WOOD FLOORINGS - Purpleheart

Purpleheart Pinus spp Availability: Commodity item; available in all types, styles and sizes of flooring, including parquet, strip, plank and veneer, both unfinished and prefinished.

COLOR: Heartwood varies from light yellow/orange to reddish brown or yellowish brown sapwood is light tan to yellowish white.

GRAIN: Closed, with high figuring; patterns range from clear to knotty.

VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES AND GRADES: Longleaf pine (P. palustris), shortleaf.

SAWING/MACHINING: Above average in all machining operations except shaping.
SANDING: Sands satisfactorily, better than white oak.
NAILING: Good resistance to splitting; excellent holding ability.
FINISHING: Strong stain contrast because of large pores.