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Carved Wood Types

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About our Woods

Western Red Cedar, Redwood, Mahogany, White Oak and Cypress --- Mother Nature's Choice

These woods contain natural oils that act as preservatives to help the wood resist insect attack , decay and ages gracefully and endures for many years. We us only clear vertical grain Cedar and Redwood this makes for very dimensionally stable wood that does not bleed when lettering is painted and lies flat and stays straight, which means it resists the natural tendency to crack and check as you might find in many other wood. Cedar color is a light honey to a light to medium tan.

Cypress is extremely resistant to harsh weather conditions, insects and fungus. Since Cypress wood lacks sap and doesn't bleed, it takes well to sealers, stains and paints. Its color varies in shades of light to dark honey and with some knots for a nice rustic look. If left outdoors unfinished in its natural state, the appearance of the wood will become a light pewter color over time. Cypress is lightweight, scarce of knots, medium textured, and dimensionally stable with a closed straight grain, resists splitting, warping, checking, splintering and cracking.

Mahogany varies from reddish or salmon colored when freshly cut, to a deep rich red, to reddish brown as the wood matures with age. Mahogany is fine to medium texture, with uniform to interlocking grain, ranging from straight to wavy or curly. Irregularities in the grain often produce highly attractive figures. Mahogany polishes to a high luster, with excellent working and finishing characteristics. It responds well to hand and machine tools, has good nailing and screwing properties, and carves well. Mahogany is regarded by many as the world's premier wood for fine cabinetry, high-class furniture, trimming fine boats, sculpture, joinery, turnery, figured and decorative veneer, interior trim, and carving. Oak is a very hard wood that is resistance to decay and has Tyloses in the wood that makes it water resistance

All of our wooden signs are shipped with a penetrating clear wood sealer applied and are ready for the outdoors. I do recommend that you periodically re-apply a good quality wood sealer to your wood sign. This will help in keeping your custom sign looking new or you can let them weather to there natural beauty.

All of these woods make for a great sign it really comes down to personal preferences of the wood you would like. Each wood species has it own personality and charm.

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