This beautiful French Oak is first kiln dried and then baked in huge ovens at 180^oC. This has several effects:

• It changes the colour to a beautiful chocolate brown throughout the thickness of the board, so even after sanding they retain their colour, unlike stained boards.
• Boards must be glued down as the change in cell structure makes nailing difficult. Can be sanded as normal oak boards.
• Boards can be finished as normal with hardwax oil or lacquer finish.
• Boards look great in period and new properties.

FULL THICKNESS CARAMEL BAKED OAK:  

THICKNESS: 20.4mm T/G  1.5mm microbevel.

WIDTHS: 180 - 200mm 

LENGTHS: 1500 - 2100mm (90%+)

Boards must be fixed with adhesive (eg. Sikabond) and cannot be secret-nailed.