News & features on Wood finishes
MAPEI’s Ultracoat range: Water-based floor finishes for wood flooring protection
MAPEI’s Ultracoat range includes a series of water-based floor finishes, designed to protect all types of wood flooring, while, the company says, promoting a...
Bona traffic GO with 2K technology and built-in hardener
BONA, which describes itself as a global, sustainably-driven company that supplies products for installing, renovating, maintaining, and restoring premium floors is announcing the launch...
Environmental sustainability takes center stage in flooring choices
WHEN it comes to choosing flooring, comparing products by cost is second nature, but in the past few years, an emphasis on a building’s...
MAPEI Ultracoat is a range of water-based floor finishes, designed to protect all types...
MAPEI Ultracoat is a range of water-based floor finishes, designed to protect all types of wood, while reportedly providing a raft of safety, health...
Wood floor know-how in the Orange World
Pallmann tell us about its new training centre in Würzburg, Germany.The new Orange World training centre has been located on the premises of the...
Choosing a sustainable and long-lasting floor for commercial and public buildings
How to give your floors the best protection you can.
Floor finishes play an important role in creating the right look and atmosphere in the...
Staining and colouring methods for hardwood floors
Richard Aylen talks dyes, primers, oils, sheens and vacuum coloured floorboards.
One of the many reasons beautiful timber floors have been around for so long...
Great expectations
What are designers’ and building users’ expectations of a floor? And what ways do heritage floors meet or sometimes fall short of modern requirements?...
Barrettine’s ArmourFlex Wood Floor Lacquer provides a protection and care solution for...
BARRETTINE’s ArmourFlex system provides what the company describes as a professional protection and care solution for all types of solid and engineered wood floors.
‘Manufactured...
Bona launches its newest lacquer, Bona Traffic HD Raw
BONA, which describes itself as a global, sustainably-driven company that supplies products for installing, renovating, maintaining, and restoring premium floors, has announced the launch...
Quick system for hardwood floorlaying
KERAKOLL has relaunched its collection of adhesives, sealing and cleaning products for hardwood flooring in the UK. The revamped collection includes Slc EP21 Rapid...
Cleaning, care and treatment of wooden floors and surfaces
STAUF, the German specialist in adhesive technology has developed a surface programme for cleaning, care and treatment of wooden floors and surfaces.
The company says...
Bona says it provides an excellent range of wood floor primers
BEAUTIFUL floors aren’t born – they’re built. When it comes to designing and building floors that customers love, flooring professionals and contractors understand the...
Junckers has launched 2K Eco Protect Oil
JUNCKERS has launched 2K Eco Protect Oil, a newly developed formula which it says offers enhanced protection for the wooden floors with a faster...
WOCA says ‘yes’ to ecological success despite rapid economic expansion
WOCA says ‘yes’ to ecological success despite rapid economic expansion. In fact, it’s precisely because of the guiding principle of sustainability and environmental awareness...
All the colours of the floor
So, you want to colour your floor? There are many innovative ways to do so, and each method has its own peculiarities, strengths, and...
How to choose between an oil or lacquer
Tony Bicknell, area sales manager, Kährs UK, explains a critical choice: THE ‘surface innovators’ in our industry have been hard at work. From the...
Bona Hard Wax Oil
BONA personnel in the Czech Republic recently told their UK colleagues about an application of Bona Hard Wax Oil. It was used by Czech...
Bona Quantum uses titanium technology
SAYS Bona: ‘We could’ve been forgiven for plagiarising the famous shampoo advert when marketing our latest wood floor adhesive. Because Bona Quantum is not...
Junckers sports flooring
WHEN it comes to sports and multipurpose activity spaces, the floor is arguably one of the most important considerations.
It has to be safe, high-performing...