I’m just a lurker over here, I mainly hang out at Breaktime, but I had a question about suitability of woods in wet locations. I’ve done accents on my kitchen counters with Jatoba (brazilian cherry), and now I want to do wood around my kitchen sink, in between the sink and the slate tile countertop. I’ve got some jatoba sitting around, or I could get some ipe or massaranduba for this, though those would have to be ordered and take a while to get here- Anybody have reccomendations for me for a stable, durable wood in a wet location?
thanks, zak
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Ipe would win the durability contest, but for the best in durability and stability you can't beat teak. Avoid the masaranduba. Jatoba is less durable than ipe and teak, mediocre as far as stability, but the most attractive in my opinion. You can probably make any of them work depending on how well they're sealed and maintained.
Steve
Thanks, that helps quite a bit. I may just try it with the jatoba, knowing that this is not a terribly difficult part to tear out and start over again. Jatoba would match the rest of the kitchen anyhow.
zak
A bit late ....but for what you are doing Iroko is the best thing at a reasonable price range. As stable and resistant as teak but not as pretty. It's an African wood ,we use it quite a bit here even for out door furniture that once aged can't be distinguished from teak. When you plane it it actually feels waxy coming out of the planer.
Philip
Thanks for that, I'll file it away, but this project is already built out of jatoba. If it fails, I'll use ipe or iroko.
Here's a picture of the sink.
zak
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