February 25, 2005 Rotted siding Gene Wengert helps a homeowner with a question about decaying siding. Need help Identifying these Oak logs. Uses –Both red and white oak The smell of Red Oak is pungent where the White oak can smell very sweet. 1998. Red and white oak lumber -- to the undiscriminating eye -- look similar. White oak will turn black, red oak will not react. December 1, 2005 Identifying Pecan Pecan is hard to tell apart from Hickory. Red oak is an open-grained wood with very large pores. When using reclaimed oak you will find a variety of grain patterns as well as a mixture of White Oak and Red Oak. - Gangnamstyle. Grain Identification of White Oak vs Red Oak . When examined closer, the pores of red oak and white oak are very different. The leaves have: 5-7 lobes, fanning out wider as you get to the tip of the leaf. July 6, 2012 Hickory or Pecan Ideas for telling two highly similar plywood faces apart. Whether they are white/red Oak. It is distinguished by scaled, wart-like marks on the acorns and lightly colored bark. On the other hand, white oak bark has deep furrows and ridges that are triangular in cross-section. Identify the common White Oak by its scaly, warty acorns. Red oak vs white oak bark. Oaks are grouped as white oaks or red oaks. Potassium nitrate solution works. Curly White Oak Sawyers show off examples of figured white oak. Thanks Sam! Oak can be found with a rift-sawed, quarter sawed or plain sawed grain pattern each holding a different value. Any help would be much appriciated. I infer from your post that if the lumber was surfaced, you could differentiate between white and red oak. If deciphering rough sawn oak species is the problem, I suggest you contact a lumber grader at a local sawmill and offer to buy him/her lunch on a Saturday in return for giving you a quick lesson in how he/she differentiates rough sawn white oak from red oak. Identifying white oak logs with sodium nitrite Regis B. 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