Janka Hardness:
Very Soft (what’s this?)
Country of Origin: Portugal
About Cork:
Comprised of a nearly-countless number of individual air-filled cells, cork offers a very unique appearance. Depending upon how the flattened bark is cut, cork can reveal any of a number of distinctive surface designs.
Cork is a renewable and sustainable alternative to traditional wood flooring. The Cork Oak’s bark is harvested every nine years. The tree is unharmed and regenerates after each harvest. In manufacturing cork flooring, the cork material is ground up, urethane binders are added and the cork is subjected to pressure and heat to produced the desired density.
Cork is resilient and durable. It is resistant to wear and has a cushioning feel underfoot. It flexes and absorbs shock. The softness and give of cork flooring protects it from the wear-and-tear and grinding of normal foot traffic, giving it an advantage over harder surfaces such as hardwood floors. If you dent cork, it will likely regain its shape. Cork flooring has a very long life and is easy to repair.
Cork provides thermal and acoustic insulation as a natural consequence of its cellular structure. It is an ideal solution to reducing unwanted noise within a space and between rooms and separate floors. It also maintains an even temperature and is able to prevent heat loss. Cork is a natural thermal insulator because its cells trap air.
Cork is impermeable to liquids and gases and will not degrade with moisture. Cork is anti-allergenic, anti-microbial and resists mildew. Cork neither absorbs dust, nor does it shed fibers or outgas chemicals.
Cork contains a waxy substance called Suberin. Suberin functions as a natural insect repellent. Cork is resistant to over 38 species of insects, including termites. Suberin also repels mold and mites. Suberin also prevents cork from rotting even when completely submerged under water for long periods of time. Suberin also makes cork fire resistant.
A cork floor would be maintained in the same way as a wood floor. It can be swept and lightly mopped with water and a mild cleaner.
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Janka Hardness:
1136 (what’s this?)
Country of Origin: Central America
About Cocobolo:
Cocobolo is somewhat variable in color from yellow, orange, red, to shades of brown with streaks of black or purple. The heartwood usually ages to a deep rich orange-red with black striping or mottling on exposure to light and air. Its sapwood is often a very pale yellow. Colors are pale when freshly sanded and darken with age.
This oily wood has a fine-to-medium texture with a straight interlocked grain and low luster. It has small to medium sized pores.
A rosewood, Cocobolo has natural oils that make it resistant to decay.
Cocobolo is in short supply and high demand and can be expensive. It is prized for its lovely color and figure.
Cocobolo is said to be stronger and denser than Brazilian Rosewood.
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Janka Hardness:
540 (what’s this?)
Country of Origin: USA
About Chestnut:
Chestnut’s heartwood is a grayish-brown to brown color. Its sapwood is white to light brown. It has a straight, occasionally spiraled grain. Its texture is mainly course.
Chestnut is known for its high resistance to decay.
As a wood flooring choice, chestnut is one of the softer options available. It is about thirty percent harder than white pine, is sixty percent as hard as cedar, is about fifty percent as hard as teak, just under forty percent as hard as red oak, roughly thirty-five percent as hard as hard maple, about one third as hard as wenge, and about twenty-five percent of santos mahogany.
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Janka Hardness:
1980 (what’s this?)
Country of Origin: Central Africa
About Bubinga:
Bubinga is a beautiful, dense hardwood with a lustrous appearance. Its heartwood has a rose-colored background with darker purple or black striping. Bubinga’s sapwood is a pale yellow color that is distinctly separate from the heartwood.
This wood is usually very uniform in graining and color, and the texture is fine and even. Grain is usually interlocked and pores are small. Bubinga comes in a variation of figure, including: pommele, flamed, waterfall, quilted, and mottled. When quarter-sawn, the figure of bubinga shows considerable “flame,” while it exhibits attractive rosewood graining when flat-sawn. When fully aged, bubinga has a rich burgundy red color.
Bubinga ranges from fairly durable to very durable according to the species. It is also resistant to termite and marine borer attack.
While Bubinga looks very much like rosewood, and is often used as a substitute for more expensive woods, it also has unique characteristics such as its beautiful grain figures, for example, flamed, pommele, and waterfall. Bubinga also has a notable strength-to-weight ratio.
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COMPANY PROFILE:
For nearly 20 years, BR-111 has been a supplier of exotic hardwood, a design choice that is beautiful, high-performing and of excellent value. BR-111 is the largest flooring operation in South America and the nation’s largest supplier of exotic hardwood flooring. It manufactures millions of square feet of flooring per month for distribution to domestic and international markets. WIth respect to sustainability, BR-111 timber is selectively harvested under forest management regulations set by the Brazilian Environment and Renewable Resource Institute (IBAMA) or from third party monitored well-managed forestlands.
COMPANY PROFILE:
Boa-Franc has over 25 years experience in manufacturing hardwood floors. They’ve put together a team of wood flooring experts who produce quality wood flooring. Their goal is simply to be the best. To that end, they’ve partnered up with suppliers, distributors, and dealers who share their passion for excellence and quality.
PRODUCT PROFILE:
Exacting standards with regards to consistency in grade, species, finish, coloring, width, and thickness mean that Mirage prefinished hardwood floors are smooth, uniform, easy to install, and beautiful. Mirage also takes a unique approach to sustainable development.
