Besides being a healthy and fine food walnuts also have many other beneficial uses including the following:
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.
- Furniture (Major Items of Furniture)
- Dashboards for cars
- Gunstocks for quality rifles
- Bowls
- To be continually updated
Walnut Shells
Walnut Shells have special abrasive qualities and are used for the following purposes:
- Grit Blasting
- Barrel Polishing
- Cleaning blades of jet engines (and burnt in the exhaust)
- Drilling compound used on the North Sea oil rigs
- Facial scrub in ladies makeup
- 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 !