Tight Grain Hardwood

White oak on the other hand has such a tight cell structure that water can t pass.

Tight grain hardwood.

White oak plywood has a tight grain and is a different species than red oak. Contemporary minimalist or modern. Creamy white in highest grade. Minimal grain extremely tight color range in highest grades.

Ambers slightly with exposure to light. Hickory carya spp the first strictly american hardwood species since it survived the glacial epoch some 50 million years ago. That s why white oak works so well for whiskey barrels and outdoor furniture. When close grained wood is cut into lumber it has the appeal of being smooth and without the irregular characteristics of wide grained woods.

Used where minimal grain or pattern is desired. Close grained wood also called fine grained wood is any wood in which the annual rings in the wood are tight or close. Wide variation in lower grades. 12 harder than red oak.

Its tight grain and hardness makes it a popular wood for gymnasium floors cutting boards and the heels of women s shoes. The sapwood is light colored and the heartwood is light to dark brown. White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture with longer rays than red oak. Lignum vitae a hardwood native to the west indies has the finest grain of any wood known and an ironlike density.