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  Exotic Wood padauk
Although most padauk is a rich red color, there is a variety that is harvested in the Congo that is more commonly orange in color.
Based on the purplish brown color, accurately shown here, this one hardly looks like padauk, but the vendor is reliable and there is enough grain similarity to make the identification seem reasonable.
This piece is over 10 years old and clearly shows signs of the color darkening, but this piece has not been exposed to direct sunlight so has not turned the dark reddish brown that it otherwise would have but has retained some red as it faded to a more purplish color.
www.hobbithouseinc.com /personal/woodpics/padauk.htm   (1582 words)

  
  Paduak | Articles | ISWOnline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Because padauk yields vibrant colors - depending on the species and the log, colors range from blood red to bright orange, brick red, or red with purplish streaks to a yellow-orange - it is a good choice as an accent wood and for use in inlay work and marquetry.
Padauk is also known as a dye wood, meaning the wood is used to make dyes.
Burma padauk can be hard to saw if the wood is dry and difficult to use with hand tools because of its interlocked grain and coarse texture.
www.iswonline.com /ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=1BE6ED0BC88140FEB0121745A894CB6B   (830 words)

  
 Oakley Woods Company Profile
“Padauk species are known for yielding wood with vibrant colors, brightest when cut and darkening with age and exposure.
Because padauk yields vibrant colors — depending on the species and the log, colors range from blood red to bright orange, brick red, or red with purplish streaks to a yellow-orange — it is a good choice as an accent wood and for use in inlay work and marquetry.
When padauk veneer is stored it sort of ‘crystallizes’ on the surface, developing a white powder that is easily sanded off,” Matulevich said.
www.oakleywoods.com /company/paduprop.htm   (812 words)

  
 Wood of the Week: Walnut
Padauk heartwood is a vivid reddish orange when freshly cut, darkening to reddish- or purple-brown or fl over time, with a straight to interlocked grain and relatively coarse texture.
Padauk’s color tends to bleed when most any solvent, including water is used.
Padauk finishes well; some have found that water-based finishes hold the color better, and one should consider UV inhibitors in any finish used, to reduce the darkening of beautiful reds and oranges to a dark purplish-brown.
www.easttexaswoodturners.org /wood-padauk.htm   (534 words)

  
 Padauk Font
Padauk conforms to the proposed extensions in anticipation of their being accepted into the Unicode standard.
Padauk continues to be developed so should you find problems with the font, please send feedback to
Padauk is released under the Open Font License.
scripts.sil.org /cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=padauk   (327 words)

  
 Padauk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Padauk grows in tropical climates, although the geography changes from rain forest to dry, nearly treeless plains with each species.
All padauks bear distinctive, round, inedible fruit banded by a flat wing that gives them a flying saucer-like appearance.
Depending on the species, padauk's coarse-grained heartwood varies in color from a lustrous purple-red to orange-red.
www.woodmagazine.com /wood/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/wood_profiles_padauk.xml   (540 words)

  
 Padauk Wood Flooring from County Floors - Exotic and Domestic
Although the sapwood of padauk tends to be a very uniform cream or pale beige color, the heartwood is prized for its rich reddish orange tone which over time seasons nicely to a dark reddish- or purple-brown color, or even fl.
Padauk has a moderately coarse texture, with large pores and a grain that can be straight or interlocked.
Padauk saws well, but because of its hardness and density it requires a slow saw rate.
www.countyfloors.com /species_padauk.html   (292 words)

  
 Exotic Woods: Padauk - Domestic Hardwoods Imported Wood Turning Stock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Characteristics: Padauk is an exotic and imported hardwood that comes in both in a strip or a mottled effect.
An eye catching wood, the color varies from a rich crimson or brick red, to reddish-purple streaks, to bright-orange.
Common Uses: Padauk is used for joinery - turnery - furniture - inlay - flooring - knife handles - veneer and tool handles.
curiouswoods.com /wood--Padauk--PAD   (303 words)

  
 Padauk Manufacturers
Tropical Timber, Pyinkado, Teak, Keruing, Padauk, Acacia, Me
This is well detailed Padauk Statuary is from a private collectio
Type of wood: Mixed of Pyinkado, Narra Padauk, Acacia.
www.alibaba.com /showroom/Padauk.html   (556 words)

  
 Teakwood Main doors , Padauk Woodcarving Panels. Carving on wood - Doors, Panels, Motifs VelmanGraphics
Velman Wood Carved Doors are made to the requirements of the customer.
Doors are made of First quality Teak, Padauk, Beach, Rubber wood and MDF.
The designs showcased can be suited for both interior and exterior purpose.
www.velman.com /woodcarving/carving_door.html   (45 words)

  
 Padauk
Departments >> Wood >> Exotic & Domestic Woods >> -P- >> Padauk
The 8 board foot lumber pack contains 6 pieces of 3/4" x 4" x 48" stock.
Padauk, 3/4"x 3/4" x 5" (10 pc.) #06R83
www.woodcraft.com /family.aspx?FamilyID=695   (87 words)

