Teak

Natural and Dyed Veneers come in bundles. A bundle is made up of leaves and so all sizes are different.

Reconsistuted Veneers however are different. As these are man-made they come in sheets please click here to see the sizes in which they are available.

Below is the technical information surrounding our Teak veneer.

Family: Verbenaceae
Commercial Names: mai sak, pahi (Burma); sagwan, tekku, kyan, sagon, tegina, tadi (India); jati sak (Thailand); djati,gia thi (Indonesia).
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Distribution: Indigenous to Burma and India, and S.E.Asia, and introduced into East and West Africa and the Carribean.
General Description:The true teak of Burma is a uniform golden-brown colour without markings, but most other teak is rich brown with darker chocolate-brown markings. Indian teak is wavy grained and mottled, but generally straight to wavy grained, coarse textured, uneven, oily to the touch, and sometimes with a white glistening deposit. Weight varies from 610-690 kg/m³ (38-43 lb/ft³), average 650 kg.m³ (40 lb/ft³); specific gravity .65
Mechanical Properties: This hard, medium density wood has medium bending strength, high crushing strength combined with low stiffness and resistance to shock loads. It is fissile and brittle with great dimensional stability; it is free and acid resistant. Teak can be steam bent to a moderate radius of curvature.
Seasoning: Dries well but rather slowly. Variations in drying rates can occur in individual piece. Standing trees are girdled and left to dry out for three years before felling. There is small movement in service.
Working Properties:Teak offers medium resistance to tools but a severe blunting effect on cutters. Tungsten carbide tipped saws are suitable. Pre-boring is necessary for nailing. Gluing is good on freshly planed or sanded surfaces. Fine machine dust is a skin irritant. Stains well and takes a satisfactory finish, especially an oil finish.
Durability: Very durable; liable to insect attack. It is extremely resistant to preservation treatment.
Uses: Extensively used for ship and boat building for decking, rails, hatches, etc. Furniture and cabinetmaking, interior and exterior joinery, flooring, exterios structural work and garden furniture. Also for acid resistance purposes such as chemical vats, fume ducts and laboratory benches. All grades of plywood, and slicked for decorative and face veneers.