Cherry Maple Wood Color

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Cherry maple wood color.

As with any natural product we expect and embrace unique characteristics in the wood grain. Cherry can often be identified because of its reddish brown tone which starts out as a lighter pinkish yellow hue that darkens after being exposed to sunlight. Cherry wood has a smooth closed grain pattern much like that of maple wood. A single cherry wood board can have several contrasting grain patterns depending on the growth of the tree.

Cherry wood has a reddish brown hue with a golden luster. The grain patterns and colors of our american walnut cherry and maple are so gorgeous that we hate to cover them up with anything other than a clear finish to protect the surface. It is a spongy wood. Even after wood is harvested and turned into furniture it continues to be a living breathing material that responds to its environment just like a tree would in.

Although called soft maple it s really only about 25 softer than hard maple wood and is still harder than wood from a douglas fir southern yellow pine or california redwood. Creamy colors of maple. Maple and cherry wood are two different types of wood. The most common type of cherry wood found in north america is black cherry.

There are many varieties of soft maple wood though the most common are the striped maple silver maple red maple bigleaf maple and box elder. To equalize the light dark areas sometimes it is a good idea to apply a light wash of shellac or sealer to the sanded bare wood before applying any staining materials.