MATAVERDE® CUMARU PROJECT IDEAS The natural beauty and versatility of Mataverde Premium Cumaru Wood Decking has made it one of our most popular decking materials. Whether you're a homeowner, builder or architect, you'll appreciate the versatility of this remarkable material with a low life-cycle cost - perfect for a wide variety of outdoor projects. Grown in Brazil, eco-friendly Cumaru hardwood decking and lumber is naturally resistant to rot and insect damage. Its strength and durability help to create elegant boardwalks, walkways, stunning pergolas, porches, railings, bridges, benches and gazebos. From residential decks and privacy screens to boardwalks and piers, this eco-friendly wood is ideal for projects built to last. MATAVERDE CUMARU DECKING AND LUMBER SPECIFICATIONS FSC® Certified Cumaru Boardwalk Cumaru Decking at Health Spa Mataverde Cumaru Decking and Cumaru Lumber are excellent material choices for projects where the following design criteria are of high importance:

25 year limited warranty Class A fire resistance Tropical graing and color variations Ages gracefully to silvery patina Types of projects where Cumaru Decking, Lumber or Siding are approprate materials: Cumaru Wood Offers Exceptional Beauty with Rugged Durability Cumaru, also known as Brazilian Teak, has become increasingly popular not only for its resilience and rugged composition, but also for its wide array of attractive color varieties. It possesses a high level of durability and tensile strength, which provides exceptional resistance to warping, splintering, and fungal rot. Cumaru’s coloration ranges from rich mahogany browns to buttery golds, and the grain boasts a finely woven and uniform pattern. Cabinetry, outdoor decking, indoor flooring, and furniture are the most popular uses for Cumaru, but any hardwood undertaking you can imagine would be greatly improved by the dynamic coloration and persistent reliability that this hardwood choice provides.

Cumaru Wood Lengths & Profiles OHC offers Cumaru decking in a wide range of lengths  (8′ to 20′) and profiles. We currently sell this exotic hardwood in various quantities including container and truck loads.Gt3000 Air Purifier Cleaning Tongue & Groove Porch FlooringBlackout Blinds For Attic Windows Custom Profiles made to your specs!Full Spectrum Lighting Ikea Buy Cumaru Decking Direct Call the Outdoor Living Team at OHC today to purchase Cumaru decking: 1-800-999-7616 A client wants kitchen cabinets, frameless, slab doors, in cumaru (Brazilian teak). Cumaru is typically used for flooring. It is not available in paperbacked veneer (to have panels laid up) so I'm trying to come up with an alternative.

The cumaru has some striping that the client likes. I've found something called cerejeria and it is available in paperbacked veneer, but am wondering if there is another alternative. The stain will be dark. Anyone work with cumaru before for cabinetry or have a suggestion for an alternative wood? I would steer them away from Cumaru. It is a particularly lifeless wood - suitable for decking and not much else. We built 2 curved stairs with Cumaru at a customer's request, and I should have turned them down. The treads like to move and split, and look like deck wood. Then they ordered some more work that required veneers, and while we found the veneer, it was hard to press and hard to glue, and still ugly when complete. I would show some samples of narra or similar. Just because they saw some stripes in a piece of cumaru, doesn't mean you will be able to get the same effect. You will be better off going with an established fine cabinet wood, and having the veneers laid up for you.

I agree with contributor D, I would shy away from the cumaru. It is extremely heavy and has some other characteristics that will create headaches. One customer I am working with has been using cumaru for decking and some other things as well. Within the same batches of material there are two distinctly different appearances. Some are attractive and some are extremely bland, about a 50/50 mix. The 2 would not mix well in a set of cabinets, which would mean a lot of sorting and waste. Also, even after having been installed for weeks, there seems to be a tendency for slivers to splinter off from the boards. I cannot imagine having this going on in a set of cabinets.I will not be using cumaru for the cabinetry. I have used some exotics as small panels in custom doors but this was solid wood and I can't imagine using it for an entire kitchen, and not for what I priced it at. I'm looking now at cerejeria and afromosia and will definitely have the panels laid up (although I have done some pressing in my vacuum setup before).

Takes a dark finish (or any finish) very well. Availability and pricing is good.Plus, it will be a very dark stain so I may just use khaya (African mahogany) and call it a day! Sapele, with its striping, would work well. Easy to work with 4/4 sapele too. Have to make some color samples now. I produce sliced veneer in Lima, Peru. I have successfully cut 0.6mm quartered cumaru veneer that renders a beautiful ribbon stripe. We have used quartered ribbon striped avodire to match cumaru flooring. Stains to match if necessary. We make sheets and panels. Would you like to add information to this article?Interested in writing or submitting an article?Have a question about this article?Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? KnowledgeBase: Lumber and Plywood KnowledgeBase: Lumber & Plywood: Buying KnowledgeBase: Wood Engineering: Wood Properties Would you like to add information to this article? If you have a question regarding a Knowledge Base article, your best chance at uncovering an answer is to search the entire Knowledge Base for related articles or to post your question at the appropriate WOODWEB Forum.

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