Appearance and color

dassoXTR and dassoCTECH are natural product, which can vary in color, grain and appearance. Color will change over ime depending on the maintenance schedule. The boards have a brown to dark brown color when installed, which turns into a lighter caramel color several weeks ater installaion. Without further maintenance the color gets greyish relaively fast (similar to most other wood species). If a brown color is preferred, maintenance should be done with exclusive exterior oil teak color or a comparable water based oil/saturator with teak pigments (for the unfinished version). dassoXTR and dassoCTECH shows similarity to other hardwoods in grain and structure. The characterisic bamboo nodes however can sill be recognized and gives the product a special and lively look.

Normal phenomena

Cracks on the surface and on the end of the boards can arise from the different drying characterisics of the surface and cross cut ends. This does not affect the stability of the board. The surface sides of the boards will get rougher over ime and will form (small) splinters as a result of coninuous water absorpion and desorpion due to dry and wet climate periods. Dimensional change or cupping of the boards can occur ater installaion. These phenomena are normal for most hardwood species and dasso’s. The surface of decking is weathered under influence of wind, rain, frost and sunshine(uv).As a result, the surface turns grey, dirty and cracks/splinters will appear. So it is very important to use the outdoor decking oil to brush it then let it recover

Swimming pool

If dassoXTR or dassoCTECH is to be used around swimming pool areas, the following has to be taken into account: dassoXTR or dassoCTECH is a natural (wood like) product and can therefore not be referred to as a “bare foot” product. As with any wooden product used outdoors, there is always a risk of formaion of splinters, however splinters from dassoXTR or dassoCTECH are normally smaller than (tropical) hard wood splinters. A regular maintenance with oil (more frequently necessary around swimming pools) is required to reduce the formaion of splinters. Furthermore, regular maintenance with the silicium carbid broom or –disk is required to effecively remove splinters and smoothen the surface.