Teak Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Teak Amount of Figure: Intermediate
Teak Amount of Natural Luster: Low
Teak Availability of Wood: Limited
Teak Available As Lumber: Yes
Teak Available as Veneer: Yes
Teak Available only in small sizes: No
Teak Bending Strength: Moderate
Teak Blunting of Tool Blades: Severe
Teak Botanical Name: Tectona grandis
Teak Carving: Good, easy to carve
Teak Clear Finish or Varnish: Fair
Teak Color of Wood: Yellow or Golden Brown
Teak Contrast between growth rings: Diffuse Porous
Teak Crushing Strength: High
Teak Decorative Figure: No
Teak Density: High
Teak Drilling: Fair or Satisfactory
Teak Fill before Finishing: Requires a filler
Teak Gluing: Average - Requires control
Teak Grain: Mostly Straight
Teak Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Noticeable or Distinct growth ring
Teak Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Faint growth ring stripe
Teak Hand Tooling: Average
Teak Hardness: Average
Teak Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Teak Harmful Properties: May cause dermatological problems or skin irritation
Teak Interlocked Grain: No
Teak Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Low
Teak Machine Tools: Average
Teak Mortising: Fair or satisfactory
Teak Movement after drying: Low
Teak Nail Holding: Good- Nails are fairly difficult to pull out
Teak Nailing: Fair - may require pre-drilled pilot hole especially near ends
Teak Natural Durability: Very durable
Teak Number of Knots: Low
Teak Painting: Good
Teak Planing: Fair
Teak Polishing: Fair
Teak Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 40
Teak Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 40
Teak Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: No
Teak Sanding: Fair or satisfactory
Teak Sawing: Moderate cutting resistance
Teak Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Teak Screwing: Fair - May require pre-drilled pilot holes especially near ends
Teak Shaping: Good
Teak Size of Knots: Intermediate
Teak Size of Pores: Large Pores - Open grain
Teak Specific Gravity: High
Teak Specific Gravity maximum: .59
Teak Specific Gravity minimum: .59
Teak Staining: Fair - May stain unevenly or change colors
Teak Steam Bending: Satisfactory
Teak Stiffness: Moderate
Teak Surface Preparation for Finishing: Yes
Teak Texture of the Wood: Coarse
Teak Toughness: Low
Teak Turning: Good
Teak Weight: Heavy
Teak Wood Defects: Few drying defects
Teak Work Notes: Tungsten tipped or very sharp saw knives, slow feed rate
Teak Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: no
Teak Use for Carving: no
Teak Use for Cooperage: no
Teak Use for Decorative Veneer: YES
Teak Use for Flooring: YES
Teak Use for Furniture: YES
Teak Use for Handles: no
Teak Use for Heavy Construction: no
Teak Use for Inlay: no
Teak Use for Interior Finish: no
Teak Use for Light Construction: no
Teak Use for Marine Applications: YES
Teak Use for Marquetry: no
Teak Use for Millwork: no
Teak Use for Models and Patterns: no
Teak Use for Musical Instruments: no
Teak Use for Novelties: no
Teak Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Teak Use for Shingles: no
Teak Use for Sports Equipment: no
Teak Use for Turnery: YES
Teak Use for Woodenware: no