Very Dense African Hardwood

Since water is repelled by the wood s oils using water based glues like titebond can pose problems though titebond ii or iii are usually better at gluing oily woods than titebond original.

Very dense african hardwood.

It has the same fire rating as steel and concrete making it a more fire resistant choice than softwoods. It is an extremely hard wood strong and stiff very stable with a fine texture. One of the most famous african woods ebony is a very dark almost black wood that is also very dense. Formerly classified as a member of the acacia genus this south african hardwood is a tough customer.

Due to its extreme hardness it is commonly used for the fretboard on a guitar. African blackwood as its name implies is another black colored wood. Iron wood ironwood is a common name for a wide variety of african trees or shrubs that have exceptionally hard or dense wood. Indeed among some 285 species tested including lignum vitae gabriel janka originally found african blackwood to be the very hardest.

African blackwood as its name implies is another black colored wood. African blackwood is considered to be among the hardest and densest of woods in the world. African blackwood is an exotic wood native to eastern africa and is also known as mozambique ebony or senegal ebony. Ebony wood is a dense black brown hardwood which is dense enough to sink in water.

Although the name is applied generally to trees of three unrelated genera scores of other trees are also called ironwood in local usage. 100 percent natural wood. Instead use glues that aren t water based and or glues that can bond a wider variety of materials like plastics and other non porous surfaces. It says elsewhere that black ironwood african ironwood is called olea capensis and according to the guinness book of records is the heaviest wood with a specific gravity of 1 49 whatever that means.

Guibourtia spp also known as african rosewood is a beautiful dense hardwood with a rose colored background and darker purple striping. Tamboti is arguably the most beautiful wood on the african continent. The wood is stubbornly hard and the tree is protected by giant sharp thorns. 3 use synthetic non water based glues.

It features a dark brown even purplish heartwood with dark streaks. Mold fire weather and pest resistant. It is indigenous to madagascar and southern africa.