Select Grade has the least amount of natural feature of the three grades of Tasmanian Oak. It is generally quite uniform in appearance, making it aesthetically “quieter” than the other two grades.

Features:
 
Natural stain or discolouration
Small amount may be present.
Other
discolouration
Not present, except if product is to be painted.
Black speck
Small amount may be present.
Quartersawn
tight gum vein
Individual tight gum veins may be up to 2mm wide and
250mm in length. Aggregate length of all tight gum
veins present is less than half of the board length.
Blacksawn
tight gum vein
As for quartersawn tight gum vein.
Loose gum vein
Not present.
Gum & latex
pockets, overgrowth
of injury
Not present.
Holes
Small holes up to 2mm in diameter may be present. A
maximum of 6 holes will be present in any 100 x100mm
area, and the total number of holes in the board will be
less than an average of 12 per 300 x300mm area over
the whole board surface.
Tight knots
Tight knots may be present, but they will be smaller in
aggregate than 15mm measured across their largest
dimension, or 1/4 of the surface width if the board is less
than 60mm wide, over 1m length of board.
Checks appearing
on the surface
Small checks may be present, but they will each be less
than 1mm wide and 250mm long.
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