used for hardwood flooring. It is very even colored, stains well and finishes well. It’s rich red brown with yellow highlights.
BRAZILIAN CHERRY:
An exotic wood with Reddish brown color with some yellow. Brazilian cherry is a color variant wood, expect a lot of different colors in your floor. The variation makes it a very pretty floor when clear finished. Brazilian cherry is also a very, very hard wood.
PURPLEHEART:
Purpleheart, is indeed purple! certainly not to everyone’s taste but if you are looking for a very hard wood floor thats different then this is it. Purpleheart finishes well and will catch the eyes of every visitor.
AFRICAN PADAUK;
Padauk is orange red with a flowing grain imported from India. Padauk is harder than oak and finishes very well. This wood is for the person looking for a floor that makes a statement.
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