Spanish cedar

Older, slower-growing trees from the wild tend to produce wood that is more durable than wood from younger, plantation-grown trees. The wood’s grain is usually quite straight and works well with both hand and power tools. It is actually closer to a Mahogany.

Most widely known for its use in cigar boxes, it holds in moisture to create a natural humidor, and imparts its pleasant aroma to cigars. These thin boards are ideal for cigar boxes as well as any other decorative boxes. Avoid inhaling wood dust or use a dust mask or other safeguards for personal protection. Soft with a moderately coarse texture. Easy on tools and cutters, but the low density and softness make it prone to splintering.

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Find Your Next Apartment in Seconds. Sapwood pale pinkish-beige. Grain is straight, sometimes shallowly interlocked with a moderately coarse texture. Ironically, Cedro is not part of the cedar family.

However, this name is not quite right, botanically speaking. The Cedrela is not a conifer tree (a tree with needles), but rather a deciduous tree (softwood). Much of our stock is figured cedar and these are typically used on external projects surfaces because of the shimmering character.

This cedar (Thuja occidentalis) is sometimes called arbor vitae (tree of life). It grows in southeastern Canada and the northeastern quarter of the U. Tennessee and west into Iowa. Breathe Fresh Life Into Your Space With New Floors Using Our New Room Makeover Bundle. Get It Delivered to Your Home. It has a unique property of holding a stable inner moisture level even if the climate relative humidity changes dramatically.

Machines and carves well with hand and power tools. Comes with a cedar divider. After all, Real Cedar is pitch and resin-free, which means there’s nothing to interfere with the bonding of your finish. That sai no finish lasts forever.

So when it comes to choosing a finish for your Real Cedar project, it’s good to know the expected lifespan of your product. Spanish cedar is also not a cedar. It’s an attractive species with medium luster, and straight to interlocked grain. Its coloring is light pinkish- to reddish-brown, and it darkens with age.

The tray can easily accommodate two layers of cigars to maximize storage space. I dont think having the spanish cedar is no long as important as it used be. Humidifier technology is alot better and no long is there a need for the humidor to store moisture in the wood.

All of mine have a urathane coating to keep the wood from absorbing any moisture and to keep the aroma of the wood out of the cigars.