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Lumber Liquidators' Golden Teak flooring? (Cross-posted in Floori

12 years ago

Has anyone used this flooring? It's a prefinished wood from Lumber Liquidators' Bellawood line. I'm thinking about using it in a kitchen and am interested in the quality and durability over time. It would be installed by the GC renovating the kitchen. Thanks so much.

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jjaazzy
12 years ago
As a lover of anything Teak I have a lot of it in my home and I just want to bring to your attention that teak tens to turn reddish over time when exposed to day light in the room.
snowyct
Original Author
12 years ago
jjaazzy - thanks for the tip. I had no idea and that could make a difference. Do you know whether it will darken as well? I'm trying to avoid the light reddish tone of red oak that's in the rest of the house but still have something that will blend with it fairly well.
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jjaazzy
12 years ago
Teak comes in so many beautiful shades. It does tend to darken but not so much that you loose the grain detail. I would say darker then medium. Do you have any Danish stores in your area? Sometimes you can go into these stores and they have some pieces they are using for their own office needs and you can see it where it has toned out. Look on eBay and put in the search Danish teak. You might get an idea there as well. Good luck.
live_wire_oak
12 years ago
LL "teak" is NOT actual botanical teak. Most flooring sold as "SomeCountry" teak isn't. Unless it's in the $100 a square foot range anyway. Real teak is an endangered species. SomeCountry teak can be any number of tropical species with no actual physical similarity to real teak other than a bit of a golden look to it. LL's reputation is most decidedly suspect on several counts, not just for renaming stuff anything they please.

Be exceedingly wary of this faux teak product milled in China. Especially if it's actually cumaru. Lots of tropical hardwoods aren't allowed to be sufficiently dried before milling and end up warping, but cumaru is especially noted for having issues with this.
jjaazzy
12 years ago
Wow, good tip! Who knew. This is why it takes me forever to do anything, I research everything to death to dig up info like this.

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