Black Cherry Wood Grain

I went to home depot and found me a small cherry wood floor sample and studied it for a while after analyzing the piece i decided to paint.

Black cherry wood grain.

Cherry also referred to as american cherry wild black cherry rum cherry and mountain black cherry is a native of the eastern united states. 35 lbs ft3 560 kg m3 color appearance. Black cherry as it is most commonly referred to is the largest of the native cherries and the only one commercially harvested for lumber. This aging process can be accelerated by exposing the wood in a judicious manner to direct sunlight.

But this client of mine wanted his white entertainment built in to match his kitchen s black cherry wood. The janka value is a representation of the amount of force necessary to partially embed a small steel ball into the wood s surface permanently denting the wood. Black cherry cherry american cherry distribution. Hmm how to go from white to a stain look.

While the sapwood is often a light yellowish colour the heartwood is a warm reddish brown. What also possesses great appeal is the grain pattern. The janka value of american black cherry wood is 995 which is slightly less than walnut oak maple and ash but higher than pine hemlock alder and even mahogany and cedar. Wood grain on bowl made from the burl of a wild black cherry prunus serotina a common tree of eastern north america.

Heartwood is a light pinkish brown when freshly cut darkening to a medium reddish brown with time and upon exposure to light. Cherry wood is my personal favorite of all the domestic wood species. The heartwood of black cherry has a light pinkish brown color when freshly cut. Sand in direction of wood grain with 120 grit sandpaper.

50 100 ft 15 30 m tall 3 5 ft 1 1 5 m trunk diameter average dried weight. With exposure to sunlight the wood will noticeably darken over time. The cream colored sapwood however never darkens to match. Eastern north america tree size.

Visit the home depot to buy varathane 1 qt. Sunlight deepens it to a dark orange red. American black cherry is widely used for paneling and as a veneer burial caskets and other specialty items such as gunstocks tobacco pipes musical instruments turnery carvings etc. One of the most compelling features of black cherry is its signature reddish brown colour.

Black cherry develops a rich reddish brown patina as it ages that s frequently imitated with wood stains on other hardwoods such as yellow poplar liriodendron tulipifera. So here we are changing all our furniture and cabinets from wood stains to white cream gray etc. Progress through 150 180 and 220 grit. Black cherry wood stain 266165.

It is only moderately durable for outdoor projects. Black cherry prunus serotina common name s.