Hardwood Decking

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Purple Heart Hardwood Decking

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Purple Heart

Description:
Purple heart is dark brown when freshly cut but becomes a deep purple to purplish violet but will darken with age.

Janka Hardness
1860 pounds-force

Density
500KG/M3 6% Moisture
1300 KG/M3 GOS

Gluing
Glues well

Finishes
Finishes well
(check compatibility with varnish manufacture)

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Purple Heart Decking

Janka Hardness

Hardness and Durability: Probably the most important strength property for wood used in flooring application it is side hardness, also known as Janka hardness. Side hardness represents the resistance of wood to wear, denting and marring. It is measured by load required to embed a 0.444-inch steel ball to one-half its diameter in the wood. Janka Hardness rating are generally based on an average of test on both tangential and radial ( plainsawn and quartersawn) sample. The test measures the force required to push a steel ball with a diameter of 11.28 millimeters (0.444 inches) into the wood to a depth of half the ball's diameter.