What or how are you planing to use Ipe or the composite/man made material for?

siding

thank you so much tabbycat!

I was trying to find a paint color that resembled wood for our new home (Have not started to build yet). We were planning to use hardie board. In my last search, I found certainteed (spelling?) actually carries a line of the fiber cement siding with the wood grain already primed and stained. I called them and they are sending me maple and cedar samples. I was too excited to have found that. My computer capabilities leave nothing to be deisired so google certainteed cedar lap siding.

Hardie does have a wood look impressions on the that has the looks of wood, but it isn't as rough as real wood so you can tell it isn't. Don't think I have seen a non real one that looks exactly like it up close.