Hurford Hardwood Roasted

Hurford Hardwood Roasted is a process that uses ultra high temperatures to change the molecular structure of the hardwood and creates an extremely stable, more durable and denser product with a deep coffee colour. The colour change to the product is permanent and penetrates all the way through, eliminating the need to stain floors.

The colour of the wood fibre changes drastically as the ultra high temperature is introduced; the higher the temperature, the darker the change to colour of the fibre is. The colour change is permanent and penetrates the entire piece of hardwood, thus eliminating the need to stain flooring to achieve a rich dark coffee brown colour.

Since no chemicals are required and only water and heat are used, the Hurford Roasted process is extremely environmentally friendly.

Heating wood to extreme temperatures permanently changes several of its chemical and physical properties. The change in properties is mainly caused by thermic degrading of hemicelluloses. The Hurford Roasting process is carried out in a purpose built Kiln in which the temperature is increased to 185–215 ºC, depending on the processing level.