  
 Westpenn Hardwoods - 2" x 2" x 12" PADAUK
Padauk "PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII" Also know as Mutui, Ngula and Bosulu This wood is vivid reddish-orange, but it changes to bright red or coral pink with dark streaks.
With a specific density of.72, Padauk is similar to Walnut in density and ease of working.
Padauk has a tendency to degrade in color to brown over time.
www.westpennhardwoods.com /shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=976   (139 words)

  
 padauk :: african padauk :: lumber
The heartwood from a padauk tree is bright red but oxidizes after being cut to reveal a purple-brown color.
Padauk takes glue fairly well and has an average ability to hold nails and screws.
Padauk saw dust is known to cause respiratory irritation.
www.all-wood-working-plans.com /padauk.html   (171 words)

  
 CHINAHONGYOUHONG
China Red and Red is a comprehensive enterprise that majorly produces padauk furnitere, padauk handicraft article furnishings are supplementary, and it gives consideration to indoor, wineshop padauk decoration.
The padauk handicraft article furnishing of our factory are made by high grade wood-carved technician, the products are myriads of shape and lifelike and they will make you relaxes and happy and fondle admiringly.
Now my factory has designers in a specific decoration field; there are a lot technicians in our factory, they can take over all kinds of top grade indoor and wineshop's padauk decoration business and varying styles of padauk door and padauk floors and padauk windows and stairs and etc business.
www.chinahongyouhong.com /gsjj.asp   (188 words)

  
 Adder of Chaos - Handmade Padauk Wooden Magic Wand
Made from Padauk wood from Africa, a profoundly chaotic energy surrounds this work of art.
Padauk, a wood with a masculine and chaotic energy, is light but strong and polishes to a red-orange glow.
The tiger-eye gemstone is known for its ability to instill confidence in its possessor, and clarity of mind.
goldentreewands.com /adderofchaos.htm   (166 words)

  
 When Padauk Blossoms Bloom, by Peace House Travel - Myanmar (Burma)
Most foreigners know Thingyan as the time when it is very hot and dusty and every person on the street is greeted with a bucket of water over his head or ambushed by jets of water from hoses.
It is also the time for April showers to make the Padauk bloom and perfume the air with their delicate scent.
Padauk blossoms are especially valued as they bloom only when Thingyan is near and their beauty can be appreciated for only one day before they wither.
www.peacehousetravel.com /whenpadaukblossomsbloom.html   (1254 words)

  
 Padauk: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Padauk (or padouk) is a tree Pterocarpus indicus found in the tropics of southeast Asia with a red wood with an etiolated or sometimes striped fl grain.
The wood, known as amboyna, is used mainly for decoration on furniture.
Post a link to definition / meaning of " Padauk " on your site.
www.encyclopedian.com /pa/Padauk.html   (76 words)

  
 PADAUK Information
The precise color and grain pattern from a padauk tree felled in Nan province in Thailand, may differ from the color/grain of a padauk tree felled in Laos.
Padauk is sometimes referred to as Burmese Padauk (although much of it comes from other countries) and, sometimes, Asian Rosewood.
Padauk is a very specific and accurate name for Pterocarpus Macrocarpus, however, you will find that the term “Rosewood” is frequently applied to a wide range of wood types with a faint orders.
www.teakmarket.com /id25.htm   (511 words)

  
 padauk
I received advice that Padauk was not good for a salid bowl.
Re: padauk -- Bob R -- Tuesday, 1 November 2005, at 9:36 p.m.
Padauk is a fine wood -- can be toxic though.
www.woodcentral.com /cgi-bin/archives_turning.pl?noframes;read=87635   (175 words)

  
 Frank Paxton Lumber Company
Due to the differences in video displays, the color and grain of the wood as it appears online may not be true to life.
Padauk is one of the most beautiful woods in the world.
Padauk is open-grained, like the Mahoganies, and is a fine cabinetmakerís wood.
www.paxtonwood.com /padauk.html   (97 words)

  
 African Padauk - Pterocarpus soyauxii
African padauk is reported to be relatively secure within its natural habitat in most areas including, Congo, but it is officially classified as Vulnerable in Cameroon.
African padauk is reported to be available in both lumber and veneer forms on the market in North America, but prices are typically in the high range.
Availability in long lengths, wide boards, and in veneer form is reported to be rather limited on the European market, but prices are reported to be comparable to that of the lower cost hardwoods.
www.exotichardwoods-africa.com /paduakafrican.htm   (745 words)

  
 Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii) : Buy Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii) at Axminster Power Tool Centre
There are several different types of Padauk, the commonest of which is the African.
This wood is a vivid blood red when first cut, toning down to a dark purple-brown with deeper red streaks on exposure.
Padauk is of medium density with straight to interlocked grain, which is of moderately coarse texture.
www.axminster.co.uk /product-Padauk-(Pterocarpus-soyauxii)-22975.htm   (203 words)

