Walnut wood , Advantages of Walnut wood & disAdvantages of Walnut wood

Walnut

Walnut is a premium timber. It is a specialist hardwood. The grain is straight but it can be irregular. Walnut timber is really decorative. It carries a lot of design for the interior. It has a moderate natural lustre. Walnut timber is moderately durable. It is medium density.

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Advantages of Walnut

• Walnut gives vivid highlight to the grain.
• It works well with machine and hand tools.
• Walnut timber is good for turning and carving.
• The right glues and polishes can be successfully done in walnut timber.
• It stains and finishes well.
• Walnut timber responds well to steam bending.
• It has a good dimensional stability.
• It is shocking resistant.
• It has a fine texture.
• Overall walnut has a good strength.
• It has low stiffness.

Disadvantages of Walnut

•  Walnut is hard.
• It has been reported as a “sensitizer”.
• It includes eye and skin irritation.
• Walnut timber is high in the prices for a domestic species.
• It is susceptible to insect attack. Planer tear out can sometimes be a problem in walnut timber./li>
• It has a faint, mild odor while being worked.
• It has a medium maintenance movement.
• Walnut timber has difficulty to treat acid contents.
• Walnut timber finds the problem with density.
• It is not termite resistant.
• It is hard.

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