Clear Southern Pine, is a term used to describe an actual grade. C or Better (D grade), will be visible on the invoice and the way we place the order to the mill. While they would know what ‘clear’ pine means in Alabama, at our dimensional mill in Louisiana it needs to be more specific. What does that mean? In AL we produce heart pine using much older timber than in Louisiana where the main product is treated lumber and building materials.
Clear Grade Southern Pine
Clear Southern grade Pine has a formal name, C & Better, and you may see some marketing terms such as Select or Prime. In fact, those terms are 100% designed to raise the price because they offer useless information, even contradictions. You see, the word select is short for hand selected. That is not confusing but what you may not have considered is that there are no machines to detect knots or sort boards based on heart content. That being said, all Clear grade Southern Pine floors are hand selected or selected with a big metal rod in someones hand.
Clear grade Southern Pine and Heart pine are available in 1 x 4 vertical grain
Read this slowly, vertical grain Clear Pine has no heartwood or knots, vertical heart pine may have some knots and they are both only available in 1 x 4, normally. Vertical grain Clear Southern Yellow Pine is used in many things beside floors, including kitchen counters and accent walls. Vertical Grain Heart Pine which we sell with a 30-95% heartwood range truly gives back what you put into it during the finish. Wire brushing, raised grain, under coating, french bleed accents and distressing all look amazing with this version of our heart pine.
Clear grade Southern Pine Prices
Clear grade Southern Yellow Pine (pin knots if any)- our products
Kiln dried, T&G, box ends with relief grooves on the back for stability.
1 x 4 x 8, 10 or 12’ $3.75 sq ft
1 x 6 x 8, 10 or 12’ $3.45 sq ft
1 x 8 x 8, 10 or 12’ $3.55 sq ft
1 x 10 x 8 or 10’ $3.65 sq ft
C & Better aka Clear Grade Southern Pine
The only prime we sell
PRIME grade of Caribbean Heart Pine is uniform in color. Boards will contain a range from golden to red brown heartwood, a uniform grain when it exists and very few pin knots if any. Prime grade is virtually clear of defects except occasional small pin knots. The color is more consistent and harmonious, with a high degree of red heartwood and limited sapwood.