  
 PM Builds 6 Different Styles Of Picture Frames - Popular Mechanics
For Frame 6, we've chosen curly maple for the field and raised outer band, with a padauk inlay that accents the inner edge.
After ripping the maple stock to width, use a dado blade or router table to cut a 3/16-in.-deep x 1/4-in.-wide rabbet along one edge of each of the four frame pieces.
For Frame 6, glue padauk strips in a rabbet on the edge of a maple field.
www.popularmechanics.com /home_improvement/furniture/1273401.html?page=6&c=y   (460 words)

  
 VeloNews Forum - Bike Talk - Flyingcoaster - Some furniture pics
They are made of alder with inlays and upper 'n lower trim of padauk.
As for finish, for anything that incorporates padauk, I discovered a product from Sherwin Williams, Polane, that is the only way to keep the natural red color from turnin' a mousey-brown.
It's nasty stuff, banned in most of the country when I discovered it, but being backwoods heathens, it was still available ('bout 10 years ago) when I built the office cabinets and another large picure frame.
www.velonews.com /phorum3/read.php?f=2&t=139362&a=2   (858 words)

  
 bit-tech.net | Real Wood iPod by ZapWizard
The dust cover in this photo (annoyingly) touched the coating while it was setting and that area was sanded off before the final coat.
A click wheel and select button were then cut out of African Padauk Veneer and given the same treatment.
They are different in color as the veneer came from a different piece of wood.
www.bit-tech.net /modding/2005/07/05/wood_ipod_zapwizard/1.html   (463 words)

  
 Wood Flooring International - African Padauk Species Details
African Padauk is a medium hard specie used primarily for its vibrant orange/red color.
Color Range: African Padauk offers a medium range of color variability from medium oranges through to vivid oranges with darker striping when freshly milled.
Color Change: African Padauk undergoes an extreme degree of color change with pronounced darkening from the vivid orange color when freshly milled to a dark red almost fl color when fully aged/oxidized.
www.wflooring.com /Technical_Info/Species_Tech_Info/Species_Pages/padauk_african.htm   (173 words)

  
 penturners.org - Black Striped Padauk and Tzalam: 1/2 Gone
I found this padauk board and thought it was cocobolo.
I briefly forgot that folks used to use padauk for dye.
The Padauk is $1.35 each and the Tzalam is $1.00 each.
www.penturners.org /forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=17375&REPLY_ID=175723   (479 words)

  
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Chechen (Metopium brownei) — Fine-textured and variegated in color from brown to reddish-brown, with a golden luster.
Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii) — Open-grained, but takes a good finish and is vivid red to purple-brown with white sapwood.
Purpleheart (Peltogyne spp.) — Deep purple to dark brown with lighter sapwood.
www.leevalley.com /wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32840&cat=1,250,43217,43221&ap=1   (240 words)

  
 African Padauk Wood Floors: Shop Prerfinished & Unfinished African Padauk Imported Exotic Wood Flooring
African Padauk wood floors have a medium hard specie used primarily for its vibrant orange/red color.
African Padauk wood floors offer a medium range of color variability from medium oranges through to vivid oranges with darker striping when freshly milled.
African Padauk wood floors undergoes an extreme degree of color change with pronounced darkening from the vivid orange color when freshly milled to a dark red almost fl color when fully aged/oxidized.
www.exoticwoodflooring.com /exotic_woodfloor_species/african_padauk.htm   (189 words)

  
 African Padauk
AD Padauk can be used for fancy turnery, carvings, flooring, decorative veneer, fine joinery, tools and knife handles.
Saws well but requires slow feed, easy to machine, but with some tearing of interlocked grain, takes a good finish, glues easily and holds nails and screws satisfactorily.
These are all the Padauk boards we have left for now.
www.josoratsawmill.com /Padauk.htm   (207 words)

  
 Etsy :: Fancy Kitty African Padauk and Ebony Crochet Hook or Spindle display holder
Here is a display that has the appropriate ambiance for your valuable hooks and spindles.
It is hand made from a very rare, expensive, and beautiful piece of African padauk.
This is a lovely African rosewood with a very rich red color only displayed by padauk.
www.etsy.com /view_item.php?listing_id=551795   (388 words)

  
 Characteristics of padauk
I have been privileged to acquire a wood named padauk, which is deep red/orange in color.
I was able to identify the wood at a local store, but would like to know more about the nature of the wood itself, like how it is best worked, popular uses, where it comes from and, most of all, if it is worth getting.
Besides being a nasal irritant, padauk causes a rather persistent burning sensation in the area surround any splinters you may receive.
www.woodweb.com /knowledge_base/Characteristics_of_padauk.html   (847 words)

  
 Padauk guitar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Master grade Cedar top concert guitar, Padauk back and sides, rosette # 9
Padauk has straight/interlocked grain with slightly coarse texture.
Rich red to purple red and pale-beige are the typical colors.
www.mangore.com /padauk-guitar.html   (101 words)

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