The oil also repels water, thus preventing it from going black.
Osmo 420 extra offers UV resistance and also containsīiocide which is important for external timbers as it prevents the wood from becoming diseased with wet rot, dry rot and blue stone etc. If the requirement is to keep the oak looking as natural as possible, whilst preventing blackening or silvering as much as possible, then the following is the best system we know of: –
Oak Barrels traditionally used for Whisky and Beer Ultimately it is the catkins of many oaks that turn into the acorns, so maybe that popular phrase… ‘mighty oaks from little acorns grow’ should be ‘mighty oaks from little catkins grow’ although it doesn’t quite have the same ring does it? They are triggered by rising temperatures in spring. The flowers of many oak trees are known as catkins and they are produced by oaks when they reach their reproductive age which is typically aged 20. Pine has been the wood to suffer from oak’s popularity as it is more widely available in the Far East. For furniture construction, oak has become ever more the wood of choice, a trend expanding year on year since the year 2000 when China, India and Indonesia substantially increased their export markets. It has always been a popular wood in The UK, but in recent times it is even more widely used in construction and also as internal fixtures in clubs and gyms etc.
Oak (or quercus as it is known in Latin) is a hardwood with some 400 known species. If you haven’t already read part 1, feel free to go check it out here:Īll about Pine Wood.
Welcome to part 2 of our series on wood types.