If you are shopping for Brazilian walnut hardwood floors, you will need to have an ample budget to support your design choice. Fairly pricey, these floors have to be imported, but far outperform other types of hardwood.
It is important to choose Brazilian walnut floors that have been over dried while kilning. Otherwise the wood tends to shrink. Brazilian wood is known for its ability to showcase a variety of colors within the same piece of wood. Brazilian wood is referred to as “select grade,” which refers to the beauty in the wood and not its durability.
Brazilian walnut hardwood floors are popular for fighting fungi and wood boring insects. It is a very dense wood with a wide color variety, depending on where the wood was grown. Brazilian walnut hardwood floors are considered some of the hardest, most durable floors around, and are usually varying shades of chocolate brown.
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