Saturday, 18 September 2010

Medullary Rays In A Solid Red Oak Floor

Browsing the web today, I came across this fabulous solid oak flooring in a house in the US dating back to 1802.

It just shows how well oak flooring (in this case red oak) wears and in fact improves with age.

These boards also provide great example of medullary rays - those lighter coloured "tiger stripes" across the grain - talk about character!

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