The sapwood of red oak is white to very light brown, while the heartwood is reddish brown. Red oak has a coarse texture; it is heavy, straight-grained, hard, tough, very stiff, and strong. Fast-growing oak, with its wide rings, is stronger and heavier than slow grown oak.
The sap wood of white oak, like that of red oak , is white to very light brown. The heartwood is light to dark brown. White oak has a coarse texture; it is heavy, straight-grained, hard, tough, very stiff, and strong. Both red and white oak finish well.
The sapwood of ash is light brown, while the heartwood is brown to greyish brown. The width of the sapwood is 3 to 6 inches. It is ring porous with the latewood being composed of parenchyma which surrounds and unites the latewood pores in tangential bands.
Hard maple has a fine, uniform texture, is resistant to abrasion. It is heavy, strong, stiff, hard, and resistant to shock. Sugar maple is generally straight grained but the grain also occurs as "birds-eye," " curly, " and "fiddleback" grain.
Unfinished 2-1/4" or 3-1/4" Unfinished 3" 4" or 5" Prefinished
Unfinished 2-1/4" or 3-1/4" Unfinished 3" 4" or 5" Prefinished
Unfinished 2-1/4" or 3-1/4" Unfinished 3" 4" or 5" Prefinished