Santos Rosewood XXL Small-size Veneer

Santos Rosewood XXL small-size veneer

Genuine wood sliced-veneer sheets.

Selected single veneers, no sequence.

Dimensions:

Fix length of 30 cm long.

Width: From 22 to 24 cm, depending on availability.

Thickness: 0.5 mm.

Sold by the sheet.

Measurement scaling:

The width is rounded to the covered centimeter, for example, 15.8 cm, giving 15 cm.

Photos:

To keep the cost of these products as cheap as possible and contrary to other veneers on this website, the pictures of small-size veneers do not represent the available stock.

What are Small-size Veneers?

These are veneer sheets with a fixed length of 30 cm (exactly 30.5 cm).

These sheets are not in a continuous sequence and may come from different logs.

What is Santos Rosewood?

What are the common names of Santos Rosewood?

Santos Rosewood

Pau Ferro

Bolivian Rosewood

What is the botanical name of Santos Rosewood?

Machaerium scleroxylon

Where does Santos Rosewood come from?

Santos Rosewood is distributed from tropical South America to temperate South America, mainly in Brazil and Bolivia.

How to identify Santos Rosewood?

It is sometimes confused with Rio Rosewood or violet wood, but Santos Rosewood can be distinguished by its slightly coarser grain and more numerous pores.

Its color varies from one log to another, ranging from yellow/orange through orange/red to dark violet/brown, generally with contrasting dark black veins. The sapwood is pale yellow and well-demarcated.

What are the mechanical properties of Santos Rosewood?

Weight: Approximately 865 kg/m³ at 10-12% moisture content.

Janka hardness: 8710 Newton, for comparison: oak is 4980 N and poplar is 1650 N

Elasticity: 10.86 Gigapascals, for comparison: US maple 12.62 GPa and poplar 9.75 GPa.

Tensile strength: 122 Megapascals, for comparison: US maple 109 MPa and yew 96 MPa.

What are the uses of Santos Rosewood?

Santos Rosewood is appreciated for manufacturing high-end furniture, musical instruments (guitars, pianos, etc.), marquetry, and decorative objects.

It is a hardwood that will offer a delightful finish. A very contrasting sapwood will affirm its well-tempered character.

What are wood veneers?

Veneers are thin sheets of wood obtained by slicing or peeling.

Their surface has the appearance of planed wood without any finish or treatment. They are neither glued nor backed with any other material. This means that both faces of the sheets can be used.

Veneers are mainly used to cover less aesthetic substrates such as plywood or particleboard to make furniture or wall panels.

Wood veneers are also used to create decorative objects such as lamps, jewelry, bookmarks, and more.

By assembling several sheets of veneer on top of each other, it is possible to manufacture objects requiring high mechanical resistance, such as skis, bicycle frames, or musical instruments.

The applications of veneer are as varied as they are multiple.

Since veneers are genuine wood, all wood finishing products, whether varnish, stain, or oil, are suitable. The choice of finish will depend on your personal preferences and the final use of the object.

The veneer offered here is a sliced sheet of uniform thickness, but the thickness might differ from one species to another. The standard thickness is around 0.6 mm.

Although the edges of the veneers have been cut roughly straight, the cut is not perfectly parallel. Some veneers may retain the natural taper of the tree, being slightly wider at the foot than at the top.

Some veneers may have a trace of a waney edge (an edge following the tree's natural shape) on the sides. In this case, the dimensions indicated correspond to the minimum width of the veneer, as specified in the "Dimensions" paragraph.

How to use veneers?

How to cut the veneers?

Veneers can be easily cut with a utility knife.

For straight cuts, the best results are obtained with a veneer saw.

Use a fretsaw, scalpel, or veneer knife for curved cuts.

Always allow for a slightly larger veneer sheet than your intended surface. This will allow you to adjust the size after gluing for a clean finish.

A flush trimmer can also be used to trim the veneer after gluing.

When cutting with a utility knife or veneer knife, it is best to cut with the grain of the wood. To check this, run your finger along the edge of the sheet. The direction that feels smoothest is the ideal direction for cutting.

What is veneer splicing?

As the veneers have the width that nature gave us, you might need to cover an area wider than the veneers available.

Therefore, you need to splice the veneers by gluing or fixing them side by side with tape to obtain the desired width.

Trim the veneer's edges with a straight and smooth cut to realize good jointing.

Stick the veneers with tape (the blue one is a good choice.)

Usually, the veneers are spliced side by side, but to obtain a longer length, they can be done foot by foot.

The splicing must be done before gluing the veneers on the substrate.

What Glue to Use for Veneering?

Several types of gluing are possible.

Vinylic glue (PVA or PVB) is well adapted to porous substrates such as plywood, particle board, or MDF. The veneers must be pressed with clamps over the entire surface at once.

Note: A technique using vinylic glue and an iron can also be used to glue veneers, but we strongly recommend choosing this technique only if other gluing solutions are impossible.

- Neoprene glue is applied to all surfaces, especially non-porous surfaces, using two coats of glue and marouflage.

- Animal glue, such as hide, sinew, or bone glue, are pellets that must be cooked in a double boiler and used hot.

How to Sand Veneers?

Veneers and all our products are genuine wood and can be sanded according to thickness.

Please do not use a belt sander, regardless of the thickness of the veneer, as this could pierce it.

With a 0.6 mm veneer, lightly sand with 120 grit and then finish with 180 or 240 grit. With an orbital sander, 180 grit is already sufficient for most applications.

How to Finish a Veneer Realization?

All finishing products generally used for wood are suitable for finishing our products. For example, you can use a varnish, wax, paint, or oil.

However, ensure that the product you want to use is compatible with the final use of your creation.

More information:

Please look at our TUTORIALS; you might find some valuable tips.

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