Guest Post by Adam Dias Finishing Redwood Part I Raw wood sales are a big part of our business. Whether first-time do it yourselfers looking to save a little money by finishing out their own project or professional woodworkers, we constantly receive the same questions from our customers in regards to finishing redwood. How do…
Live-edge wood slabs are a great option for table designs and furniture projects. The differences that set a live edge slab apart from other wood slabs lie in the aesthetics of the slab top, the visual appearance of the grain, and the edge of the slab. Our live edge wood slabs are cut and milled…
Old-growth redwood and new growth redwood can sometimes be hard to differentiate. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to identify old-growth wood by visual appearance and texture. Classifying Redwood New growth redwood goes by many different names including but not limited to second growth, third growth, fourth growth, and young growth. By today’s standards,…
Redwood burl slab tables account for more inquiries than anything else here at Redwood Burl Inc. We have thousands of redwood burl slabs available and ready to go, but only have a limited amount of space on our website for pictures. Because of this, we only list less than 5% of our inventory on our…
Redwood Bar Top Project: Special projects such as redwood burl bar tops are something we get to work on every day here at Redwood Burl Inc. But then again, every project is special to us. We work with clients all over the country on a daily basis. We make custom modifications to most customers’ orders…
Rustic Kitchen Countertops – Craig’s Project Everybody wants rustic kitchen countertops, but where do you start? Just give us a call and let us help. We have redwood slabs in a variety of sizes and styles. If we don’t have what you’re looking for on our website, we can always custom cut it for you. It…
How to Build a Rustic Kitchen Table Rustic kitchen tables are one of the larger items we sell regularly here at Redwood Burl Inc. By larger, I mean up to just over 20 feet in length. Rustic can have many meanings. When most people think of rustic kitchen tables, they think of a farmhouse table. These…
Responsibly Sourcing Salvaged or Reclaimed Redwood Is all salvaged or reclaimed wood considered “green”? The answer is no. It can only be considered “green” if it is used within 250 miles of where it came from, otherwise, it’s just salvaged or reclaimed. Today we are going to talk about the definitions of some of these words,…
Sanding Redwood An example of a redwood slab, sanded to perfection. Let’s talk about the first step of finishing your own redwood – sanding. Firstly, the most important rule for sanding redwood is simple – don’t overdo it! Secondly, the best advice we can give is to begin with the finished product in mind. This tutorial…
Today I am writing about some of the different grain characteristics found in the redwood we have available here at Redwood Burl Inc. First off, we have our tree slabs. These are usually cut from the main trunk of the tree. Some are really straight-grained slabs. These come from the lower end of the tree…