| Maple (Hard/Sugar) (Acer saccharum) |
| Color: |
Heartwood is creamy white to light reddish brown; Sapwood is pale to creamy white. |
| Grain: |
Closed, subdued grain, with medium figuring and uniform grain texture. Occasionally shows quilted, fiddleback, curly or bird's-eye figuring. Figured boards often culled during grading and sold at a premium. |
| Availability: |
Commodity item; figured grains limited |
| Properties: |
Hardness: 1450 janka Table, 12% harder than Northern red oak Durability: Dense, strong, tough, stiff, often used in bowling alleys and sports floors |
| Workability: |
Sawing: Density makes it difficult
Nailing: Good, fair resistance to splitting
Sanding: Satisfactorily
Finishing: Good in natural finish, DOES NOT stain uniformly |
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Left-Oil based / Right-Water based finish
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