A Colonial Classic Revolutionary Collection Williamsburg, the statement color of the Revolutionary Collection, utilizes a yellow water-based finish on flat sawn White Oak. The smooth texture of the wood allows for the finish to glide on easily and absorb well, allowing for a subtle yellow addition to the already blonde colored wood. Our Williamsburg shade is inspired by history, yet timeless … [Read more...] about Williamsburg Wood Cladding
Lexington Wood Cladding
Deeply Textured White Oak Cladding Revolutionary Collection Lexington’s beautiful grey hue is not even created with a grey finish. The intrigue of Lexington is its combination of a black water-based finish with the blonde tones of wire brushed quartersawn White Oak beneath it. The two blend together to create a grey shade that cannot be achieved in any other way, and the texture of the … [Read more...] about Lexington Wood Cladding
Yorktown Wood Cladding
Blues and REds and Deeply Textured Cladding Revolutionary Collection Yorktown utilizes textured Sapele with a water-based finish on top. This combination allows for the color to appear different with changes in light. In direct sunlight, Yorktown showcases the beauty of blue with a slight tint that appears especially in the grooves of the textured surface. As the day goes on, it is transformed … [Read more...] about Yorktown Wood Cladding
Hawthorne Wood Cladding
Thermally Modified Ash textured with rustic charm Revolutionary Collection Hawthorne’s smooth texture and dark oil-based finish are the perfect match. The Thermally Modified Ash underneath the finish is already a stable exterior wood, but absorbing the stabilizing and protecting finish only adds to the quality of the final product. The variable and beautiful wood grain always shows through, … [Read more...] about Hawthorne Wood Cladding
Potomac Wood Cladding
Wind weathered Texture Revolutionary Collection Potomac utilizes flatsawn Sapele, compared to many others in the Alpha line that feature quartersawn Sapele. This allows for Potomac to stand out, boasting beautiful variation from board to board, finished with an oil-based finish that brings the whole look together and stabilizes the wood itself. Potomac, you’ll find, is truly one of a kind. … [Read more...] about Potomac Wood Cladding
Saratoga Wood Cladding
Prominent Oaken Grain Saratoga, despite being the lightest hue in the Revolutionary collection, is not quite white. While it still provides a lighter tone blank canvas to build the rest of your design, its warmth adds to its charm. Created with a water-based finish atop smooth flatsawn White Oak, Saratoga is the perfect addition to any traditional design. Standard Alpha Cladding … [Read more...] about Saratoga Wood Cladding
Alpha Wood Cladding
Our all-wood cladding line combines the best exterior wood species with the best exterior wood finishes, profiles and surface treatments for a curated collection of regional looks. Our "Destinations" line curates the best of breed aesthetic to evoke historical and luxurious architectural locations. With centuries of woodworking experience making cladding, we have manufactured and delivered to … [Read more...] about Alpha Wood Cladding
Alpha
the A-List of Finished Wood Products Alpha is our suite of branded products that utilizes all our knowledge of wood species, woodworking, woodturning, linear millwork, and finishing best practices to meet the needs of the residential and commercial construction market. These products all are created through our extensive experience from having providing woodworking services to builders … [Read more...] about Alpha
Lightweight Poplar Plywood
Introducing our top-of-the-line Lightweight Poplar plywood panel – a versatile, durable and lightweight product that has been created with a specific focus on veneer quality logs. We import from France the Allin Plex Poplar panels because we feel it is the perfect combination of quality in material and quality control in manufacture. With its natural light color and excellent weight to … [Read more...] about Lightweight Poplar Plywood
Alpha by J. Gibson McIlvain
For centuries, J. Gibson McIlvain has been supplying quality hardwoods and transforming them into custom architectural millwork. From decking and cladding, to joinery like windows, doors, and furniture. Alpha takes this centuries of woodworking experience and builds on it to create a curated line of quality hardwoods products. Based on the application desire, custom milled and finished in a … [Read more...] about Alpha by J. Gibson McIlvain
