Sapele | Boatright Hardwood Floors

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Water Damage Wood Floor Specialists

Providing high quality repairs, refinishing, or replacement of your wood floor system.
We are your advocate and we work for you, not the insurance company.
The insurance company’s contractors work for and are paid by the insurance company.
“You have the right to have your home repaired by the repair person of your choice”.
“You have the right to reject any settlement amount including any unfair valuation offered by the insurance company”.

Let Boatright Hardwood Floors guide you through the process to put your home back together.

Sapele

Entandrophragma cynlindricum

Appearance

Color: Medium to dark red-brown; darkens over time.

Grain: Fine, interlocked.

Species & Grade Variations: Quartersawn material has a ribbon-striped effect.

Properties

Hardness (Janka): 1500 (16% harder than Northern red oak).

Dimensional Stability: Above average (7.4; 14% more stable than Northern oak).

Workability

Sawing/Machining: Saws easily.

Sanding: Sands satisfactorily if correct sanding sequence is followed.

Suggested Sequence:

First Cut: 50 at a 7-15 degree angle with the grain
Second Cut: 80 straight with the grain
Third Cut: 100
Hard Plate: 100 or 120
First Screen: 100 or 120
Second Screen: 150

Nailing: No known problems.

Finishing: Staining may over-darken the wood. No known finishing problems.

Origin

Africa.

Availability

Moderate availability.

Shown with water-based finish (top), and oil-based finish (bottom)

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512.454.3641

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"Bringing the highest quality wood flooring to
Central Texas for over 50 years."

Committed to excellence and
superior workmanship.