Custom Wood Countertops
Wood Samples
Leopardwood Custom Countertops
Face Grain Construction
General Description: Leopardwood is often confused with Lacewood, because they have similar characteristics. However, Leopardwood is much more dense and it is darker in color. Extremely texture-rich and visually stunning, the sapwood of Leopardwood is reddish-brown, while the heartwood is chocolate colored. The one thing that separates this wood from others is that it features "leopard spots" inside the wood itself. The spots are a lighter brown that give the wood a unique textured look and feel.
Janka Hardness: 840
Color: The sapwood of leopardwood is brownish-red while the heartwood is more chocolate-brown in color.
Color Change: Fairly stable but may darken somewhat with time.
Grain: The species has a tight grain and a fairly course texture. All of the faces (side, face, and endgrain) have very different looks, but all are equally gorgeous.
Finishing: This species sands well and stains and polishes rather easily.
Characteristics: Flaky, speckled figure with dark flecks, varying from a small lacelike pattern to a larger splashy figure.
Lacewood Custom Countertops
Face Grain Construction
General Description: Although sometimes confused for Leopardwood, Lacewood is a different type of wood altogether. They both boast an extremely rich appearance, but Lacewood is lighter, less dense, and more common than Leopardwood. Lacewood is a beautiful species, very figured in its detail. The sapwood is almost white, while the heartwood is pink to reddish-brown in color.
Janka Hardness: 840
Color: Lacewood virtually glows a reddish brown color
Color Change: Lacewood matures to a deeper brown with age.
Grain: The wood, when cut, features a straight grain with large rays. It has a moderately coarse texture, but the feel of the wood is very even and can be smoothed to perfection.
Finishing: This species sands well and stains and polishes rather easily.
Characteristics: While the grain structure is straight, the wood exhibits lace-like figure produced from medullary rays that bisect the rings of annual growth. This wood is only moderately hard and the texture is coarse.
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