What Color Is Natural Alder Wood

Alder select premium grade alder rustic grade color samples.

What color is natural alder wood.

Alder wood exhibits two basic natural colors depending on the finishing technique used. Alder wiping snw stains color block set. Not all of our finishes are represented here however please browse this selection of our more popular finishes. Wipe the wood down with a cloth after every sanding removing the dust from the surface.

Make sure you sand in the direction of the wood grain along the natural lines in the alder wood. Alder is one of our most common used hardwoods and makes a very warm elegant kitchen bath or study. The natural wood colors chart can be a need for those who are interested in using natural wood color. This is an in stock color block and is available for purchase as an individual color block or as part of a color block set.

Use a medium grit sandpaper around 120 grit on the entire piece of wood. If a water white lacquer and blond shellac are used then the alder will take on a light gold color. This style of finishing is often used in conjunction with knotted pieces of wood to achieve a rustic aesthetic. Color consistency on alder is better than that of cherry or maple.

Alder is a soft closed grained hardwood which has almost the same grain and color characteristics as cherry. Woods differ in texture and color. Due to the lack of a categorized source of different types of colored wood we decided to take a look at the natural colored wood and introduce the wood species for each color. Common wood species and grade combinations when using a natural no stain finish.

We offer alder and rustic alder in all of our cabinet lines closets plus features alder only and in most cornerstone and millennia wood door styles the standard stain colors for both are shown below.