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Species: Parota
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Cut / Edge: Live Edge
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Length: 48"
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Width: 18" - 23"
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Thickness: 2.6"
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Board Feet: 15.6
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Surface Finish: Epoxy Filled
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Live Edge Character: Mild
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Figure: Straight
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Kiln Dried: Yes
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Approx. Weight: 31 lbs
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Slab ID: G967
Parota, also sold as Guanacaste, is a light Central American hardwood: light to medium brown heartwood, sometimes with a reddish cast and darker streaks, against pale yellow sapwood. The texture is very coarse, almost fibrous, from very large open pores, and the grain is usually slightly interlocked. It is soft and light for a hardwood, so it machines easily but tears out and fuzzes under the planer, and the final surface comes off the sander before the open pores are filled under a film finish. Trunks run wide, so single-slab tops are common. It suits dining tops, desks and conference tables that will not see hard knocks. Ours are kiln dried in Zebulon, NC.
