The wood is burned until the surface is charred and then coated with natural oil.
Sugi ban japanese burnt wood siding.
Shortly after beginning the craft we realized we were reviving the japanese tradition of shou sugi ban this process is used to preserve the wood by charring it.
Traditionally this practice is used with japanese cedar in order to weatherproof it.
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The essential idea is to burn the surface of wood to a varying degree of char.
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Our charwood siding comes in five different finishes midnight ebony char silvertip sage and lightest tiger char.
Charred wood siding and fencing are the products of an ancient japanese technique that makes a unique beautiful and durable exterior wood product.
Shou sugi ban is an ancient japanese technique for waterproofing and preserving wood.
While shou sugi ban originated for the purpose of weatherproofing wood it has recently become popular as a rustic textural design element inside the home.
Charwood is a japanese style of charred wood called shou sugi ban a process of finishing siding that dates back hundreds of years.
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It involves charring the cedar wood surface until it turns black.
Nakamoto forestry is the largest producer and supplier of japanese burnt wood siding shou sugi ban in the us canada.
The japanese invented this technique centuries ago calling it shou sugi ban or yakisugi.
Charwood siding shou sugi ban our charwood siding shou sugi ban is one of our two flagship products the other being our charwood fencing.
November 3 2017 while shou sugi ban 焼杉板 originated in japan in the 18th century primarily as way to treat cedar siding to make it weatherproof the technique which involves charring a wood.
Shou sugi ban is an ancient japanese carbonized wood finish created by burning the surface of wood to preserve it.