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Railing Sections:
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Headcote Screws &
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Our favorite finish:
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An overview of Rain Forest Preservation Standards
www.RealWood.Org

Guidelines for ensuring
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Why choose Brazilian
Hardwood Decking?

Beauty:

Brazilian hardwood decking offers a variety of color, design and texture choices. Like snowflakes there are no two decks alike. All Brazilian hardwood has the beauty that only nature can design.

Durability:

Other decking materials cannot last as long as Brazilian hardwoods. Pressure-treated pine is injected with chemicals in an attempt to provide the insect repelling characteristics provided by nature in Brazilian woods. The chemical treated wood cannot be burned as it will release potentially toxic smoke. Years from now, these same chemicals may also prove to pollute our landfills.

Comparison: Composite decking is man-made material that combines wood and plastic and is marked with a checkered history of lawsuits due to lack of colorfastness. This plastic material cannot be recycled and may serve to choke our landfills with non bio-degradable refuse.

Maintenance Free*

No maintenance is required. Natural color softening over time can be reduced by applying deck oil periodically.

Value

The overall value of Brazilian hardwood decking is very high when compared to composite or pressure treated pine (P/T). These materials need to be replaced at least FOUR times during the lifetime of Brazilian hardwood decking.

Species Guide:

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Ipe’ (Brazilian Walnut) is olive brown to dark brown and one of the hardest woods on the planet. This is an extremely popular wood for decking, siding and other outdoor applications.

Tigerwood decking will darken slightly to a redder tone with exposure to sunlight. Because of Tigerwood’s incredible beauty, it is highly sought after for both interior and exterior applications

Garapa decking is lemon-yellow becoming light (honey) brown with age. Garapa decking has a slight ribbon like aspect, watery, wavelike or similar to silk appearance.

Cumaru Rosa (Red) is extremely hard like ipe’. The cherry color offers a pronounced grain patern with more consistent color than yellow or champagne cumaru.

Massaranduba (Brazilian Redwood) is plum colored with a very subtle grain demarcation. Its straight consistent grain and lack of knots, make building with Massaranduba a rewarding task.

Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry) is salmon colored when freshly milled turning dramatically to a deep red very quickly in sunlight. Jatoba is the most popular hardwood flooring import from Brazil.

Angelim (Brazilian Apitong) decking is a high-density wood, with a low moisture content. RealAngelim is the best choice for trailer decking.