Wood gonkalo is rather easily processed. Often has a svilevato-layered arrangement of fibres (to similarly hornbeam and the Canadian sugar maple), paternal after polishing and a covering the varnish creates unique visual effect. It is used for furniture manufacturing, for various small hand-made articles, for incrustations and in art parquet floors. Wood gonkalo is elegantly decorative, that allows to use it for creation of exclusive interiors. For prevention of formation of cracks by an obligatory condition drilling of apertures under nails and screws is. Application of varnishes, glues and first coats on a water basis is not recommended.
Hornbeam (grabina, «a white beech») - a beautiful tree from family berezocvetnyh (Betulaceae), height to 20 metres and thickness of a trunk to 80 centimetres, the near relation to a wood hazel grove (leschine). The Most widespread in the Western, Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor and Iran.
Hornbeam wood light, serovato-white, shining, heavy, viscous. Drawing of year rings is expressed poorly. Wood fibres are often braided (svilevatost'), therefore the hornbeam rather badly gives in to machining.
It is used mainly in parquet floors. After polishing and a covering a varnish svilevatost' gives unique visual effect. For avoidance of deformations and treschinoobrazovaniya demands long and cautious drying. For prevention of formation of cracks by an obligatory condition drilling of apertures under nails and screws is. Application of varnishes, glues and first coats on a water basis is not recommended. Before a covering poliuretanovymi varnishes drawing of the first coats excluding is necessary
«podjig» wood.