Ironwood lumber. Iron woods is the original leading brand of exotic hardwood decking specialty lumber including ipe decking garapa decking dark red balau decking vanish rainscreen roof deck pedestal systems and deck tile systems. Its hardness and color variety means it yeilds extremely attractive appearance and finishes beautifully. Desert ironwood olneya tesota is one of the densest and most stable woods known. Fast free shipping on many items.
It is so dense that it will not float in water and so hard that it has been used for bearings. Difficult to obtain and dry properly this beautiful and very dense hardwood has a great deal of chatoyance luster which gives great depth and color to finished projects.