All About Walnuts
Besides being a healthy and fine food walnuts also have many other beneficial uses including the following:
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Walnut Wood
Walnut wood has very desirable qualities in terms of physical strength, resilience and appearance and is also widely used as a veneer. Burr Walnut is particularly sought after by connoisseurs.
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Furniture (Major Items of Furniture)
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Dashboards for cars
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Gunstocks for quality rifles
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Bowls
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To be continually updated
Walnut Shells
Walnut Shells have special abrasive qualities and are used for the following purposes:
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Grit Blasting
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Barrel Polishing
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Cleaning blades of jet engines (and burnt in the exhaust)
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Drilling compound used on the North Sea oil rigs
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Facial scrub in ladies makeup
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To be continually updated
Walnut Dyes
Most parts of the Walnut tree produce dye including the bark, husk, leaf and shell. This dye provides a soft, variable colour to fabric when used as a dye.
Walnut dyes are used in carpets from Pakistan, delicate clothing in China and also basket weaving in the USA. The uses for walnut dyes are almost limitless !