What Synergy allows:

Synergy’s select cypress is graded as follows:

Knots - 1 medium knot (defined as a knot over 3/4”, but not more than 1.1/2” in diameter) in a 6” wide board.

Defects - which can be substituted for 1 medium knot: 3 pin knots or 2 small knots or 3 medium surface checks or 1 slight manufacturing defect or fine shake.

We developed E-Peck® to simulate old growth peck. This proprietary process was designed to have just the right amount of peck in each board. Our process creates a random pattern in each board - and over a series of boards.

What Synergy allows:

Graded same as #2 Cypress except admits up to 2 knot holes per board and unlimited surface checks.

What Synergy allows:

Decay - in streaks of heart-center decay not to exceed 1/2” wide by 1/4 length of piece, or equivalent in unsound red heart.

Holes - up to 1/4” not limited; one through hole over 1/4” but not over 1”; surface pits and cavities limited to 2” diameter in 6” wide board.

Knots - sound, firm, encased, and pith, limited to 3” diameter in 6” wide board; all knots fixed or tight, except loose knots limited as through holes.

Manufacture - admits very heavy torn grain; raised grain; very heavy loosened grain; up to 1/16” deep machine bite; up to 1/16” deep machine gouge; up 1/16” deep chip marks; knife marks.

Items not limited: Pitch, pith, shake, checks & splits.

What Synergy allows:

Checks - medium surface checks (not over 1/32” wide but over 4” long and not over 10” long); through checks not over 1/32” wide are allowed if not longer than width of piece.

Holes - average of not over 6 pin holes (1/16” or less) per surface

foot.

Knots - sound or firm and tight, limited to small size (not over 3/4”), except on medium (over 3/4” and not over 1.1/2”) allowed in 5” and 6” widths.

Manufacture - medium torn grain; light raised grain (not over 1/32”); light loosened grain (not over 1/32” separation); very light machine bite

What Synergy allows:

Knots - Sound and tight, up to 2.1/2” diameter for red knots, up to 1” diameter for black knots.

Pitch - Streaks and patches of light to medium pitch covering 1/2 of face or two very small streaks of heavy pitch.

Pith - Firm heart pith, not more than 1/2” wide, 1/2 the length of the board.

Shake - Light shake, not over 1/6 the length.

Split - Short splits, limited to one on each end.

In Ponderosa Pine and some other pines, heartwood is present and is visible through our Clear or painted finishes.  Over time, the heartwood will "age" or darken when exposed to any light.  This is a natural occurrence and is not considered a defect.