Hardwood Floors February/March 2019

The natural light color also provides an excellent contrast to the paint used to stripe floors for such activities as basketball and volleyball. Resiliency and Performance Northern hard maple has a natural shock-absorbing quality. These characteristics, combined with specially designed and engineered subfloor systems, deliver performance and safety for a variety of sporting and activity applications. For these and many other reasons, it is not surprising that MFMA northern hard maple has been the industry’s first choice for indoor athletic systems for more than a century. Daniel Heney is the Executive Director of the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association. He can be reached at dheney@ maplefloor.org or visit maplefloor.org for additional information.

WHY MFMA MAPLE? MFMA northern hard maple flooring is the predominant surface material for indoor athletic facilities worldwide. Why? Physical Characteristics Northern hard maple (Acer saccharum) is dense, strong, durable, and hard. Due to the shorter growing seasons north of the 35th parallel, northern hard maple is close grained, hard fibered, and resistant to slivering and splintering, and polishes well under friction. It is easily covered with attractive finishes. Aesthetics The natural light color is more visually pleasing to athletes, compared to darker hardwoods such as red or white oak. Northern hard maple is densely grained with rich, consistent color and fewer imperfections than other hardwood species.

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