For a tropical hardwood ipe has a pretty high shrinkage rate reported by the us forest service as radial 6 6 tangential 8 0 volumetric 13 shrinkage from green to oven dry.
How to finish tropical wood floors.
Typically an oil finish will just sit on top of the sappy area.
An oil finish will not even dry on a resinous area of your floor.
Water heavy finishes will sometimes swell wood fibers unevenly.
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Near the knots a high gloss finish will appear wavy.
Check whether the wood was sustainably harvested.
If you get a glossy finish your wood will have more of a sheen or glow than a finish with less gloss.
Solvents visibly lift compounds from wood surfaces.
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The problem occurs when compounds in the wood more specifically antioxidants leach into the applied finish preventing.
Spot sand where necessary.
Choose a clear finish that has a level of gloss you want for your wood.
Hardwood floor finishes have varying levels of ease durability even glossiness.
Shrinkage rate is important to consider here as well.
Most door companies apply a paint or poly finish before delivery or you can save a few bucks by ordering the door unfinished and coating it.
Sanding and finishing hardwood decking.
A deep brown tropical hardwood that s very heavy and stable.
Stay away from high gloss finishes.
About 650 to 800.
A clear polyurethane finish will give your wood a nice protected coat.
How you should sand and seal hardwood decking.
Once you have your decking installed you may want to treat it with a oil based finish below are the basics of that.
This means that an oil finish will have little or no adhesion to the knotty area of your australian cypress flooring.
When ipe is acclimating on site it is probably going to shrink even more than this.