Trying out Acacia Wood // WnW 233

I'd Never worked with this before, have you?
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I was helping a friend with a bathroom vanity build, and for the top they picked this section of Acacia wood countertop from the local big box home centre store.

I had never worked with Acacia before; it certainly is not a North American domestic. So I thought I'd make a short video showing it off.

THIS IS NOT a definitive academic guide to Acacia Wood! I'm just sharing some introductory stuff I found out as a woodworker.

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[dsteks]

In the Southern Europe Acacia it's mostly used for firewood, but it's best used for fence posts because of its resistace to rot without any protection.
Acacia blooms white flowers in mid-spring, the flowers are edible and bees love it which in turn means a lot of honey.

[kylobear]

I love mimosas! They are so interesting! I love the leaves because they’re pretty and curl up when you touch them!

[hansdegroot]

Great video with a lot of background information on the species.

[mcgurgenasolito]

I have made a boat ton of cutting boards from acacia counter top

[scottborder]

Acacia wood trees are in the Arizona desert too. Acacia wood is mentioned a lot in the Bible, used for the Ark of the covenant and other builds.

[Marwil]

shellac the number one choice for that bug poop finish 😂

[darlenewilson]

I just bought me a butcher block today made out of that wood and it is awesome if anyone else has one use coconut oil to treat it after you clean it

[dwiirawatiofficial]

Mantap Abangku semangat sukses selalu 🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉

[lukeedwards]

Planning to buy some charcuterie boards made from Acasia to cut up for knife handles. Hopefully I get the nice dark stuff. Thanks for the awesome video

[degrom]

When using Acacia slabs for kitchen counter tops Rubio Monocoat is a great finishing product and very user friendly .

[KLWStrings]

Acacia is a nice wood, at least some of the many varieties.. Koa wood is Acacia, Australian Blackwood is both used extensively in Guitar making, in general nice to work with, the hardness rating seems a bit hard to me but what do I know...

[gioknows]

Great video, Sir. Cheers from Ottawa.

[Jamesyboy]

just bought a bed made out of this wood, reccomend?

[willemkossen]

I love acacia wood. It comes in other names, like robinia and i think locust is also related.

[LutherBuilds]

Very nice! We bought three 8'x2' lengths of Acacia countertops from Lumber Liquidators for our kitchen remodel. I finished them with Rubio Monocoat Pure because of the easy maintenance on them. The Rubio has a good amount of protection, but my Lab puppy has already scratched the edges on them from putting his paws on them trying to get stuff on the counter. I have some offcuts I was thinking of making into cutting boards but this has me worried about the durability of them. It may be worth making them into end grain boards instead.

[carmengilla]

We bought a home with Acacia flooring that looks like the one on your video but it's the dark shade like the look after you stained it. I really like lighter color flooring. Do you think we can lighten the color of our wood floor if we sand it down?

[carolarmstrongminton]

nice work and informative video, i'm sure the vanity will look great. a suggestion, tho: having worked with a lot of water based poly, i'd never use it in a bathroom or kitchen. it just doesn't respond well to having any water left behind. an oil poly would have been a better choice. an even better choice (and what i use in bathrooms) is waterlox. poly is a bear to repair as you have to sand off all the old finish, but you can reapply waterlox with no sanding. i've used waterlox on my wood kitchen counters; i applied the original finish over 7 years ago and it's just now showing signs of needing some attention.

[Watchoutforsnakez]

I wish you could have commented on its longevity or resistance to scratches and heat. What do you predict as to this wood? I like your channel.❤

[E.A.M.]

Added a like for the informative video, the recognizer in the background, and the cool clipboard!

[thedjkay]

It's African found in the Sinai desert of Egypt very old tree and it's bring amazing wood