Sapele Bench Slats Roundover

Customer Reviews

By Colin on 12th December 2018

"Well machined and uniform bench slats of good quality. Excellent finish when oiled e.g. for use on a garden bench or as rubbing strips to stop dining chairs digging holes in wall plaster!"

By TerenceSeanOBrien on 26th October 2018

"Great bench slats"

By Alan Tew on 30th July 2018

"Excellent product "

By Aaron Dunn on 30th July 2018

"Good quality wood perfectly cut & planed."

By Colin on 14th May 2018

"Good quality slats, well uniform and straight. Fast service. All at a reasonable price. What more do we want!"

By Tom Paxton on 14th May 2018

"Quick delivery. Excellent quality wood slats."

Sizes

Sizes available:

1.22m (4ft) x 38mm (1 1/2') x 20mm (3/4')

1.22m (4ft) x 50mm (2') x 20mm (3/4')

1.525m (5ft) x 38mm (1 1/2') x 20mm (3/4')

1.525m (5ft) x 50mm (2') x 20mm (3/4')

All sizes listed are finished sizes.

Sapele

Sapele is a medium to dark reddish brown heartwood predominantly from West Africa.  It generally has a more random grain appearance meaning it can be liable to interlocked grain.  Interlocked grain spirals around the centre of the tree thus alternating intermittently and causing a 'rough' effect, this can generally be reduced if not eliminated by heavy sanding.

Useful for

• Furniture and cabinetwork

• Decorative veneers

• Plywood

• Joinery

• Flooring

• Panelling

Delivery

Timber Delivery Rates for Mainland UK start from: Timber - £11.99 Large Timber - £19.99 Double Pallet - £99.98 Triple Pallet - £149.97 Please note, palletised deliveries are kerbside only. We use a third-party courier service to ship large and heavy items. Please ensure you have the necessary ability and equipment to move the delivery into your property.

Finishing from the sawmill

It is up to you and really depends what look you are after. They will go grey if you leave them and that is a natural barrier and is generally my choice with oak. Otherwise you can vanish/oil them and this will provide extra protection especially from moisture which is the worst thing to cause decay, but it will be an ongoing job with most oils. I have found with tung/danish oil that if left outside over winter as it will start to weather black and then grey in a matter of months and to avoid this it requires constant re coating.

We have recently starting stocking Restol which is able to protect the wood and maintain the oak for several years without a re coat and is proving very popular.