re: wife wants some Adirondack chairs for the backyard

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One of the reasons it was used for boardwalks on the cost in the North East

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I bet I sold a million dollars worth of Ipe to replace a large portion of that Jersey Boardwalk after a hurricane messed it up. I’ve never personally traveled up that way but we sell a ton of Ipe in the northeast. Florida and Texas are huge markets for us. Honestly though we sell that stuff all over the country including Canada and Mexico.

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It looks nice when weathered untreated but I think it looks magnificent with a Danish Oil finish.

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We sell something called Penofin to use on Ipe. It has an UV inhibitor in it and works pretty good. We’ve worked with Penofin for a long time and they’ve been tweaking their formula for over a decade. That type of decking is so hard it really does not accept normal stains and what not very well. I bet it looks beautiful with Danish Oil. Typically most homeowners will stay on top of staining it and after a few years they seem to just throw in the towel and let it turn gray.

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The last time I sued it (over 10 years ago, maybe closer to 20) it was hard to find 4/4 or larger dimensional lumber most everything was already milled for flooring or decking.

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Years ago it primarily came in 1x6 and 5/4 x 6. That’s nominal of course. Today it comes in 4”, 6”, 8”, 10”, and 12”. I sell a lot of 2x stock and even 3x and 4x. Talk about heavy. Try picking up 6x6’s in that species. Makes my back hurt even thinking about it. We do sell it in the rough and random widths random lengths. Don’t sell a ton of that but certain projects people ask for it that way. 99% of what we sell though is S2S4E run that way in Brazil. For a high performance wood species that stuff is about as durable as it gets.