A chum has contacted me to ask if Acacia is suitable for flooring (presumably he has been offerred some) – has anyone out there ever used it? I know there are a lot of species, but no idea which he has been offerred.
Many thanks,
Ozzy
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I've made furniture with Black Acacia. It is tough, hard, and dense. It'd make fine flooring, if you could get enough. There are northern-hemisphere cousins to acacia -- locust, mesquite, and koa -- which are also hard and dense. So probably your acacia would be good flooring, but perhaps Austrailian acacia is different. Try to learn the actual species.
Edited 2/12/2009 8:50 pm ET by Jamie_Buxton
Hi, Jamie, good to meet you.
I will have a word with my chum, maybe he can talk to the supplier for info on the species. Thanks for the info.
Take care,
Ozzy
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