Take a look at the latest products from these companies, all advertisers in the 2022 WFB Resource Book, the buyer's guide for the wood flooring industry.
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Absolute Coatings Group
Absco Grand NXTGEN Wood Floor Finish features new, innovative resins (next generation) that deliver the appearance and durability of an oil finish, with ease of application, the company says. It is VOC-compliant nationally and provides enhanced leveling, increased scuff-resistance, excellent build/coverage and low odor, the company adds.
absolutecoatings.com
Bona US
The Bona Power Drive is an all-directional and versatile disc sanding system that delivers exceptional power, saves labor, and can significantly reduce edging time by 50–80%. It can be used with the following accessories: steel plates, weights, wire brushes, and Tynex brushes.
bona.com/en-US/Bona-Professional
Graf Brothers
Graf Brothers offers "French Plank" flooring, commonly known as European live sawn. Planks are available in 7-, 8- and 10-inch widths. French Plank comes in lengths from 4–12 feet (7-foot average) and in stunning Prime, Light Character and Character grades, the company adds.
grafbro.com
Impressions Flooring Collection
The Hampton Series is a ¾-inch solid product designed for quality and durability, the company says. Its Six Side Seal is designed to protect against cupping, warping and seasonal cracking. It also has antimicrobial properties that can decrease allergens.
impressionflooring.com
Lägler North America
All Lägler Trio machines being produced are now equipped with an ultra-bright LED light as a standard feature. For machines produced before 2021, upgrade kits are available at local distributors.
laglernorthamerica.com
Norton Abrasives
Red Heat is designed to handle the toughest sanding projects and makes scratches hardly detectable, the company says. It is designed to leave wood floors smooth and ready for refinishing, the company adds.
nortonabrasives.com
PoloPlaz
PoloPlaz Prime Advantage is formulated to withstand demanding floor conditions. It features high solids and low viscosity and is ideal for recoats, new installations or re-sands, the company says. It has a VOC limit below 275 grams per liter, with a 20–30 minute open time and full use after 24 hours.
poloplaz.com
Saroyan Hardwoods
Saroyan Solid Hardwood flooring is available in a variety of grades and dimensions. Every order is hand-selected for appearance and milled for premium quality, the company says.
saroyanhardwoods.com
Stauf USA
WFR-930 is an alcohol-based adhesive that eliminates hollow spots. The patented solvent-based adhesive grabs faster and holds strong and it won't etch the finish, the company says.
staufusa.com
Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products
Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products says it is continuing its research and development efforts to keep up with the wood flooring industry, and its wood fillers have been formulated to meet the demands of wood flooring experts. Its line of wood fillers includes: Woodwise Full-Trowel Filler, Wood Patch, No Shrink Patch-Quick, Powdered Wood Filler, Pre-Finish Filler, and Epoxy Wood Patch.
woodwise.com
Featured Suppliers
Aged Wide Floors
Engineered French White Oak from Aged Wide Floors's Designer Collection is available in three widths plus chevron and herringbone. The flooring is 5/8 inch thick with a 4-mm wear layer and finished with Bona's UV Traffic in a smooth matte sheen with excellent wear-resistance for both residential and commercial projects, the company says.
agedwidefloors.com
Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring
Allegheny Mountain offers ¾-inch 100 percent riftsawn solid wood flooring in lengths up to 12 feet. Wider planks are also available in red oak and white oak. Its Northern Appalachian oak has grading standards above NOFMA requirements and is cut and kiln-dried at its mill to 6% MC, the company says.
hickmanwoods.com
Amana Tool
Amana Tool manufactures industrial-quality carbide-tipped, solid-carbide, and insert-carbide router bits and CNC router bits for the woodworking, MDF, aluminum, plastics and composite industries.
amanatool.com
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.
appalachianlumber.net
Berger-Seidle America
Berger-Seidle's GreenStar is a two-component water-based wood floor finish. It has no aziridine, no isocyanate, no hazard labelling and no CO2 off-gassing, the company says. It has an 18-hour potlife after mixture and offers a unique workability, flexibility and level of resistance, the company adds.
berger-seidle.com
Delmhorst Instrument Co.
