Origin:Portugal, Spain, Morocco

About Cork Wood

Top portion is finished with water-base finish!
The bottom portion with oil-based finish

The product commonly referred to as cork is actually the bark of the Cork Oak tree. Once removed, the tree regrows the bark with no lasting damage to the plant. About every 8 to 10 years the bark can be harvested again, making this product a rene.Comprising a nearly countless number of individual air-filled cells, cork offers a very unique appearance. Depending upon how the flattened bark is cut, cork can reveal any of a number of distinctive surface designs.

Because it is a softer product, cork does not offer much resistance to cutting tools.

Cork is impervious to water due to the interconnected nature of its “honeycombed” and airtight cells. The product has strong elastic properties, making it a lower-impact flooring option. Cork is light in weight and is also a good heat insulator. The product is naturally resistant to insect attack and fire when untreated. The wood is reported to have a slight odor.
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Uses

Cork’s most predominant use over the centuries has been as a stopper for bottling due to its water-resistant properties. Other uses include life jackets, buoys, gaskets, flooring, sound dampening products, bulletin boards, paneling, wainscottting, and sub-flooring.
Workability: Because it is a softer product, cork does not offer much resistance to cutting tools.
Allergies/Toxicity: Cork is naturally hypo-allergenic. Suberin, the waxy substance that occurs in the bark of the cork tree, repels wood rot as well as insects, leaving mildew and mold without a place to cultivate. Dander and dust have no fibers in which to collect, and pet hairs no place to cling. There are no carcinogens produced and the material does not shed microfibers, making it the best hypo-allergenic product.
DISTRIBUTION Brazil
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