Merbau Wood
Merbau wood is mainly originated from Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Phipines & Papua New Guinea. Merbau wood is also planted in Africa. Merbau parquet wood is very hard even in the range of hardwood species, with its Janka rating hardness about 1850 Ps, 80% higher than teak wood & black walnut wood. Therefore, merbau wood, or merbau hardwood, is very suitable for hardwood flooring, hardwood cladding & hardwood furniture.
Merbau wood has excellent strength characteristics, along with excellent stability, making it ideally suited for use as wood flooring and other applications where strength is important.
Merbau is reported to be very durable, and resists both rotting and insect attack.
Merbau wood has,in its wood structure, naturally dark brown colloidsubstance, which would dissolve with the contact of water and would be washed away by water. This is what people call “merbaubleeding”.Andmerbau wood dark brown color would fade away and turn grey. In order to prevent merbau bleeding, merbau wood for outdoor use, such as merbau wood decking, needs to be processed with oil finishing.
Moisture content : 8-12%
SIZE IN FEET : 8X4,7X4,6X4,8X3,7X3,6X3
THICKENSS IN MM : 6 MM,9 MM,12 MM,16 MM,19MM
