Details & Benefits:
This amazing quality craft wood in sizes in bundles of top quality, beautiful and a variety of sizes is pro-sanded, kiln dried exotic Padauk hobby craft wood. Excellent thin Padauk for use in many woodworking projects. Dried and Sanded on two top bottom faces. Excellent thin Padauk for use in many woodworking projects. The rich red color in the heartwood comes from natural chemical compounds extracted from the soil and deposited in the heart of this tree wood.
While the woodworkers appreciate the unique and distinctive coloring, the tree’s extract protects the heartwood from fungal and bacterial decay, contributing to its durability. Padauk has excellent tonal qualities. It’s used for drums in its native Africa due to its low acoustical dampening properties. It is also use in string instruments (primarily guitars) for its resonant tonal attributes. Recent research has shown that the extractive not only because it’s unique coloration, but also plays an important role in shaping the acoustic profile of this wood.
Common Uses:
Veneer, flooring, turned objects, musical instruments, furniture, tool handles, and other small specialty wood craft objects.
Comments:
Padauk has a very unique reddish orange coloration, and the wood is sometimes referred to by the name Vermillion.
