Wenge Wood

Wenge Wood Lumber is a visually striking hardwood used for strip flooring, joinery, cabinetry and decorative veneers Wenge wood lumber is also used as a hickory substitute in sporting goods.

Wenge wood is a good wood for turning and is sliced for paneling and veneers for furniture and cabinets.

APPEARANCE:Heartwood dark brown to almost black with alternate layers of light and dark tissue forming a decorative figure; sapwood yellowish white, clearly demarcated. Texture rather coarse; grain straight. But unlike most other woods, Wenge is reported to become lighter when exposed to light

DENSITY: Janka scale hardness is 1,630 for dry material

WEIGHT: 50 - 60 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 4.2 – 5 lbs. per board foot

DRYING: Wenge seasons well and rather rapidly with little degrade. Wenge rather slowly but also without much distortion

WORKABILITY: Sawing and machining somewhat difficult, rapid blunting of cutting edges occurs, turns well, difficult to glue if resinous

DURABILITY: Heartwood is rated as very durable and resistant to termite attack.

PRESERVATION: Heartwood extremely resistant to impregnation; sapwood moderately resistant to permeable.

FINISHING: Finishes very smoothly, and takes a high polish