Red meranti (lat. Shorea pauciflora) - comes from South and South–Eastern Asia. Wood has light gray-brown to dark red-brown colors. The facade of meranti requires maintenance with appropriate chemicals.
Care:
1. Meranti wood requires the use of preservatives. We recommend glaze impregnating, oils and wood preservatives available in our points of sales.
1. Name and family:
- The international name: Dark Red Meranti (DRM)
- Latin name: Shorea pauciflora, Shorea spp.
- Family: Dipterocarpaceae
2. Occurrence and trade names:
- distribution: South Asia and South-East
- Main trade names: Malaysia - Dark Red Meranti, Dark Red Seraya, Obar suluk
Indonesia - Merah-Tua, Meranti Bunga, Ketong Meranti, Red Meranti
3. Description of the wood:
- Sapwood: gray-brown, clearly separated
- Heartwood: red-brown to dark brown
- Fibers: simple, sometimes intertwined
- Texture: Medium, uniform
4. Technical characteristics:
- Wet wood weight: 850-950 kg / m3
- Specific weight at 12% humidity: 390-870 kg / m3
- Tangential shrinkage (T): 8.0%
- Radial shrinkage (R): 4.0%
- Fiber saturation point: 26%
- Compressive strength: 52 N / mm2
- Flexural strength: 92 N / mm2
- Elastic modulus: 13,020 N / mm2
5. Treatment: - sawing: Easy
- Drying: fast, the risk of warping and cracking: small
- General Processing: good
- Bonding: good
- Nailing: good
- Finishing: good
6. Application:
facade boards, window and door profiles, internal joinery, panelling, plywood and veneers, packaging.
