- Joined
- Apr 16, 2005
- Location
- Sharon, SC
White oak cellular pores are filled with tyloses naturally. It makes them (more) water tight and more resistant to rot. (Its also why the finest Whiskey and Bourbons are aged in White Oak)
So with White Oak there is less reason to worry about oil treating.
Conversely Red Oak is more porous and will better absorb the treatment.
Mr grandad has an old ass utility trailer that the floor is made out of 3x6 rough cut cedar slabs. That trailer is older than I am and the floor has never been replaced. We were moving some scrap on the farm last summer with it and when we pulled something off it gouged the wood. Blew my mind that it instantly smelled like cedar however many years later.
Eastern Red Cedar is only like a 900 Janka...so not quite as hard as Red or White Oak (or true heart pine) but basically equal to SYP..(which starts a whole other interesting debate as loblolly isnt as hard as Short leaf though both are classified as SYPs...and longleaf gets included in SYP by name only...because if you are growing long leaf it aint finding its way to a lumber mill)
So with White Oak there is less reason to worry about oil treating.
Conversely Red Oak is more porous and will better absorb the treatment.
Mr grandad has an old ass utility trailer that the floor is made out of 3x6 rough cut cedar slabs. That trailer is older than I am and the floor has never been replaced. We were moving some scrap on the farm last summer with it and when we pulled something off it gouged the wood. Blew my mind that it instantly smelled like cedar however many years later.
Eastern Red Cedar is only like a 900 Janka...so not quite as hard as Red or White Oak (or true heart pine) but basically equal to SYP..(which starts a whole other interesting debate as loblolly isnt as hard as Short leaf though both are classified as SYPs...and longleaf gets included in SYP by name only...because if you are growing long leaf it aint finding its way to a lumber mill)
