• Exotic Species Hardwood Flooring

    Santos Mahogany

    In this series of blog posts, our flooring Pro’s start the exotic hardwood species series, giving you a little bit of background on each unique hardwood, allowing you to choose one of these gorgeous materials based on more than just its appearance. Our first exotic hardwood species is Santos Mahogany (Cabreuva) Botanical name – “Cabreuva” Ranking a 2200 on the Janka scale –  Santos Mahogany is incredibly dense compared to most domestic hardwoods, and even more dense than what is known as “Genuine Mahogany.”  It’s about 70% harder than Red Oak and about 60% harder than White Oak. Very popular flooring species imported from primarily from Peru, but also from…