Wood inspector

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Common names: Molopangady

Distributed in: Madagascar (Africa)

Common uses: Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Canoes, Construction, Decorative plywood, Domestic flooring, Excelsior, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Heavy construction, Joinery, Lifeboats, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Plywood, Shipbuilding, Structural plywood, Sub-flooring, Turnery, Utility plywood

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Straight

Comments: Bark inclusion may = high waste factor Generally splits in nailing

Blunting Effect: Little

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Glues well

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Tends to split during nailing, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;