| Natural
stain or discolouration |
May be present |
| Other
discolouration |
Not present, except if product is to be
painted. |
| Quartersawn
tight gum vein |
Tight gum veins may be present, but each
will be less
than 5mm wide. |
| Blacksawn
tight gum vein |
Backsawn gum vein may be present, but will
be a
maximum of 2mm deep, 1m long and 60mm wide
across the largest dimension. |
| 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 |
May be present, but will not extend
from surface to
surface. Maximum width will be 10mm, length 50mm
and depth if backsawn 2mm. |
| Holes |
Small holes up to 3mm in diameter may be
present.
There will be less than 20 in any 100mm x100mm area
and less than an average of 30 per 300mm x300mm area
over the whole board surface. |
| Tight
knots |
May be present, but individually or in
aggregate over 1m
length of board, will be less than 40mm measured across
the largest dimension for boards over 120mm wide, and
less than 1/3 the surface width for narrower boards. |
| Checks
appearing
on the surface |
May be present, but each will be a maximum
of 2mm
wide and 250mm long. |
