Baked wood flooring

Found this a very interesting topic over at V.00001 about the Heat treating process that changes the cell structure of the wood making it more stable, harder and imparts color to the wood thru out the thickness regardless of how much sanding is done.

Borrowed from Jonannes Bonstra

The following links are perhaps of interest to understand the technology better;
( http://www.forestprod.org/woodprotectio ... lainen.pdf )
( http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199 ... -from.html )