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Merbau Wood and Pine Wood

Merbau wood grain texture easily recognized that maroon and widely used for paneling, parquet floors, doors and windows. This wood into hardwood category and with a texture that has made Merbau becomes a symbol of the interior exclusive. Growing Area are Indo-Malayan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and the Western Pacific Islands. Most are in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Maluku and Irian.
Tree: The diameter of merbau trees can reach 150cm tall and 15 meters.
Color Wood: Wood Merbau pig slightly yellowish color with a thickness of 4-5 cm. Boundary between the pig wood and patio wood is quite clear. Wooden porch section yellow and orange when cut, and will turn reddish brown after some time. In the pores often appear short lines and soft with color yellow.
Density: 740 to 900 kg/m3, the average level of 800 kg/m3 at 12% MC
Drying: It is recommended for drying temperature settings between 43 to 71 ° C and the humidity is 83 to 38%
Process machinery: Quite a lot of hard and will break the saw blade when the work is less cautious and more than setting standards. However, on sanding and smooth including a good.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Specific gravity (density): 0.84 (0.63 - 1:04) g/cm3
Durability Class: II
Depreciation: 0.6% (Radial) and 0.7% (Tangential).
Fiber Saturation Point: 24%
FUNCTION
Merbau wood is usually used to make parquet (flooring), furniture, decking with finger joints, panels, and other musical instruments.

Pine Wood (Pine)
There are more than 20 species of pine wood with a different species name. Pine types are often used and generally known to have good quality there are 2 types of pine that is pine radiata and merkusii.
PINE radiata (Radiata Pine)
Growing area: Australia (740 thousand hectares), Chile (about 1.3 million hectares), New Zealand (1.2 million hectares), South Africa and America. Most large forest for this timber is known from Chile. Some exporters also came from New Zealand but not pure plantation. Usually, New Zealand has been exporting wood in the form of S2S or S4S.
Trees: between 15 - 25 years old Pine Radiata wood can have a trunk diameter of 30 to 80 cm high and between 15 - 30 meters. Radiata pine trees, including species that grow fast and straight trunk.
Color Wood: Wood porch maroon and pig wood yellow and cream color. Line circles year in radiata pine fairly appear that the grain lines on tangential cleavage could be clearly seen as well.
Density: 480 to 520 kg/m3 at 12% MC
Wood fibers: Tend to be straight but there are many knots due to radiata pine trees have many small branches on the trunk.
Drying: about 12 - 15 days to get the 12% MC level
Process engine: Easy to work, belonging to soft for the knife.
PINE merkusii (Merkus Pine)
Area grown: Southeast Asia includes Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar and Laos. The largest is in the area of Sumatra Island in the area between Mount Kerinci and Mount Talang. In Philippines location is in the mountain area of Mindoro.
Trees: Can reach 25 to 45 meters height and diameter of trees up to 1 meter.
Color Wood: Wood porch reddish brown and pig wood yellow white.
Density: 565-750 kg/m3 at 12% MC
Wood fibers: Straight and equally between pig and porch timber.
Drying: about 12 - 15 days to get the 12% MC level
General Technical:
1. Pine wood belongs to susceptible to fungus, commonly called blue stain. Hence, the drying should be done as soon as possible after harvesting.
2. If you are producing furniture that eventually finishing color or non-natural, you should be careful of the oil pockets and eyes on the pine wood. Pockets of oil and wood eye have a harder surface than the other side so that the absorption of the finishing materials in reduced that cause color difference (transparency).
3. Pines weak enough to changes in temperature and humidity, use a laminate if you need a wide board.
4. Easily processed and refined fiber helps to speed the finishing process.

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