There’s a new “species” in town…it’s called Accoya®.  Manufactured in The Netherlands by Titan Wood,  it is the result of years of research and testing.  When we saw it, we were so intrigued that, although it’s not a hardwood per se, we added it to our product line.  Why?

For starters, we consider this to be the Cadillac of modified woods.  It is created using a process called acetylation.  This process has been around for a few decades, but Titan Wood is the first company to get the right formula with the right wood.  I’m not a chemist, so you can read more about the actual acetylation process on the Accoya product website, but it basically is a natural process that takes out the bad stuff and adds more of the good stuff.  The process uses what is naturally found in the wood.  Therefore it’s not “treated”, which makes it 100% recyclable.  It’s not baked either.  And this process works from surface to core, up to about four inches thick.  So this is not a topical solution either.  The result is an actual microscopic, mollecular structural change. (more…)