Padouk
Denominación.
• Scientific name: Pterocarpus buettneri Taub.; P. Osun
Craib; P. Tinctorius Welw
• Spanish: Palo rojo; Padouk from Africa
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Whitish.
• Heartwood: Intense red that with light darkens to dark brown. Often dark brown veins.
• Fiber: Straight. Often slightly intertwined.
• Grain: Medium to coarse.
• Singularities: White tank bags.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Impregnable
• Heartwood: Moderately impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: Lasts with some abrasive effects.
• Drying: Medium to slow speed. Small risks of deformations and fendas.
• Planning: In addition to the problem of a certain hardness and abrasiveness, repelling is possible when it presents interlaced fiber. Suitable for carving and bending.
• Gluing: Certain difficulties due to its oil content.
• Nailing and screwing: Requires pre-drills.
• Finish: No difficulties.
Applications
• Furniture and fine joinery of intenor and exterior.
Furniture turned and carved.
• Interior carpentry, doors, cladding, mouldings, skirting boards, friezes, stairs.
• Exterior carpentry, doors and windows.
• Carpentry to assemble.
• Decorative plates.
Mechanical properties
• Resistance to static flexion 1,450 kg/cm2
• Elasticity module 124,000 kg/cm2
• Resistance to compression 650 kg/cm2
