| Natural
stain or discolouration |
May be present |
| Other
discolouration |
Not present, except if product is to be
painted. |
| Quartersawn
tight gum vein |
May be present, but maximum width will
be 5mm. |
| Blacksawn
tight gum vein |
May be present, but maximum depth will
be 2mm. |
| Loose
gum vein |
There may be loose gum veins present up
to 3mm wide.
They will not intersect a board end or extend from
surface to surface, and the aggregate length of all loose
gum veins present will be less than 1/5 of the board
length. |
| Gum
& latex
pockets, overgrowth
of injury |
These will not extend from surface to surface.
Maximum
width will be 15mm, length 75mm and depth if
backsawn 2mm. |
| Holes |
Pinholes may be present. There will be
less than 20
holes smaller than 3mm in diameter in any 100mm
x100mm area and less than an average of 30 per 300mm
x300mm area over the whole board surface. Up to 3
holes between 3mm and 10mm in diameter may be
present in any 1m length of board. |
| Tight
knots |
The largest dimension individually or in
aggregate of
any tight knots present in any 1m length of board will
be
less than 50mm for boards greater than 133mm wide;
the maximum dimension of tight knots for boards less
than 133mm wide is 3/8 of the surface width. |
| Checks
appearing
on the surface |
May be present, but each will be less than
2mm wide. |
