About Padauk Boards & Logs — Kiln Dried

African Padauk is one of the most eye-catching hardwoods available, prized for its vivid, almost neon orange-red heartwood that slowly deepens to a rich reddish-brown with age and light exposure. Sourced from West and Central Africa, it combines striking colour with genuine performance — strong, stiff, and exceptionally stable, with a straight to gently interlocked grain and a coarse, lightly textured surface.
Our Padauk is kiln dried for consistent moisture content and long-term stability, minimising movement, warping, and checking once it's in your workshop. It's a favourite for bold furniture pieces, cabinet accents, inlays, turned work, and musical instruments — anywhere a splash of vibrant natural colour is the goal. Padauk also carries excellent natural resistance to rot and insects, giving it real durability alongside its looks.
Available as raw logs, boards, or fully custom cut — milled to the exact thickness, width, length, or shape your project requires.