Modelled on the traditional Japanese yakisugi finish, giving a deep charcoal-black batten face without the ongoing upkeep that a genuinely torched timber batten would need.
The thicker face works well where you want the dark tone to read as a solid block of colour from the street, rather than a thin trim line.
Dark composite finishes are the ones most likely to fade under direct sun, so this batten is formulated to hold its black tone rather than washing out to grey within a season or two.
The wood-polymer composite base doesn't feed termites or absorb moisture the way solid timber does, which matters on a black finish where any swelling or staining would show immediately.
Every length in the set batch is milled to the same 5.4m size and profile, so a run of black battens sits flush without visible mismatches at the joins.