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Western Red Cedar Woodgrain Finish: A Closer Look

The timeless architectural timber, reimagined in aluminium. Western Red Cedar's warm red-brown depth flatters battens and feature walls without the splitting and fading of the real thing.

Blog · Finishes · 2026-01-20 · Reviewed by the Woodonali team

The timeless architectural timber, reimagined in aluminium. Western Red Cedar's warm red-brown depth flatters battens and feature walls without the splitting and fading of the real thing.

About the Western Red Cedar look

Western Red Cedar is the classic architectural softwood look, with rich reddish-brown with soft, straight grain. The timeless architectural timber, reimagined in aluminium. Western Red Cedar's warm red-brown depth flatters battens and feature walls without the splitting and fading of the real thing.

Where it works best

This finish is especially well suited to architectural battens, feature walls and entries. Because it is available across our cladding, battens, screens and linings, you can carry the Western Red Cedar look right through a project for a unified result.

The aluminium advantage

Unlike the timber it imitates, the Western Red Cedar finish is sublimated into a baked powder coat on marine-grade aluminium. It holds its colour under the Australian sun, will not warp, rot or split, and is non-combustible - the look of Western Red Cedar timber with none of the upkeep.

See it in person

Photographs only tell part of the story. Request a physical sample of the Western Red Cedar finish and view it in your own light, against your own materials, before you decide. Visit our Western Red Cedar finish page for more detail.

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