What makes a natural wooden floor unique?
Posted: August 2nd, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: knowledge, mafi inside | Tags: mafi Products, natural oiled floors | 3 Comments »Colour-diversity with mafi natural wooden floors.
“The conservation of natural resources is an essential part of the mafi philosophy“, means Florian Fillafer member of the board.
The natural colour of wood is influenced by the climatic environment of the tree. Seasons, altitude, weather conditions and the culture medium of the soil where the tree grows influences the appearance of the wood.
Depending on the type of wood, the age of the tree when harvested is 100 – 200 years. To ensure a sustainable use of natural resources, the wood is therefore always harvested in different growing regions.
mafi insists on colour diversity and not on uniformity. Colour differences are individual characteristics and distinguish an exclusive natural product to uniformed mass produced products. These characteristics are not separated out but are distinctly desired.
mafi explicitly uses no tropical woods. For European wood varieties to be darkened in colour, mafi has created a procedure for themselves, which has no chemical additives. This product line is called Vulcano. Vulcano products are thermal treated and are not only superficially, but fully darkened throughout the wood. The charming naturalness of the wood, which is expressed in colour differences, branches and small inclusions, is not concealed but preserved.
Special customers look for special surfaces. Designers and architects often design their projects with certain mood and colour concepts in mind. The natural colour of the wood is what is asked for. It may be that the expectations of the architect are not entirely consistent with those of nature. Should that be the case, we recommend to our partners the use of coloured oils because they disguise natural irregularities. As the dark oil is applied on a dark wooden Vulcano background, repairs can continue to be made, provided that the repair is reworked with the same coloured oil. Because of the original dark wooden surface the walkways on the floor will be almost, to completely invisible.
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