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    • Wood Species
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      • Amendoim
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      • Brazilian Walnut/IPE
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      • Red Oak
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      • Brazilian Tigerwood Koa
      • White Oak
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    • Superior Hardwood Floors
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    • Brazilian Teak/Cumaru
    • Brazilian Walnut/IPE
    • Hickory / Pecan
    • Pine
    • Red Oak
    • Santos Mahogany/Cabreuva
    • Sapele African Mahogany
    • Brazilian Tigerwood Koa
    • White Oak
  • Vinyl, LVT, Laminate
    • Armstrong Vinyl Flooring
    • BeauFlor Vinyl n Laminate
    • Mannington DuraMax Vinyl
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  • FYI
    • Formaldehyde Free Floors
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    • Relative Humidity Control
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Phone: 732-287-9979 Email: njfloor@gmail.com

Hickory / Pecan

 

Botanical name: Carya spp. Grows in: North America.

Color: Pecan heartwood is reddish brown with dark brown stripes; sapwood is white or creamy white with pinkish tones. Hickory heartwood is tan or reddish; sapwood is white to cream, with fine brown lines.

Grain: Pecan is open, occasionally wavy or irregular. Hickory is closed, with moderate definition; somewhat rough-textured.

In both hickory and pecan, there are often pronounced differentiations in color between spring wood and summer wood. In pecan, sapwood is usually graded higher than darker heartwood. Pecan and hickory are traditionally mixed by flooring mills.

Durability: Above average.Hardness/Janka: Janka:1820; (41% harder than Northern red oak). Pecan is slightly softer than true hickories.Dimensional Stability: Pecan, average (8.9; 3% less stable than Northern red oak.

Hardness/Janka: Janka:1820; (41% harder than Northern red oak). Pecan is slightly softer than true hickories.

Dimensional Stability: Pecan, average (8.9; 3% less stable than Northern red oak.

Workability: Hickory's density makes it difficult to machine and work with hand tools. It is difficult to sand because of density, and because light color makes sander markers show more than on darker woods. It is tend to split when nailing.

May be difficult to stain.

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  • Lauzon Hardwood Floors
  • Mirage Hardwood Floors
  • Mullican Hardwood Floors
  • Somerset Hardwood Floors
  • Superior Hardwood Floors
  • Triangulo Exotic Flooring
  • Janka Ratings
  • Wood Relative Stability
  • Acacia
  • Amendoim
  • Black Walnut
  • Birch
  • Brazilian Cherry
  • Brazilian Teak/Cumaru
  • Brazilian Walnut/IPE
  • Hickory / Pecan
  • Pine
  • Red Oak
  • Santos Mahogany/Cabreuva
  • Sapele African Mahogany
  • Brazilian Tigerwood Koa
  • White Oak
  • Armstrong Vinyl Flooring
  • BeauFlor Vinyl n Laminate
  • Mannington DuraMax Vinyl
  • Tarkett ProGen Vinyl
  • CoreTec Plus Vinyl
  • Formaldehyde Free Floors
  • Installers n Contractors
  • Relative Humidity Control
  • Flooring Warranty
  • Terms n Conditions

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Phone: (732) 287-9979 Email: njfloor@gmail.com

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