Resists cupping splitting and grain rise real wood.
Paulownia wood siding.
Naturally decay resistant real wood.
Even though the trees grow very fast the grain of finished wood has a lot of character.
Is paulownia wood good for siding.
It s much softer than the finger joint primed pine.
Boards are primed and ready to be painted.
Ship lap can be used inside for wall paneling and ceiling or outside for siding.
Doesn t just look like wood real wood.
Lightweight paulownia is about 2 3 the weight of the lightest commercial wood grown in the us.
Performs interior and exterior.
Durável paulownia has a 10 year limited warranty.
This pre primed glued up siding was installed on our house in 2007.
Paulownia takes stain perfectly and can easily resemble mahogany or walnut with the right stain.
Still need to seal all cut edges though.
Primed with sherwin williams supercoat system primer.
It is easy to plane sand saw rip route and carve.
Paulownia trimboard siding paulownia is easy to work using hand or machine tools.
It may go under the brand name of duraprime or e prime.
Two years later mold started appearing on surface.
It is used for chests boxes and clogs.
It weighs an average of 14 to 19 lbs per cubic foot.
Blonde to golden brown in color it is a substitute for balsa wood and similar to catalpa another lightweight and porous hardwood.
Have you heard of any quality issues with clapboard siding from a species of wood called paulownia.
I think it s a good option for trimming exteriors when pvc is not in the budget.
Maybe i get something different that we call paulownia but what my supplier sells as paulownia is a finger joint primed cedar board available in 1x and 5 4x.
Lightweight and strong real wood.
Paulownia is a deciduous hardwood that has silky light golden blonde colored wood.
Paulownia is used in applications where a lightweight yet proportionately strong wood is needed.
During quick processing there is not danger of splitting or chipping.
Native to eastern asia paulownia is very light in weight 17 to 21lbs per cubic foot fine grained soft warp resistant and has a natural resistance to termites.