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Long Lasting Beauty

The long lasting beauty of an MFMA Northern Hard Maple floor can be coupled with easy, low cost maintenance. MFMA Northern Hard Maple is produced from trees grown north of the 38th parallel where shorter growing seasons produce maple with closer, more uniform grain. The result is a very hard, dense, fine-fibered wood that is non-splintering, longwearing and resilient. The closeness of grain and smoothness of surface afford no lodging place for germ-laden dirt to hide. It is a particularly clean and sanitary flooring that will maintain its beauty for years.

Northern hard maple was first used in sports flooring nearly 150 years ago and has been called nature’s perfect flooring surface. From the beginning, it was evident that even “nature’s perfect flooring” needed a little help if consistently outstanding floors were to be built. Consistent quality became the mission of a handful of producers who, in 1897, formed the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association -- the MFMA. Their purpose was to research and develop the best procedures for the selection and grading of the wood. Over time, a set of strict, self-imposed manufacturing standards evolved for members that they adopted in pursuit of consistent quality. Each MFMA member mill is subject to periodic, unannounced third party inspections to assure strict adherence to MFMA rules governing continuity of specie, millage and grading of maple flooring.

MFMA Northern Hard Maple flooring has a natural beauty when given a transparent finish and is suited for a variety of uses. Below are common issues in regards to aesthetics

• Chatter Marks
• Cupping and Crowning
• Finish Ambering
• Finish Swirl Marks
• Shrinkage Cracks
• Stain a Maple Floor?

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