Hardwood Flooring

Sabra International, Inc. offers a wide variety of options for

Brazilian Cherry Hardwood Flooring

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  More Flooring Species
- Amendoim
- Angelim Pedra
- Australian Cypress Pine
- Blood Wood
- Brazilian Cherry
- Brazilian Maple
- Brazilian Walnut ( Ipe )
- Cumaru
- Lapacho
- Patagonian Rosewood
- Purple heart
- Santos Mahogany
- Sirari Rosewood
- Tatajuba
- Tiete Chestnut (Sucupira)
- Tigerwood

 

Brazilian Cherry

Description:
Brazilian Cherry is salmon red to orange brown when fresh, becoming russet to reddish brown when seasoned, often with dark streaks. Medium texture, golden, luster. Very durable. Easy to glue and finish. Radial shrinkage 4.5%, tangential 8.5%

Janka Hardness
2820 pounds-force

Density
850kgs/m3 6%
1240 KG/M3 Green (GOS)

Gluing
Glues well

Finishes
Finishes well
(check compatibility with varnish manufacture)

 

Available Formats

  • Available in 3/4 x 2.25", 3", 3.25", 4", 5" and 3/8 x 3".

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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.