Grey milkwood (Cerbera dilatata)
Family: Apocynaceae
Common names: Grey milkwood
Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Food containers, Furniture , Furniture components, Interior construction, Interior trim, Matches, Moldings, Shutters, Utility furniture, Veneer, Wooden shoes
Environment profile: The environmental status of this species within its natural habitat is currently unknown
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm
Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellowish - gray and the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Straight, Very durable
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Poor to very poor results
Carving: Poor to Very Poor Results
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Sanding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Veneering qualities: Difficult to veneer
Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results
Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Painting: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;
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