Ipe (Brazilian Walnut)
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Ipe (Brazilian Walnut) is ideal for wood flooring where durability and high shock resistance are needed, such as in industrial environments. It is also used in railroad crossties, heavy construction, tool handles, and decorative veneers and decking.

Appearance


COLOR: The heartwood of Ipe ranges from olive brown to blackish, though it can have lighter or darker striping that is sharply demarcated from the whitish or yellowish sapwood.


GRAIN: Ipe is a low-luster wood with an oily appearance, a fine-to-medium texture, and a grain that ranges from straight to very irregular.


VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES AND GRADES: Little variation.

Properties


HARDNESS (JANKA): Very Hard

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY: Excellent.

Resources

Grades - Prefinished

TIMELESS: Strict grading rules limit the size and number of any natural defects such as knots, streaks, or sap wood. Select or Timeless grading is for the customer looking for the clearest and most consistent look to their flooring.

VINTAGE: This grade allows tight filled knots, as well as other naturally occurring characteristics of wood such as streaks, mineral, limited worm holes, color variation and sap wood.

COLONIAL: This grade allows unlimited character markings that are found naturally in solid wood.