Comments on: What is Asian Mahogany Hardwood Flooring? https://www.builddirect.com/learning-center/flooring/asian-mahogany/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 By: Robert Pollock https://www.builddirect.com/learning-center/flooring/asian-mahogany/comment-page-1/#comment-7563 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:27:05 +0000 //www.builddirect.com/learning-center/?p=847#comment-7563 I’m looking for wood to put as a 3′ wide walk-way around part of our pool. I’ve built many things over the years and normally, for outdoor use only pressure treated or certain types of wood such as cedar would be used but now I’m in Palm Springs, CA and the sun here is so intense, that most people don’t bother with wood outside, or they try to use it and it suffers and looks it. It fades, checks and cracks and gets brittle. I doubt the 3″ of rain annually has any effects, just the sun.
My experience tells me only one thing protects wood from sunlight and that is pigmentation, so treating any wood for outdoor use around here must have some.
Investigation tells me that the newer poly based stains can be cut up to 50% with plain old mineral spirits, which helps to deliver the pigment a little deeper than just superficial and begins a maintenance regimen I’ve been using on Redwood outdoor bench exposed to lots of sun for 3 years now, which is simply to wash and scrub once a year, and re-apply. More coats the better, like six, ten or more over the years.
Now, I know that boat builders use Oak and Mahogony so I want to try my finishing/preservation on a domestic species, namely Oak flooring. I will rip the boards square and install with 1/4″ spaces, carefully fastened to a pressure treated frame with a secure and aesthetic screwing system. So, what do you have that’s Oak, mid-width and comes in longer lengths? I could get by with a minimum length of 12″ but the longer the better. —-Robert, and thanks for your time and trouble. It’s a $1000 experiment to see if we should be re-thinking (the) use of wood, outdoors in the desert.

]]> By: ivantee https://www.builddirect.com/learning-center/flooring/asian-mahogany/comment-page-1/#comment-7562 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:14:32 +0000 //www.builddirect.com/learning-center/?p=847#comment-7562 As I’m using on highly termite (white ants) risk area, could this Keruing wood repelled from the attack of the termite and wood borer if used in structure ?

Thanks
Ivan Tee

]]> By: ivantee https://www.builddirect.com/learning-center/flooring/asian-mahogany/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:44:06 +0000 //www.builddirect.com/learning-center/?p=847#comment-7561 Want to know more good and bad comment about this wood , as it was used on flooring and container floor board as where as decking, is the water adsorbing rate is very high? Normally what type of stain or finished is the best result and durable for flooring ( indoor) and out door decking? and also how about the price of premium grade price of such solid floor board per m2 or per ton w/o installation and after installation?
Thank you and regards.

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