
Fumed white oak veneer. Oakwood veneer is open for business. Veneers with a high tannin content react to this process and the wood darkens. In folklore white oak is a symbol of strength and longevity. Fumed veneer produces a rich chocolate brown color similar to tropical and african woods.
I left it overnight about 17 hrs and the color was perfect. Coco color imbued options are available in several shades of gray and brown. Vintage oak is sliced from the hand hewn beams of reclaimed wood from old barns and farmhouses across europe. Oak veneer white rough sawn random plank.
The most common specie thats fumed is white oak but interwood offers over a dozen fumed species. We are dedicated to help both clients and designers choose from our extensive inventory of wood veneer options including some of the most unique flitches ever seen. These fumed wood veneer sheets look best with a penetrating finish such as oil based polyurethane and tung oil. Quartered fumed white oak wood veneer also known as smoked has a very dark tone due to the nature of the process of fuming.
Architectural veneers international avi is an architectural wood veneer company specializing in procuring the finest architectural grade veneers in the world. Fumed white oak wood veneer the veneer in this category has been exposed to gaseous ammonia in an air tight chamber for three to four weeks. This week i fumed two bookcases of white oak. It has the distinctive grain pattern and abundant angular pores that produce a wonderful flake pattern in quarter and flat cut veneers.
I built a tent of 4 mil builders plastic about 8 bigger than the two cases all around and put 28 ammonia in several tuna fish cans in the tent. Plank cut part number. Other effects of fuming are increased smoothness and flexibility of the veneer. This rustic looking veneer is intended for use in random matched sequences.
Brookline veneer brookline paperback. Thanks to differing levels of tannin the color from fuming can vary from honey brown to rich chocolate to almost black. The quarter cut leaves the oak sheet with a straight grain. There was some sapwood and it didnt darken at all but the variation was acceptable.
Though the prime benefit of fuming is the amazing depth of color that is added you will also find fumed veneers are easier to bend trim and bond to a substrate. Oak veneer white quartered fumed.