Delmhorst Instrument Co. is celebrating 75 years by introducing the new Navigator family of moisture meters—the BDX-20 and BDX-30. The BDX-30 features the new Edge app to customize meter settings and export data quickly and accurately, alleviating the need to use pen and paper for notes at the job site, the company says.
delmhorst.com
Fortifiber Building Systems Group
The Accord sound-rated flooring pad maintains comfort underfoot, providing an outstanding acoustic barrier and dependable moisture-vapor protection, the company says, adding that Accord is easy to install over subfloors and under floating engineered or laminate flooring due to an integrated seam-seal tape. It is also a Class I moisture-vapor barrier over concrete.
fortifiber.com
Graf Custom Hardwood
Graf Custom Hardwood's specialty Rift + Quartered plank is cut perpendicular to the growth rings, resulting in a tight, straight, vertical grain. It is the most dimensionally stable cut of lumber possible, the company says. Rift + Quartered plank expands evenly and vertically, increasing the structural integrity and lifespan of the flooring, the company adds.
grafch.com
Grill Works Inc.
Grill Works Inc.'s Flush With Frame Vents are designed to sit flat on the subfloor. The frame is set permanently, while the vent is removable to permit cleaning of the duct throat. They are delicate-looking but tough, and they are available in a variety of thicknesses, the company says.
grillworksinc.com
Hasko Inc.
The Hasko HSSM series features machines for solid and engineered wood flooring from the leading provider of technology to the hardwood flooring industry, the company says. The HSSM SideMaster provides side matching for sawn-face engineered wood flooring and plan-to-zero systems. The HSSM Splitter produces sawn veneer faces up to 8 inches wide.
haskomachines.com
Lenmar
Lenmar ClearCoat Pro Waterborne Floor Finishes are one- and two-component floor finishing systems that are ideal for high-traffic residential and commercial wood floors, the company says.
lenmar-coatings.com
Lico Machinery Inc.
Lico specializes in the design and manufacturing of sawmill and flooring equipment ranging from standalone machines to complete solutions. Lico offers a wide range of ripping solutions for the mid-range production up to the most demanding requirements, the company says. A single system can be designed to produce from 20,000 board feet to 90,000 board feet (4/4) per shift with ripping yields up to 93 percent, Lico says.
licoinc.net
Lignomat
The Ligno-DuoTec BW can measure wood moisture and relative humidity, which are the main factors contributing to floor covering failures, the company says. Floor installers and inspectors can use the pinless dual-depth mode to measure wood floors, subfloors, different types of bamboo floors and concrete floors with the built-in reference scale.
lignomatusa.com
Loba-Wakol LLC
Wakol GmbH PU 280 is a one-component waterproof primer for priming porous and non-porous subfloors and for rigidifying soft subfloor surfaces.
loba-wakol.com
National Hardwood Flooring and Moulding
French Galerie engineered oak flooring from National Hardwood Flooring and Moulding is available in character grade, smoked distressed or smooth textured, and features a natural oil finish. The top layer is 4 mm thick, and the flooring comes 5/8 inch thick, 7½ inches wide and 74 inches long. Pictured is St. Dijon Antique Oak.
nationalhardwood.com
Oshkosh Designs
This custom parquet flooring features maple, red oak and walnut and was produced at 5/16-inch thickness and paper-taped for glue-down application.
oshkoshdesigns.com
Wagner Meters
The Orion 950 Smart Pinless Wood Moisture Meter offers dual-depth moisture measurement, and that is only the beginning, the company says. The 950 is versatile and features thermo-hygrometer functionality, EMC calculation, data storage, wireless connection to free smart-device apps and more, the company adds.
wagnermeters.com
WerkMaster Grinders & Sanders Inc.
The RASP Precision hardwood sander reaches within 1⁄8 inch of the wall, the company says. It is designed to handle wood and concrete surface prep and disassembles into three parts for easy transport, the company adds. It features a 220-volt, 3-hp single-phase motor.
werkmaster.com
