Why Choose Wenge?
An amazing unique wood that's nearly 100% black. Wenge is also marked with slightly lighter brown streaks which gives the wood an unusual, yet delightful, appearance. Wenge is hard and heavy, and makes a superb accent wood in highly decorative projects.
These real wood veneer sheets are composed of premium sliced hardwoods that are spliced along the edges to make the full width; splicing is also done in a book matched pattern that's attractive and helps hide the splicing seam. The sheets use full-length slices so there are no splices to make the length. The 10 mil (10 thousandths) thickness paper backing allows the sheet to bend, flex, and work with curves and shapes without splitting. Apply paper back veneers with contact adhesive to make panels of large projects: conference tables, desks, doors, cabinet doors, coffee tables, etc.
Thickness | 1/42" (≈ 1/42" approx) |
Width | 48" |
Length | 8' |
Grade | Architectural grade paper back veneer is cut from the cleanest and most attractive logs; all sheets are sanded smooth to 220 grit |
Quantity | One sheet has 32 square feet |
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Ease of Finishing
(Millettia laurentii)
Wenge grows in Africa
Dark brown to black with fine black veining.
Ranges from 60-90 feet in height; bole usually straight and unbuttressed; trunk diameters about 36".
Awoung, Dikela, Mibotu, Bokonge
Furniture, cabinets, flooring, industrial, exterior.
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