LVP Brand- Advice Please
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Need flooring advice. Laminate, engineered, or LVP?
Comments (3)The "oil finishes" are hardwax oil products that are applied as a single coat. They are traditionally a matte finish and they require maintenance by the homeowner. You must be prepared for the maintenance. Many of the factory finished engineered floors with oil finishes can require (or would benefit from) an application of maintenance oil applied as soon as they are installed. This isn't a huge issue (because it is relatively easy) but it is something that most people do not know and therefore "miss" the opportunity to add this little bit of extra love at the beginning. Once installed, the oil floors are beautiful, raw-looking wood finish. They are low gloss. If you are someone who likes the look of a "clean shiny floor" then you will be horribly disappointed by the floors and will spend days and days trying to "clean" the floors to a "shine" - without any success. Tears are soon to follow. As for "UV oil finish" this is just a fun way of saying the factory used UV lights to speed up the curing of the finish. Instead of 2-3 days, the cure can be reduced to a few minutes under UV lighting. That's it. That's the whole difference. Other than that, UV cured vs. natural cured hardwax "oil" finishes are the same beast. If you love the look of oil finished flooring, then go for it. But PLEASE FIND OUT the maintenance requirements and purchase ALL of the maintenance products at the same time that you purchase the floor. That includes any "colour oil" products used to create the colour at the factory. Once the floor has been delivered, I would find a "culled" or warped plank (an imperfect plank that will not be installed) and start playing with your maintenance products on the board (or boards) so that you are well schooled BEFORE a little "oopsa" occurs. It will make your life MUCH easier....See MoreColor advice: Match Oak cabinets to new LVP and carpet.
Comments (17)@aprilneverends, the original cabinet picture is posted in my original post. I do not have the pictures to the "space" but the rest of it is indeed just ivory colored walls with windows, and oak colored baseboards, covered with a neutral carpet -- which will be replaced with a vinyl plank flooring. To answer your other question regarding LVP: I intend to put wood-look vinyl in the living/dining area, and intend to put tile-look vinyl in the kitchen and entry -- which is approximately 6'x8' area that is completely open otherwise to the rest of the Great Room. Hope that answers the questions. Housegal, thanks for the link share. Bardapotter: thank you for the pointer. Would love to see pix. Colonel115: any pointers regarding which wood/stain look would be a shade darker? TIA!!...See MoreLVP Brand and Model Help
Comments (7)SuperCore SPC flooring from WeShipFloors.com. There is a lot of info on their website. The section, Flooring 101, is worth reading. The Xtreme line of SuperCORE has a 30 mil wear layer. There are a lot of colors to choose from in the 3 lines offered, Essentials with 12 mil wear layer, Originals with 20 mil wear layer and the Xtreme. In a couple of months there will be some new colors and some tile looks to choose from, too. If you look at the thread here on Houzz, Adura Max vs CoreTec, you will find photos of SuperCORE installs and a lot of info and reviews of the flooring. I have 51 boxes of the color Krypton from the Originals line in my garage waiting for install. If you’re not familiar with the differences in WPC and SPC flooring, Google SPC versus WPC flooring and learn why SPC might be your best choice. If you decide you like what you see and want samples of SuperCORE, use the green Request Samples button on the page for each color, and the samples will be free. WeShipFloors.com has a YouTube channel with videos of floor color comparisons and a short install video. Best of luck in choosing your new flooring....See MoreNeed help choosing Provenza LVP flooring please!
Comments (19)@Judy Frank are the ”saw” marks these textured stripes that run horizontally throughout the planks? my sample board of Finally Mine has them and wasn’t sure if defect of sample or true of the floor overall. Does anyone have experience and insight on these ”saw marks” sometimes I see them referred to as ”cut marks”...See MoreMAdkins
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