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Santa Maria - appropriate for strips?
By:JJ
Date: 7/20/2001, 4:43 pm

A local lumberyard has a good supply of "Santa Maria" wood for decking. It has a pleasing colour and comes in long lenghts. Has anyone used this for strip building? How well does it work? I don't know much about the properties of the wood. I know that it is much heavier than cedar but I was only going to use it for a couple of accent stripes. Any other suggestions to get really dark red strips. (Paduk, Bubinga?)

Thanks for your help
JJ

Messages In This Thread

Santa Maria - appropriate for strips?
JJ -- 7/20/2001, 4:43 pm
Re: Santa Maria - appropriate for strips?
Jim Kozel -- 7/20/2001, 5:55 pm
Re: Santa Maria - appropriate for strips?
Jim Kozel -- 7/23/2001, 10:11 am
Re: Santa Maria - appropriate for strips?
Jay Babina -- 7/23/2001, 9:07 am