koki timber
koki timber
Who has experience with koki timber??I read a article that they make boats of koki? And it seems termites resistance. I wanna make a floor with koki, and Maybe the walls, but koki is dark almost black in colour, so it's not so nice looking timber.
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Black does not reflect light (that's why it's black). You will find that with (near) black floors and walls, your windows will provide a terrible glare making your house unliveable.bartderks wrote:Who has experience with koki timber??I read a article that they make boats of koki? And it seems termites resistance. I wanna make a floor with koki, and Maybe the walls, but koki is dark almost black in colour, so it's not so nice looking timber.
And depressing also.
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I would definately use Kohki for flooring applications.
I've used it on 2 big jobs at home and is a great timber to work with. There is minimal loss during milling, especially when compared with a similarly priced timber like sokkrom.
Lengths are available up to 9 metres, but the longer lengths tend to be darker (older growth?) but not walnut dark.
If you can stick to 4 metre lengths you will get a lighter finish most likely. Golden brown - mid brown.
When freshly milled or sanded, it is very light in colour - nearly pine light, but darkens on exposure to sunlight. The sooner after sanding you can coat it (with polyurethane) you can nearly 'lock-in' the colour. Oil finishes darken it.
Its botanical name is Hopea Odorata.
I've used it on 2 big jobs at home and is a great timber to work with. There is minimal loss during milling, especially when compared with a similarly priced timber like sokkrom.
Lengths are available up to 9 metres, but the longer lengths tend to be darker (older growth?) but not walnut dark.
If you can stick to 4 metre lengths you will get a lighter finish most likely. Golden brown - mid brown.
When freshly milled or sanded, it is very light in colour - nearly pine light, but darkens on exposure to sunlight. The sooner after sanding you can coat it (with polyurethane) you can nearly 'lock-in' the colour. Oil finishes darken it.
Its botanical name is Hopea Odorata.
ONe of the more expensive timbers in Cambodia. Assuming your flooring guys know what they are doing...it makes for a fantastic, hard wearing floor.
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Thanks for all answers, I went to a small village here with some timber yards that's sell only koki, price only 550$ m3. Very low price, at a big shop on the highway 750$. But finally it goes about how many metre plank
you get. Most shops count 1.5cm thickness for a 1 cm plank, and some shops 2 cm.
you get. Most shops count 1.5cm thickness for a 1 cm plank, and some shops 2 cm.
Long timereader, is koki easy to sand by hand?? Maybe I can use my angle grinder( but probably it goes to fast), to sand by hand with sanding paper cost some days and alot of sandingpaper
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Its easy enough to round off and edge by hand, but if you try hand sand a whole timber floor you'll probably have about a dozen heart attacks by the time you're finished.
Khmers use a grinder with the velcro pad and the boxes of hook and loop sand paper that are about 10 - 12 bucks each box.
You really need to get it dimensioned and leave it to shrink / dry for a t least a few weeks in the location where it will be used otherwise huge gaps will appear as it dries after laying.
Personally, I just use my floor sanding machines.
Khmers use a grinder with the velcro pad and the boxes of hook and loop sand paper that are about 10 - 12 bucks each box.
You really need to get it dimensioned and leave it to shrink / dry for a t least a few weeks in the location where it will be used otherwise huge gaps will appear as it dries after laying.
Personally, I just use my floor sanding machines.
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I think 1cm planks isn't going to do the job (unless it's laid on an existing concrete slab). Unless it's tongue and groove they will break easily.
An angle grinder will do a terrible rough job and will take far too long.
As longtimereader says, use a floor sanding machine.
An angle grinder will do a terrible rough job and will take far too long.
As longtimereader says, use a floor sanding machine.
Floor 3 cm, walls 1 cm.
Thanks for all advice, tomorrow I go watch the planks and probably order
Thanks for all advice, tomorrow I go watch the planks and probably order