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Hickory 4" Select
Hickory 4" Face Grade: Select SE-EM
This flooring is sold in bundles of 16SF
COLOR: Hickory heartwood is tan or reddish, sapwood is white to cream with fine brown lines.
HARDNESS: Janka hardness of 1820 as compared to the hardness of 1290 for Red Oak.
GRAIN: Hickory is closed, with moderate definition; somewhat rough-textured.
VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES AND GRADES: In hickory, there are often pronounced differentiations in color between spring wood and summer wood. Hickory is traditionally mixed by flooring mills.
General Grading Rules / Hickory & Pecan Grading
SAWING/MACHINING: Hickory species' density makes it difficult to season, machine and work with hand tools.
SANDING: Difficult to sand because of density and because light color makes sander marks show more than on darker woods.
NAILING: Good holding ability; prone to splitting.
FINISHING: No known problems.
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