Beech

The sapwood of European Beech is white with a red tinge, while the heartwood is light to dark reddish brown.

Hardwoods
Interior

Overview

Beech has white sapwood and light reddish brown heartwood. The wood is generally straight grained with a fine uniform texture.

Available Thickness:
25, 38, 50, 52, 60, 70, 80mm

Origin:
Romania, Europe, Germany

Price*: $$$$$

Working Properties

The wood works fairly easily, glues well with care, takes stain and polish extremely well, and nails and screws satisfactorily where pre-boring is advised. It dries rather slowly with little degrade, but it has moderately high shrinkage, so is susceptible to movement in performance.

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