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Category: Hardwood Flooring Product Type: Brazilian Cherry Product Information & 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% Gluing: Glues well Finishes: Finishes well Density: 500KG/M3 6% / Moisture 1300 KG/M3 GOS Available Formats: Available in 3/4 x 2.25, 3, 3.25, 4, 5 and Janka Hardness: 2820 pounds-force 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. |
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