✦ Premium paper wall decal for even indoor walls ✦ Size of the hot air balloon: 34 x 54 cm (13.4" x 21.3") ✦ Contains: 1 hot air balloon, 1 Personalised name banner, 1 balloon cat, 1 balloon bunny, 6 Black-headed Gulls, 1 sun (or full moon), clouds and stars □ Our unique Paper wall decals are a safe and eco-friendly choice for all homes □ This set is also available without the personalisation. You can almost feel the salty breeze on your skin and hear the cry of the gulls. This big wall sticker set is perfect for any kids room looking for a flair of adventure. The grain is usually fairly straight.Upwards and onwards! Add any name and get ready for adventure with the cutest trio of Explorers and their brave friends, crossing the high seas with balloons of different sizes. The grain is coarse with large open vessels, similar to red oak. A flatsawn surface also has a striking pattern. The heartwood is dark brown with fine, closely-spaced black lines that are very striking on a quartersawn surface. The wood is also high in shock resistance hence its use for sporting goods and tool handles.Ĭolor and grain. It is also quite hard, with a rating of 1630 pounds. Wenge is very strong (MOR is 16,200 psi) and very stiff (MOE is 1.97 million psi). I suggest using wood no higher than 9 percent MC check the MC before using. Because it moves so little, one might be tempted to use wood that is a bit higher in MC than normal for other hardwoods. This is less than half the movement of red oak. This wood is very stable, requiring a change of 6 percent MC for a 1 percent size change tangentially and a 12 percent MC change radially. Exposure to the sawdust can cause abdominal cramps, eye irritation and breathing problems. Splinters of wenge cause persistent inflammation. ![]() Tools must be kept as sharp as possible for best performance. The wood is so dense that it is hard to machine and the heat generated rapidly dulls tools. Surfaces should be freshly prepared and should then be cleaned with a solvent moments before gluing, similar to gluing teak. Wenge will often be quite resinous, which leads to problems when gluing. Shrinkage in drying from green to 6 percent MC is estimated to be 4-1/2 percent tangentially (the width of flatsawn lumber) and 2-1/2% radially (quartersawn width). Most wenge is dried before it arrives in North America. A board foot of lumber will weigh about 4-1/2 pounds, which is heavier than North American lumber.ĭrying. The density of kiln-dried wood ranges from 45 to 55 pounds per cubic foot. Processing suggestions and characteristicsĭensity. The species is now considered to be endangered. Although not common in the North American markets, wenge lumber is sometimes available. It has been used for guitar fingerboards. It is also used as an accent wood for furniture and cabinets. Wenge also is used for both strip and parquet flooring, especially as an accent with a lighter colored floor. ![]() In fact, its striking grain pattern, especially when quartersawn (photo) makes it more attractive than hickory. The wood is very heavy and can be used as a substitute for hickory in sporting goods where its high impact resistance is a plus. Note: A very close relative in appearance and strength is panga panga (Millettia stuhlamnnii). Kino is high in tannin content and is very astringent. The bark has been valued for a reddish sap called kino. ![]() The diameter of the mature tree is 30 to 36 inches. The tree is short, seldom reaching over 50 feet in height. Another name for the wood is African rosewood. Wenge (Millettia laurentii) is a tree found mainly in Tanzania and Mozambique.
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