Research and guides
Plain-language guides to published documents. Each figure links to its source with the date we read it.
These guides report what manufacturers, trade associations and public agencies have published about maple sports floors. Each maker's statements appear in their own section, attributed and dated. No guide compares makers, ranks them or recommends a product, and where a publisher's own documents differ both texts are printed and marked unresolved.
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Guides
- What MFMA says about gym humidity and temperature (2026 and 2024 texts)
MFMA's current and earlier humidity and temperature texts side by side, maker statements shown separately, and outdoor context for TX, OK and KS. - Slab moisture before a maple floor: what the published documents say
Slab moisture figures and test methods as published by MFMA and each maker, with dated sources and two unresolved data-sheet conflicts. - Sealer and finish systems: what each maker publishes
Each maker's own published sealer and finish sequences, listed maker by maker with dated sources and no cross-maker comparison.
Sources by guide
Every document cited, grouped by guide and by publisher.
What MFMA says about gym humidity and temperature (2026 and 2024 texts)
MFMA
- Humidity and Temperature Guidelines (2026), Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA), 2026 (as printed in the page title), accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.maplefloor.org/en/humidity-and-temperature-guidelines/
- Humidity and Environmental Recommendations, Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA), page prints Revised 3/24, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.maplefloor.org/en/humidity-and-environmental-recommendations/
- Flooring, Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA), no date printed, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.maplefloor.org/en/flooring/
- Floor Squeaks (position statement), Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA), no revision date printed, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.maplefloor.org/en/floor-squeaks/
Connor Sports
- VIP II specification, Section 09642, Connor Sports, no printed revision, accessed 2026-10-04, https://connorsports.com/sites/default/files/2026-07/VIP%20II%20Spec_July2026.docx
Action Floor Systems
- Action AnchorFlex Sports Floor Specifications (Section 09 64 00), Action Floor Systems, LLC, Rev 3/26, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.actionfloors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/action-anchorflex-system-specifications-26.pdf
Aacer Sports Flooring
- SPECIFICATION: MULTISTAGE, Floating System (Section 09642), Aacer Sports Flooring, Revision Level A 2023, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.aacerflooring.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2-MultiStage-Specification-1.docx
Robbins
- Robbins Bio-Channel Classic guide specification, Section 096460 (copy hosted by Centaur Products), Robbins, Inc., 7/25/2019 (as printed in the document header), accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.centaurproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BioChannelClassicSpecification072419.doc
NC State University
- The Equilibrium Moisture Content of Wood in Exterior Locations in the United States: An Update, North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension, PDF created 2016-08-18; uses 1981-2010 normals, accessed 2026-10-04, https://sites.cnr.ncsu.edu/wpe/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Equilibrium-Moisture-Content-of-Exterior-Wood-in-the-US.pdf
NOAA
- NCEI Monthly U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, station CSV USW00003927 (DALLAS FT WORTH AP, TX US), NOAA NCEI, 1991-2020 normals, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-monthly/1991-2020/access/USW00003927.csv
USDA Forest Products Laboratory
- Wood Handbook Chapter 4: Moisture Relations and Physical Properties of Wood (FPL-GTR-190), USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, no year printed, accessed 2026-10-04, https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/37428.pdf
Slab moisture before a maple floor: what the published documents say
MFMA
- Concrete Slab Moisture Content Testing (2025), Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA), Revised 12/25, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.maplefloor.org/en/concrete-slab-moisture-content/
ASTM International
- ASTM F1869-23 Standard Test Method for Measuring Moisture Vapor Emission Rate of Concrete Subfloor, ASTM International, F1869-23, active as of Sep 14, 2023 per the page, accessed 2026-10-04, https://store.astm.org/f1869-23.html
Connor Sports
