9. Resistance & Longevity Meranti wood is considered a tender hardwood. Nonetheless, it is not the most sturdy timber out there. It isn't adequately immune to decay and might be susceptible to attacks from insects.It must also be mentioned that 1 unintentional shortcoming of the Pink List is that it only considers the risk of extinction; broader co

Boat builders often use lighter hardwoods like Meranti in their assignments to scale back the general excess weight in the boat; supplying them better Manage in excess of the design and effectiveness on the vessel.Meranti is not hard to work with and has superior nailing, screwing and gluing properties. Meranti conveniently accepts varnish, paint o

Sustainability: Meranti is not mentioned during the CITES Appendices, but quite a few species from the Shorea genus are around the IUCN Pink Record. The vast majority of Shorea species are shown as currently being critically endangered because of a population reduction of around eighty% in the past 3 generations, caused by a drop in its natural