Garapa Wood
Garapa Decking & Siding APULEIA LEIOCARPA Garapa wood is a South American species that is most commonly used for decking. It is a fine grained and very hard species with a yellow to yellow brown color. It makes a great alternative to Ipe and the other very popular tropical decking species because of this less common color. It is highly rot resistant and very hard yet at about half the … [Read more...] about Garapa Wood
Afrormosia
Afrormosia Afromosia vs Teak for Exteriors Pericopsis elata Afromosia (AKA Afrormosia) is an African hardwood which is an acceptable Teak alternative. Its appearance is a bit darker than Teak and has a more pronounced grain pattern. Afromosia also shows distinct ribbon striping in a quartersawn much like African Sapele and unlike Teak. It is rot resistant and very hard making it a … [Read more...] about Afrormosia
Iroko Wood
Milicia excelsa AKA African Teak Iroko is a West African hardwood often also called African Teak due to the similar yellow brown color of the two species. Iroko wood comes from Africa, whereas old growth Teak comes from Southeast Asia. Like Teak, Iroko wood is a water resistant species (not water proof) and ideal for exterior applications. Iroko wood is most often used for exterior … [Read more...] about Iroko Wood
Feather Core Blockboard
Feather Core®: Lightweight Blockboard Feather Core® is a finger jointed blockboard panel specifically designed to be light, rigid, and highly stable. It is a lightweight plywood solution for a wide variety of applications from boat building to office furniture to RVs and the aerospace industries. This product was originally developed with the boat builder in mind, and it was quickly … [Read more...] about Feather Core Blockboard
African Mahogany
African Mahogany Khaya ivorensis African Mahogany is the common name for a multitude of species variants, the two most common of which are Khaya ivorensis and Khaya senegalensis. At J. Gibson McIlvain, we only stock a couple of these species, and we keep close track of which is which so we can supply consistency in color, grain, and workability to our customers. Regardless, we have … [Read more...] about African Mahogany
White Oak Wood
White Oak Wood is a Strong Hardwood Quercus Alba White Oak wood is a very strong hardwood that is used for hardwood flooring, furniture, and exterior siding. Though often confused with Red Oak based on its appearance, White Oak lumber is actually harder, denser and much better than Red Oak when used for exterior applications. The pores are filled with a crystalline substance called Tyloses … [Read more...] about White Oak Wood
Western Red Cedar
Western Red Cedar Thuja Plicata Although not a true Cedar, Western Red Cedar shares many of the same properties and has therefore been given the cedar name. The Red Cedar is actually from the Cypress family, and it is often spelled "Redcedar” as one word as a way of indicating this. Western Red Cedar has a wide growth range along the west coast of the US and Canada, but despite … [Read more...] about Western Red Cedar
Walnut Wood
Walnut Wood Black Walnut Wood is Prized for Its Dark Color Juglans Nigra American Black Walnut is unique as a domestic species, because there are no other North American species of wood with the same distinct chocolate brown colored heartwood. Since the colonies started exporting Walnut lumber back to Britain and Europe, the wood's beautiful color and grain began to gain … [Read more...] about Walnut Wood
Utile/Sipo
Utile/Sipo Entandrophragma utile Utile or Sipo is an African hardwood known for its deep red color and rot resistant nature ideal for exterior projects. It is often used these days as an alternative to Genuine Mahogany. Utile, like many tropical African woods, rates as durable to moderately durable for rot and bug resistance. The names "Utile" and "Sipo" refer to the same species, but it … [Read more...] about Utile/Sipo
Teak
Tectona grandis Teak wood is known for its lovely golden brown color, although when freshly machined, it can sometimes have a variable pattern. Over time, and with exposure to sun and air, the streaks mellow into the signature golden brown appearance for which Teak is so prized. Vertical grain Teak lumber is highly sought after for boat decking applications because of its consistent … [Read more...] about Teak
