What does Flame Birch look like?

Flame birch – also known as figured or curly birch – is seen very rarely in this valuable species. Just as with curly maple, the board exhibits quite dramatic waves through the sawn boards. Birch sapwood is quite blond – similar to maple – and the heartwood is rather red like cherry.”

What is Flame Birch wood?

Birch lumber can have a design present, and that design is typically a big broad curl resembling a flame going across the width of the board. This flame look gives the name Flame Birch or Curly Birch to the lumber. The flame can be tighter in the figure as well, but is very difficult to source.

What is a birch veneer?

Birch veneer is typically a pale cream to a pink tinged light yellow wood that ages to a deep pale gold color. Birch is a hardwood of medium density, easy to work with and strong. It has a smooth texture, tight uniform grain and satiny sheen.

How hard is curly birch wood?

The wood. The wood of curly birch is dense and very heavy, when freshly felled it can rise to 930 kg/m3, and at 12% moisture approx. 700-730 kg/m3.

Where does flame birch come from?

The flame birch we carry comes mainly from from the yellow birch (betula alleghaniensis) trees of Eastern Canada and Northern New England. The figure that occurs in the yellow birch tree is some of the strongest and boldest figure of any tree species found in north America, and possibly the world.

Is birch veneer real wood?

Birch veneer is a wood product made from birch trees. Birch veneer is a wood product made from birch trees. Birch veneer may be used to make cabinetry. Veneers in general are made by sawing, slicing, or shaving wood into very thin sheets.

How do I identify my curly birch?

The wood. The annual rings are wavelike and irregular, with brown curly-grained wood tissue cells often exhibiting a V pattern in the cross-sectional view. If this pattern continues evenly across the entire surface, the result is a starlike pattern (a.k.a. curly-grain blossom).

What does curly birch look like?

Is curly birch a hardwood?

Birch Floors – Red Heartwood Curly Birch Birch is a fine-grained wood known for its satiny sheen. When Birch exhibits ripple figuring similar to Tiger Maple, it is known as “Curly” Birch. Birch is a hardwood with excellent impact resistance, ideal for any room in your home.

Can birch veneer be stained?

It may take a few additional steps and more careful attention to detail, but it is possible to stain birch with excellent results. You simply have to make sure that you prepare the wood to accept the stain first. Many of the general rules for staining plywood or wood of any variety will apply here.