Padauk African Cutting Board Strips

$12.00 ea.
Padauk African Cutting Board Strips
Start dreaming up the perfect cutting board. Full of color, striped, checkered, round or rectangular, these cutting board strips are your paintbrush to a beautiful creation. Get 10 to make your board at least 16" wide cutting board, so be sure to grab a few extra to let the inner artist go to work.
Why Choose African Padauk?
When freshly cut the wood is bright orange red, becomes reddish brown. Moderately hard and heavy. Medium texture, but with large pores. Saws and planes easily to a very smooth surface.What Size Is This?
Thickness | 1-3/4" |
Width | 1-3/4" |
Length | 18" |
Grade | Kiln dried, clear |
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lbs /Bd. Ft.Wood Texture
Ease of Finishing

African Padauk is an exotic wood from Africa
When freshly cut the wood is bright orange red, becomes reddish brown. Moderately hard and heavy. Medium texture, but with large pores. Saws and planes easily to a very smooth surface.

Bright orange red when freshy cut or planed, often with dark stripes; oxidizes to dark chocolate brown or light brown.

A straight, well shaped tree. Reaches 100 feet with a buttressed trunk which may be 48" at breast height.

African Padauk, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu

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