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BAMBOO
FLOORING COLORATION AND CONSTRUCTION |
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What is the difference between Naturalized and
Carbonized Bamboo? |
| Bamboo
flooring is typically available in two colors, natural and carbonized.
Additionally, other colors in bamboo flooring may be obtained by staining
the unfinished product. The natural color is yellow/blonde whereas the
carbonized color has a darker, coffee-colored tone. Generally, carbonized
flooring is not recommended for certain high traffic commercial applications
since the steam-treatment process weakens the bamboo strips by about 20%.
However, our manufacturing process differs from most other manufactures in
that the initial bamboo strip processing is within a major bamboo growing
area. Because of this, our manufacturers are able to immediately cut and
strip the bamboo shoots and, within 2 hours, carbonize these strips.
Consequently, we gain an 8% hardness in these strips by eliminating the
boiling water treatment normally required when processing bamboo.
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Naturalized |
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Carbonized |
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| What is the
difference between horizontal and vertical bamboo flooring? |
| Bamboo flooring has
two basic constructions; horizontal and vertical. Horizontal boards are
manufactured by laminating three layers of bamboo strips side-by-side. This
presents an appearance that has been compared to flattened bamboo stalks,
with the unique nodal pattern characteristic of bamboo. |
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| The vertical
construction is produced by turning the bamboo strips 90 degrees and
positioning them next to each other. The strips are then pressed into a
single layer. In effect, one walks on the edge of the strip. The horizontal
construction, when properly assembled, is both harder and more dimensionally
stable than the vertical construction. |
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