Oak Wood is medium straight-grained hardwood.
It is strong, hard, heavy, dense-grained wood.
Its natural properties make it the best choice for making
furniture, cabinetry, and flooring.
Oak Wood is resistant to decay and moisture, it is widely used for boatbuilding.
Oaks is a versatile wood.
It is used in many interior exterior applications.
Advantages of Oak Wood.
1.
Excellent Durable.
Oak Wood is extremely durable, and stable.
It is a perfect for furniture, joinery, panelling, decking, and veneers.
It can last more than 150 to years with low maintenance.
If it is in contact with the ground on soil, its life span is 50 to 60 years.
2.
Attractive appearance.
Generally, the color of oak wood light brown to reddish-brown.
But the color depends on the species of Oak.
Its light brown color with a prominent grain looks great, adding a smooth
continuity of natural materials.
Generally, Oak has a straight with a coarse, uneven texture.
Depending on the tree’s growing conditions, may be irregular or interlocked grain.
3.
Water-Resistant.
Oak wood is dense and strong.
It finishes very well and is used for various outdoor projects, such as
decking, boat frames, and boat building.
When exposed to moist conditions, oak very resistant to warping and warping.
Its dense grains do not absorb moisture.
In terms of water resistance, can compare oak with teak.
These woods perform very well humidity with low maintenance.
Disadvantages of Oak Wood.
Oak Wood has many advantages, and it is wood, but it also has some disadvantages.
Because no wood is 100% perfect.
1.
Expensive.
Oak Wood is expensive because of its high demand and slow growth rate (it grows 1 to
3 feet annually throughout its lifetime).
Generally, most hardwoods are expensive compared to softwood because the
growth rate of hardwoods is slow.
They are long-lived and can grow over 100 to 150 feet, but most trees
are harvested between 30–50 years.
So trees do not produce much lumber.
The price of wood also depends on the size, thickness and native place.
2.
Dark over time.
Like many other kinds of wood, wood changes color over time.
The wood may darken slightly over time.
This process is accelerated exposure to oxygen and UV light.
In this way, the Oak changes its after the project is finished.
This means that the color of the wood you are building the project
with will not stay the same forever.
You can slow down the color change by doing stains or polishes.
3.
Hard to Identify True Oak.
As we know, there are 500 species of Oak.
When we search for oak lumber for our furniture, It can be not easy
to identify true and right Oak.
Those people with less knowledge about the wood species have more
problems identifying the true wood.
You must choose the right wood for your dream projects, and you know which
species of wood you are choosing.
So always buy from a trusted shop only.