Pinus pinaster
Maritime Pine
The pine of the Atlantic coast and the Landes. The most resinous and least stable wood KORENA lists, with a bold coarse figure that suits rustic work.
- Cultivada y aprovechada en Europa.
- Grupo botánico. Las maderas blandas proceden de coníferas y las duras, de árboles frondosos.
- Familia botánica a la que pertenece la especie.
Avísame cuando llegueEspecie de referencia. Ahora mismo no hay piezas en stock.
¿Es adecuada para tu proyecto?
Ideal para
- Rustic tabletops
- Panelling
- Carcass work
- Painted furniture
- Shelving
No hay Maritime Pine en la selección actual
Especies similares en stock
Ahora mismo no hay Maritime Pine. Estas especies sirven para los mismos proyectos y tienen piezas disponibles.
Recibe avisos sobre Maritime Pine
Te enviamos un correo cuando lleguen a KORENA nuevas tablas de Maritime Pine. Cada pieza es única, por lo que conviene enterarse pronto.
Aspecto de la madera
Qué aspecto tiene
Pale yellow to reddish brown heartwood against wide pale sapwood, with very wide growth rings reflecting fast coastal growth. The ring contrast is strong, giving a bold and slightly coarse figure. It is the most resinous species KORENA lists, which is both its historical value, as the tree was tapped for turpentine for centuries, and its main working difficulty.
- Pale yellow to reddish brown heartwood
- Wide pale sapwood band
- Wide growth rings with strong earlywood to latewood contrast
- Straight grain with very wide rings and extreme earlywood to latewood contrast, giving a bold coarse figure. Pale yellow to reddish brown, highly resinous.
Cómo trabajarla
Cómo trabajarla
Works fairly well with most tools, but the resin gums up tools and clogs sandpaper more than in any other species here. Abrasives should be treated as consumable. The wide, soft earlywood bands between hard latewood bands mean the surface can wash out under sanding, leaving a rippled face, so scraping is preferable to heavy abrasive work. Sharp cutters are essential.
Acabado
Wipe down with denatured alcohol or acetone before finishing to lift surface resin, otherwise oil finishes may stay tacky in patches. Once clean it takes oil and wax well. Pigment stains blotch severely because of the extreme density contrast between earlywood and latewood, so a dye or a clear finish is much safer. Seal knots with shellac before any painted finish.
Secado
Dries reasonably quickly but is prone to distortion given the wide rings and often spiral grain of fast grown coastal stock. A hot kiln schedule drives resin to the surface where it sets sticky and interferes with finishing later. Air drying followed by a low temperature kiln finish is the sensible route. Volumetric shrinkage at around 14.4 percent is the highest of any species KORENA lists, so movement in service is substantial.
¿Cuánto se moverá?
La madera se hincha y se contrae a lo ancho cuando el aire gana o pierde humedad. Calcula el movimiento estacional de un tablero de Maritime Pine antes de diseñar las fijaciones.
Movimiento estacional previsto
unos 10,3 mm
Fija el tablero con lengüetas o soportes ranurados, no con cola ni tornillos apretados.
Modelo de contracción lineal: ancho × (contracción ÷ 28 % de saturación de la fibra) × variación estacional de humedad. Usa una contracción tangencial del 9 % para Maritime Pine. Es una estimación para planificar, no una garantía.
Cuánto cuesta
Seguridad y abastecimiento
- Cultivada y aprovechada en Europa.
- Estado en la Lista Roja de la UICN: evaluación mundial de conservación de esta especie.
Working with pine has been reported to cause allergic skin reactions and asthma-like symptoms in some people. Because this species carries more resin than the others here, skin contact sensitisation is a more realistic risk over repeated exposure. Gloves when handling and good extraction while machining are worth the habit.
Leer la guía completaNotas detalladas sobre el dibujo, el cambio de color, el trabajo y la estabilidad.
What Maritime Pine actually is#
Pinus pinaster is the pine of the western Mediterranean and the Atlantic seaboard of Iberia and France. The Landes forest in southwest France, planted on former dunes and marsh from the nineteenth century onward, is the largest planted pine forest in western Europe and the principal commercial source of this timber.
For centuries the tree was more valuable standing than felled, because it was tapped for resin to produce turpentine and rosin. That history is the single most useful fact about the wood, because the resin that made it commercially important is also what makes it the most demanding species in this catalogue to machine and finish.
Reading a Maritime Pine slab#
Fast coastal growth produces very wide growth rings, and the contrast between the soft pale earlywood and the hard dark latewood is extreme. The result is a bold, coarse figure with a lot of visual movement, quite different from the fine even texture of spruce or fir.
That coarseness is the honest character of the wood and suits rustic work well. It does not suit a design asking for a quiet, uniform surface.
Colour runs pale yellow to reddish brown in the heartwood against a wide pale sapwood band. Spiral grain is common in fast grown coastal stock and is worth checking for, because it is the main cause of the distortion this species is prone to.
Preguntas de compradores
Preguntas de compradores
Why is Maritime Pine so much stickier to work than other pines?
It carries more resin than any other species KORENA lists, which is why it was tapped commercially for turpentine and rosin for centuries. The resin softens with cutting heat and deposits on blades, in saw gullets and across abrasives. Clean blades with a resin solvent between operations and expect sandpaper to load quickly.
How much will it move?
More than anything else in this catalogue. Volumetric shrinkage is around 14.4 percent, the highest figure KORENA lists, with tangential movement at 9.0 percent against 4.5 percent radial. A wide flatsawn top will change noticeably between seasons, so it must float on slotted fasteners and should acclimatise in its final room before flattening.
Why does the surface look rippled after sanding?
The earlywood bands are much softer than the latewood bands and abrasives cut them away faster, leaving a washboard surface. This is worse in Maritime Pine than other pines because the rings are wide and the contrast extreme. Use a card scraper or a sharp plane for the final surface rather than sanding it flat.
Is it strong enough for a table?
Propiedades mecánicas
Datos técnicos
Valores de referencia publicados. Cuando las fuentes discrepan, se muestra el intervalo y se usa el valor habitual en las escalas anteriores.
| Densidad (kg/m³)Masa por metro cúbico con aproximadamente un 12 % de humedad. La madera más pesada suele ser más dura y resistente. | 500 kg/m³ |
|---|---|
| Dureza Janka (N)Fuerza necesaria para hundir una bola de acero hasta la mitad en la madera. Es la medida estándar de resistencia a las abolladuras. | 1,740 N |
| MOR: módulo de rotura (MPa)Resistencia a la flexión: la carga a la que se rompe una viga. | 73 MPa |
| MOE: módulo de elasticidad (GPa)Rigidez a la flexión: cuánto se comba un estante o tablero bajo carga. | 8.5 GPa |
| Contracción radialContracción perpendicular a los anillos de crecimiento, desde verde hasta completamente seca. Es la que afecta a las tablas aserradas radialmente. | 4.5 % |
| Contracción tangencialContracción paralela a los anillos de crecimiento. Es la que afecta a las tablas de aserrado tangencial y a la mayoría de las tablas. |
