This highly stable product is always recommendedfor applications with extreme weather exposure, or for surfaces which takeabuse. This milling procedure leaves a straight, vertical grain which minimizescupping, warping and twisting. Quartersawing exposes the maximum numberof grain surfaces, which act like capillaries to better absorb paint andstain. Grain is vertical to board.
Grain is curved to board.
Clapboards are planed andedged on one side. Clapboards are sorted by length andgrade and strapped into bundles. They are then stacked and palletized. Thepallets have bundles of boards varying in length from 2' to 6'. The majorityof boards will be longer lengths.