African Sapele Hardwood

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African sapele hardwood. The wood is light to deep reddish brown. Rich heartwood colored in golden and dark reddish brown is perfect for use in creating expensive furniture musical and specialty objects. Our african sapele hardwood is dark reddish brown in colour with an interlocked or wavy grain and medium to fine in texture. Sapele flooring has characteristics of the sapele tree.

Be sure to take care while machining this wood. Sapele is a dusty lumber and this fine dust can cause respiratory problems and skin irritation. It is occasionally used as a substitute for genuine mahogany and is sometimes referred to as sapele mahogany. Or rippling banded or speckled patterns.

Looking for a dramatically elegant floor. Sapele is in the same family as mahogany. Sapele is a commonly exported and economically important african wood species. Other uses for all three are interior and architectural millwork furniture.

African mahogany sapele are also used for making windows and doors. Hardwood flooring african sapele. Sapele is actually somewhat soft for a hardwood although it is still harder than mahogany and it is therefore very gentle on tools. This is not an endangered species and is in plentiful supply in africa.

A look at african mahogany sapele and utile. African mahogany and utile are also used for boat building. The name sapele comes from that of the city of sapele in nigeria where there is a preponderance of the tree african timber and plywood at p a division of the united africa company had a factory at this location where the wood along with triplochiton scleroxylon obeche mahogany and khaya was processed into timber which was then exported from the port of sapele worldwide. Brenco exotic woods when the ordinary will not.

2 1 4 prefinished solid sapele. Now you can buy it for your hardwood floor. Sapele has a medium to coarse texture. Same as mahogany exploitation of sapele forests are regulated by several countries across africa.

Grain is straight to interlocked. Sapele is a lovely exotic wood that has been used to make guitars jewelry and furniture. Sapele and african mahogany have gained popularity for usage in exterior mouldings including siding and soffits. It s sold both in lumber and veneer form.

A word of caution to contractors and carpenters however. Consider the crimson chestnut sapele with its crisscrossed and streaked or honeycomb grain. Sapele is a hardwood from tropical africa that successfully emulates the characteristics that have made mahogany so popular. It is a great alternative to mahogany.