Paulownia is a pale yellow to honey coloured timber with a low density of 260-290 kg/m3 at 11% moisture. It is relatively strong for its weight and is highly resistant to warping and cracking. Paulownia is easy to plane, saw, mould, turn and carve. It readily absorbs adhesives, stains, oils and varnishes. It is more termite resistant than jarrah and pine. Our plantation is farmed and the tree trunks are constantly pruned to remove lower branches. This process reduces the number and size of the knots in the timber. Paulownia is not a structural grade timber and as such is unsuitable for some purposes. Paulownia is suitable for
furniture wall linings blinds and shutters boat building door and window frames
musical instruments gift box packaging external cladding surf boards - solid and hollow cupboard doors
strip planking for mouldings and architraves kite boards alaia boards framing for light weight sailing boats
kite frames models - boats toys etc lining caravans and campers coffins picture frames
and many other areas where strong byt light weight timber is required.
Tests by the University of Southern Queensland of Western Red Cedar and Paulownia showed that Paulownia had better compression and shear qualities. When this is coupled with the comparative density at 11% moisture of 275Kg/m3 for Paulownia and 450Kg/m3 for Western Red Cedar it makes Paulownia lighter but stronger.
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