Painted Ends Question

[Bayman]

I went to a woodworking auction yesterday and noticed that on some of the wood stock had their ends painted with various colors. I'm assuming the the different color represent the various species of wood.

 

I tried checking on the net for a chart of the various colors and the corresponding species, but had no luck....

 

Does anyone have a link that has this information?

 

 

Thanks...

[WolfmoonCT]

I don't believe the painting has anything to do with the wood type. They paint the ends to stop excess moisture from leaving the ends of the boards and making them crack. It's just sealing the end grain is all.

[Clayton717]

I agree with wolfmoon. The sawmill I buy some of my wood from does seem to know which colors are what, but he does it all himself -cutting into boards, kiln drying, stacking, selling. So each mill or lumber place may have certain colors they use but there is no standard colors for all.

As said it is just to help keep the end grains from checking/splitting

[johnnie52]

The guys have given you the correct answer. The painted ends are to help stop the wood from splitting, not to specify species.

[amazingkevin]

And all this time i thought it was the price catagorie,humph! looks like i was wrong ,but what do i know.

[Dan]

Some lumber yards use color coding to identify the month they processed the wood for drying. But I don't believe there is a standard.

[Bayman]

Thanks guys....