- VIP II specification, Section 09642, Connor Sports, no printed revision, accessed 2026-10-04, https://connorsports.com/sites/default/files/2026-07/VIP%20II%20Spec_July2026.docx
Aacer Sports Flooring
- SPECIFICATION: MULTISTAGE, Floating System (Section 09642), Aacer Sports Flooring, Revision Level A 2023, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.aacerflooring.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2-MultiStage-Specification-1.docx
Robbins
- Robbins Bio-Channel Classic guide specification (hosted by Centaur Products), Robbins, Inc., 7/25/2019 (as printed in the document header), accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.centaurproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BioChannelClassicSpecification072419.doc
ARDEX
- ARDEX MC RAPID Technical Data Sheet, ARDEX L.P., content updated 2026-09-08, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.ardexamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ARDEX-MC-RAPID-TDS-2026-09-08-English.pdf
- ARDEX K 301 Technical Data Sheet, ARDEX L.P., content updated 2026-09-21, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.ardexamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ARDEX-K-301-TDS-2026-09-21-English.pdf
- ARDEX K 301 Technical Data (earlier version), ARDEX L.P., content updated 2023-10-11, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.ardexamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ARDEX-K-301-Technical-Data-1.pdf
UZIN
- UZIN PE 460 Product Datasheet, Uzin Utz North America, month and year printed in the footer, accessed 2026-10-04, https://us.uzin.com/fileadmin/MAM/233330/UZIN_PE_460.pdf
Sika
- Sika MB product page, Sika Corp. (US), undated web page, accessed 2026-10-04, https://usa.sika.com/en/construction/floor-covering/flooring-primers-moisture-barriers/sika-mb.html
PALLMANN
- PALLMANN P104 TURBO Product Data Sheet, PALLMANN (US), footer 07/2025, accessed 2026-10-04, https://us.pallmann.net/fileadmin/MAM/244824/PALLMANN_PDS_P104-TURBO_25-07Jul-11.pdf
- PALLMANN P108 DEFEND Product Data Sheet (English), PALLMANN (US), footer 08/2024 (product page date August 27, 2024), accessed 2026-10-04, https://us.pallmann.net/fileadmin/MAM/225198/PALLMANN_PDS_P108-DEFEND_24-08Aug-27.pdf
Sealer and finish systems: what each maker publishes
Bona
- Bona DriFast Sport Seal Technical Data Sheet, Bona US, Rev 04/20/2018, accessed 2026-10-04, https://neufert-cdn.archdaily.net/uploads/product_file/file/52053/TDS_Bona_DriFast__Sport_Seal_US.pdf
- Bona SuperSport ONE Technical Data Sheet, Bona US, printed 2026-04-28, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.bona.com/globalassets/catalogassets/tds-bona-supersport-one--us-enus_20260428200103.pdf
- Bona SuperSport MVP Technical Data Sheet, Bona US, printed 2026-03-31, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.bona.com/globalassets/catalogassets/tds-bona-supersport-mvp-us-enus_20260331153009.pdf
- Technical Data Sheet Bona SuperSport ELITE (distributor-hosted copy of Bona TDS), Bona US (copy hosted by Comflors), Rev 4/2024, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.comflors.com/wp-content/uploads/bona-supersport-elite-tds-1.pdf
- Technical Data Sheet Bona SuperSport ClearSeal (distributor-hosted copy), Bona US (copy hosted by City Floor Supply), 1/2024, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.cityfloorsupply.com/media/document/bona-supersport-clearseal-tds45408_SpecSheets_d9a176.pdf
- DriFast Stain Technical data sheet (distributor-hosted copy), Bona US, Rev 03/13, accessed 2026-10-04, https://superior-hardwoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DriFast-Stain-Colors.pdf
Hillyard
- Hillyard sports floor layout and lining guide, Hillyard, Inc., (c) 2011 printed in the footer, accessed 2026-10-04, https://media.hillyard.com/docs/lit-hillyard-sports-floor-layout-and-lining-guide.pdf
Berger-Seidle
- Technical Data Sheet AquaChoice SPORT B COLOR LinePaint (German-language TDS), Berger-Seidle GmbH, Stand 07/2026, accessed 2026-10-04, https://berger-seidle.de/wp-content/uploads/dokumente/tms/de/AquaChoice_SPORT_B_Color_Line_Paint_TM_DE.pdf
- Technical Data Sheet AQUASEAL GREENSTAR (US English), Berger-Seidle America LP, date of issue 08/2026, accessed 2026-10-04, https://berger-seidle.de/wp-content/uploads/dokumente/tms/us/us_en/AquaSeal_GreenStar_TM_US_EN.pdf
- Technical Data Sheet AQUASeal GreenStar (English), Berger-Seidle GmbH, date of issue 04/2025, accessed 2026-10-04, https://berger-seidle.de/wp-content/uploads/dokumente/tms/en/AquaSeal_GreenStar_TM_EN.pdf
Basic Coatings
- GameDay Sealer - Technical Data, Basic Coatings, 01.2026, accessed 2026-10-04, https://www.basiccoatings.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/gameday_sealer_techsheet.pdf