wood

wood

1. soft woods

   • soft woods are softer , easyer to cut and not as hard as hardwood. They grow faster and are usually lighter in colour. the grain of the wood is usually easy to see, showing as dark lines on a pale background. softwoods are much cheaper than hardwoods. they are used a lot in the building industry for roofs and window frames. soft wood is often known as pine or deal making no distinction.

2. hard woods

   • hard woods are heaver and harder than softwoods. they come from many different parts of the world and in many different colours. hardwoods are generaly used in high quality work such as furniture. mahogany and beach are two of the most common. mahogany is a reddish brown in colour and is both hard and strong. its usualy used in top quality furniture

3. basics

   • the are two types of wood soft and hard wood one is soft and lightly coloured the other is hard and in many differently coloured. hardwoods come from broad leafed deciduous trees which lose their leafs in autumn. softwoods come from conifers trees which keep their leafs all ear long. they are not as heavy as hard woods