As this issue was going to press, the NWFA Wood Flooring Expo planned for April 28–30 in Milwaukee—including these exhibiting advertisers in this issue—was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. To see what these companies were going to exhibit, read the following descriptions. And to find out more about a new event planned in the wood flooring industry, go to WFBLive.com.
Premium Partner
Absolute Coatings Group – Valentus Specialty Chemicals
Easy 2K's two-component, 100 percent urethane formulation delivers fortified durability, while the No Lap technology makes it easy to apply, the company says. Grand Clear 1K delivers high solids in fewer coats for extra wear protection. The technology brings out the beauty in hardwood floors with low odor and an easy soap-and-water cleanup, the company adds.
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Lägler North America
The HUMMEL is now equipped with a newly developed paddle system handle. The paddle lever along with an adjustable quick-lift plate and a larger ball head ensure a completely new sanding experience, allowing secure fixing and faster separation of the upper and lower parts of the rod. The entire system can be retrofitted, or just the paddle lever.
Premium Partner
Olde Wood Ltd.
The Reed Plank is a new wide-plank flooring product with a modern color design element graded to create a unique blend of white oak grains. It is available widths of 6 and 8 inches in engineered and solid styles and in lengths of 2–12 feet.
Premium Partner
PoloPlaz – Valentus Specialty Chemicals
PoloPlaz's Supreme Stain features a color palette reflecting current color trends and a dry time of less than three hours. It has coast-to-coast VOC compliance and ultra-high solids for great coverage, the company says. It is also designed to minimize lap-line problems during application.
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Saroyan Hardwoods
Saroyan Hardwoods offers engineered rift and quartered walnut and American cherry flooring. The material is chosen for its exquisite grain and color characteristics, the company says.
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Stauf USA Adhesives
WFR-930 is an alcohol-based, high-strength adhesive for professional wood flooring installation. It contains no chlorinated solvents or other materials harmful to one's health, the company says. It spreads easily, and allows fast installation even with complicated patterns due to its strong green grab. No flash time is required, so installation can commence immediately, the company adds.
Premium Partner
Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products Inc.
Woodwise is showcasing its extensive line of wood fillers, including Woodwise Wood Patch, Full-Trowel Filler, Powdered Wood Filler, No Shrink Patch-Quick, Pre-Finish Filler and Epoxy Wood Patch, in addition to other maintenance products, wood flooring tools and accessories.
Featured Supplier
Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring
Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring offers Pennsylvania-sourced FSC-Certified unfinished solid and engineered wood floors. It specializes in rift and quartersawn and true live-sawn. The flooring is custom-cut and dried at the company's mill for extra stability.
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Featured Supplier
Appalachian Lumber Co.
Appalachian Lumber offers custom treads of any size, as well as pie treads and custom landing treads. The treads are made from high-quality hardwoods and are available in more than 20 species, the company says.
Featured Supplier
Bostik Inc.
Bostik's Ultra-Set SingleStep2 is a high-performance adhesive, moisture control and sound reduction membrane, the company says. It maintains the long-term durability of a high-end urethane adhesive but is easier to spread and clean off of prefinished flooring before and after cure, the company adds.
Featured Supplier
Delmhorst Instrument Co.
Booth 1319
Delmhorst Instrument Co. offers a full line of moisture meters for flooring professionals who need to accurately measure moisture in wood floors and subfloors, and measure RH in concrete according to the ASTM F2170 standard. Delmhorst meters can help prevent flooring failures before and after installation, the company says.
Featured Supplier
Graf Custom Hardwood
Graf Custom Hardwood's Pure White prefinished flooring is available in select and better rift and quartered white oak. It pairs well with a predominantly white space and creates light and airy rooms, the company says.
Featured Supplier
Lignomat USA LTD
Ligno-DuoTec BW is a multi-function moisture meter with a dual-depth pinless meter for wood, engineered products, bamboo and concrete. It features a Precision thermo-hygrometer and in-situ RH concrete moisture testing. It is accurate and durable, the company says.
Featured Supplier
Loba Wakol LLC
Lobadur Whitener is an additive for water-based Lobadur primers and finishes for a smooth brightening of wood floors, the company says. The intensity of the whitening may be individually controlled by variable application in one or more layers.
Featured Supplier
MP Global Products
QuietWalk Plus is an all-in-one underlayment that is made from recycled materials into a high-performing underlayment solution, the company says. It is designed to dampen unwanted noise from traveling to other rooms and offers moisture protection and support to the joints of the floor.
Featured Supplier
Oneida Air Systems
The Oneida Vortex DCS is a portable floor sanding dust containment system that virtually eliminates airborne dust during sanding, leaving the air 15 times cleaner than traditional cloth bag systems, the company says. It installs onto every major make/model floor sander and saves prep time and clean-up time, the company adds. It includes a sander cyclone attachment, full-unit HEPA vacuum, industrial hose, and more.
Featured Supplier
Primatech
Primatech's 550 Combo is a unique 18-gauge tool that does nailing and stapling, the company says. It combines speed and a tighter, uniform bond between the hardwood and subfloor and produces less fatigue in knees and wrists during use, the company adds. It allows for constant and regular fastening and causes no damage to end wall.
Featured Supplier
Sampson Coatings – Valentus Specialty Chemicals
Sampson Craftsman's Choice Professional Floor Finish is an extremely durable clear coating recommended for interior residential or commercial floors, paneling, cabinets, doors, trim and furniture, the company says. It is abrasion and scuff resistant, and has excellent flow and leveling as well as chemical resistance.
Featured Supplier
Seneca Millwork
Seneca's prefinished vents are color-blended to flooring and Seneca's transitions in a variety of species, sizes and finishes, including specialty finishes. Standard vents include surface mount, flush mount with frames, base vents, cold air returns and toe kick vents.
Featured Supplier
Shaper Tools
Shaper Origin is the world's first handheld CNC machine, the company says. It is designed with flooring professionals in mind and is intuitive and easy to learn, the company adds, noting it can help create complex inlay, medallions and hardware installation.
Featured Supplier
Wagner Meters
The award-winning Orion 950 Smart Pinless Wood Moisture Meter features dual-depth measurement of wood and other materials. Other functions include Bluetooth connectivity to free smart device apps, ambient temperature/RH sensor, and EMC calculation. True in-the-field calibration is exclusive only to the Orion line of wood moisture meters, the company says.
