Maple

FAMILY NAME:

Principally from Acer saccharum of the Family Aceraceae.

COMMON NAMES:

Hard Maple, Sugar Maple, White Maple, Rock Maple, Black Maple, Black Sugar Maple and Silver Maple.

PROPERTIES:

Heavy, strong, stiff wood. Dries slowly with little degrade. Medium density with good bending and crushing strengths. good for steam bending. Prebore for nailing. finishes well. Reduced cutting angle for planning or moulding on quartered surfaces.

USAGE:

Maple as a commercial timber has a lot to boast about. The hardness of the wood coupled with natural resistance to abrasion and wear makes it good for heavy-duty flooring. Its other uses include paneling, textile machinery rollers, musical instruments, piano actions, butcher block, sporting goods and dairy equipment. It is a high quality turnery wood.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

We use the select white eastern hard rock maple, selecting out most all mineral streaking and we color sort to match plywoods, we do not gain sort, nor try to take out all the character of maple such as the small dark worm looking marks. We offer maple in light stain colors and do not recommend medium to dark stains on maple. Maple blotches heavily with most stains, and to avoid this it is too labor extensive for our prefinish procedure.

Make sure you see enough color samples, so that you know what your stain will look like. Some people like the blotchy effect, because it looks more antique. We recommend natural or white birch for darker stains, these still blotch but not as much. Maple is very beautiful with a clear finish. Special grain patterns, such as Birdseye, Tiger, Curly, etc. are available but are expensive.

PLEASE NOTE:

This sample is representative of the color and grain of our cabinetry finishes, but it is best to remember that because no two trees grow alike, that variations in grain and color can be expected in your cabinets. Color and grain differences in wood are caused by variations in the mineral content of the soil, changes in the climate, or amount of moisture and injuries to the tree as it grows. Every wood specie will also display certain specific characteristics in with age or mineral streaks. While these marks and variations provide the character and beauty of each species, they could occur sporadically throughout your cabinetry. These samples are intended to give a general idea of the appearance, please stop by our showroom to examine samples of these woods with various finishes before making the final selection for your upcoming project. If you have any further questions, call us and speak with one of our sales representatives.