Since May 31st, 2021 Wood chatoyance can be measured!
Check out our woods database (ITA version), follow us on Facebook, or just scroll down to see some nice examples of wood chatoyance.
On May 10th, 2025 WOODWORKER’S GUIDE TO CHATOYANCE was published!
Latest updates:
August 2nd, 2025 added page about super-chatoyant Staghorn Sumac
June 11th, 2025 added page about quartersawn vs flatsawn on Mulberry
April 4th, 2025 added page about ammonia fuming
March 7th, 2025 added 11 new finishing pages
February 12th, 2025 added page about finishing Paldao
January 2nd, 2025 added page about Thuya Burl
December 30th, 2024 added more than 100 species on Summary Table
November 12th, added data on UV exposure page, on rotten wood and on Sapwood vs Heartwood
October 30th, added page about finishing Sapele
September 30th, 2024 added page about bark
July 20th, 2024 added page about spalting
July 1st, 2024 added page about a Black Cherry patch
June 13th, 2024 added 160 different wood species to our woods database
June 6th, 2024 added page about Fluorescence
June 2nd, 2024 added page about Hunting for Tasmanian Blackwood, Blackwood Sapwood & Heartwood, Sunlight exposure on Blackwood
May 6th, 2024 added page about tablesaw results
April 26th, 2024 added data about Rubio Monocoat in the finishing pages
Below is a video with some example of measurements: