Thread: Cedar or Redwood

...an extract...

SEQUOIA (S) Sequoia sempervi
Family: Taxodiaceae

Other names: Californian redwood (UK and USA); vavona burr.
Distribution: USA.
General description: The heartwood colour is dull reddish-brown with a distinct growth ring
figure produced by contrasting early-wood and late-wood zones. It it straight grained, and
although much of the timber is of fine, even texture, some is coarser and heavier. The wood
is non-resinous and non-tainting. The average weight is 420 kg/m3
(26 lb/ft
3
); specific gravity
.42.
Mechanical properties: Strength tests reveal an extreme range of properties dependent on
growth rates and late-wood development. At its best rating, sequoia has low bending strength,
crushing strength and resistance to shock loads and very low stiffness.
Seasoning: Kiln drying should be undertaken with care to avoid collapse, but air drying is
rapid and with very little degrade. There is small movement in service.
Working properties: Works easily and well with both hand and machine tools with very
little dulling effect on cutting edges but splinters and chip bruises easily during machining. It
has poor nail-holding ability. Liable to stain with alkaline adhesives but can be glued easily
otherwise. Gives good results with paint and usual finishing treatments.
Durability: Logs are subject to attack by longhorn beetle and pinhole borer. The wood is
durable out of ground contact and moderately resistant to preservative treatment.
Uses: Exterior cladding, shingles, exterior joinery, wooden pipes etc. In America it is used
for vat making, especially where resistance to decay is required. Interior joinery, organ
building, especially for pipes, coffins, posts, panelling, and in the round for telegraph poles.
Rotary cut for plywood manufacture, and selected logs sliced for decorative veneers. The
bark is used for chipboard manufacture and filtering plant.
Note: Closely related to Sequoiadendron giganteum, (Lindl) Buch., wellingtonia (UK), and
Sequoia gigantea, (Lindl.) Deene, the giant redwood, (the largest known trees in the world),
the timbers of which are of little commercial value.

...comparing Sequoia to WRC, they are very similar in density (softness), so should be treated the same.
Wouldn't mind seeing a few pics of your Redwood, wet/planed to see the grain.

Go here to see a few pics, did I say a few...

Hope this helps.