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Exotic Hardwoods of Rhode Island
Purpleheart
Description: : Purpleheart is one of the world's most unique woods in that it is truly purple and a bold purple color at that! Very dense and with fine graining, it is used for its purple color. Purpleheart is colorful, durable, stable, and makes for a beautifully unique floor.
Common Name: Purpleheart
Country of Origin: Central & South America
Color Range: : Purpleheart offers a medium range of color variability, which is mostly related to its aging process.Purpleheart undergoes an extreme degree of color change over time. When freshly milled or sanded, Purpleheart will be a brown color, which will change within a few days to a vivid purple color. Then over time (6 months+) the vivid purple will oxidize back to a brownish color with purplish highlights. Water based finishes tend to inhibit the full color change and hold more of the purple color.
Botanical name: Peltogyne, spp
Other Names: Amaranth
Hardness: 2090 as compared to: Red oak- 1260 & N maple- 1450
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Exotic Hardwoods of Rhode Island
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