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Flooring: fake beats real.(HOME: Dream kitchens for less)(Buyers guide)
More and more genuine hardwood flooring is hitting stores with a hand-scraped, worn finish that looks as if it spent years in a rustic country kitchen. But for real-world kitchen scrapes, scuffs, and dents, the fake stuff wins.
We accelerated the effects of foot traffic, dragged-in pebbles, dropped plates, splattered juice, and sunlight to see how well more than 30 varieties of flooring stood up to daily abuse. The best vinyl, linoleum, and laminates typically lasted twice as long as solid-wood flooring before their surface began showing wear.
Plastic laminates like those from market leaders Pergo and Shaw are the fastest-growing alternatives to wood. ...
- Reports of Solid Wood's Demise are Greatly Exaggerated.
- Magazine article from: Flooring FLANAGAN, ART February 1, 1998 700+ words
...during this time, observers report that solid wood sales remained, well, solid. Sales...Designer Collection, a 3/8-inch solid wood product that can be glued over plywood...a fast, clean installation. Here, solid wood makers counter engineered wood's benefits...
- Solid Wood Floors.
- Magazine article from: Flooring April 1, 1999 700+ words
...properly maintained, experts say a good solid wood floor can last the life of the home. This...and great rooms are all applications for solid wood flooring. Most, but not all, solid wood floors are unfinished. Attaining a high...
- Anderson Pacific acquires Universal Brands.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 24, 1988 700+ words
ANDERSON PACIFIC ACQUIRES UNIVERSAL BRANDS CHICAGO, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Anderson Pacific Corp., a Chicago-based investment...acquisition of Universal Brands adds to Anderson Pacific's rapidly expanding beverage group...
- -USDA: USDA prohibits solid wood packing material from China
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire September 21, 1998 700+ words
...September 1998-USDA: USDA prohibits solid wood packing material from China (C)1994...interim rule will prohibit untreated solid wood packing materials from China. The interim...fumigate, or treat with preservatives all solid wood packing materials or use other packing...
- SOLID WOOD RECEIVED AND MARKETED BY VIRGINIA'S LANDFILL FACILITIES.
- Magazine article from: Forest Products Journal ALDERMAN JR., DELTON R. SMITH, ROBERT L. June 1, 2000 700+ words
...was to discern types and quantities of solid wood received at the respective facilities...other types of management methods for solid wood received. Seventy-five respondents...provided information on the total waste and solid wood quantities received at their respective...
- Stiles introduces Solid Wood Technologies.(Supplier Briefs)
- Magazine article from: Wood Digest August 1, 2006 700+ words
...introduces a new division focused on solutions for the solid wood industry. Solid Wood TechnologiesSM enables Stiles to provide machinery...address the needs of this market. The launch of Solid Wood Technologies is a direct response to its customers...
- Determination of the strength performance of chair frames constructed of solid...
- Magazine article from: Forest Products Journal Kasal, Ali Birgul, Recep Erdil, Yusuf Ziya July 1, 2006 700+ words
...screw jointed chair frames constructed of solid wood and wood-based (composite) materials...Fagus Orientalis Lipsky) were used as solid wood materials. Oriented strandboard (OSB...materials could be used as an alternative to solid wood material. In addition, portable connection...
- SOLID-WOOD RTA DOING STRONG BUSINESS AT HOME STORES.(ready-to-assemble)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network Kunkel, Karl December 10, 2001 700+ words
...specializing in ready-to-assemble solid-wood furniture. Selling both finished and...Thomasville, N.C., an importer of solid wood furniture from China and Malaysia, sells...Home Decor Products, is a supplier of solid wood RTA products from Italy, Romania and...
