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2. Choose the Right Hardwood Floor For You With These Tips - AOL

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   High-quality engineered wood flooring (made of multiple layers of plywood or high density fiberboard ... and white oak, which has a golden brown hue. Red oak rings in at a 1290 on the Janka scale ...

3. Wood flooring - Wikipedia

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   Wood flooring is a popular feature in many houses. Engineered wood flooring consists of two or more layers of wood adhered together to form a plank. Typically, engineered wood flooring uses a thin layer of a more expensive wood bonded to a core constructed from cheaper wood. The increased stability of engineered wood is achieved by running each ...

4. Janka hardness test - Wikipedia

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   For hardwood flooring, the test usually requires an 80 mm × 150 mm (3 in × 6 in) sample with a thickness of at least 6–8 mm, and the most commonly used test is the ASTM D1037. When testing wood in lumber form, the Janka test is always carried out on wood from the tree trunk (known as the heartwood), and the standard sample (according to ...

5. Wood - Wikipedia

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   24.5 57 White Oak Quercus alba: 12.00% 680 51.3 105 ... Solid hardwood flooring is usually cheaper than engineered timbers and damaged areas can be sanded down and ...

6. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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   Ammonia fuming is a traditional process for darkening and enriching the color of white oak. Ammonia fumes react with the natural tannins in the wood and cause it to change colours. [28] The resulting product is known as "fumed oak". [29]

7. List of woods - Wikipedia

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   White oak. White oak (Quercus alba) Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Post oak (Quercus stellata) Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) English ...