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Lignomat USA Ltd.Booth B4345Lignomat’s VersaPak includes all the moisture measuring tools a wood flooring installer needs. With this kit, installers can measure concrete (by taking an in-depth RH reading), subfloor and floor (hardwood and bamboo) components. The Ligno-Versatec meter features pin, pinless and RH measuring modes, and it includes a bevy of accessories for installers and inspectors.

www.lignomat.com

The Garrison Collection/Old Master Products Inc.Booth S7307The Garrison Collection’s EZ-Click flooring is solid white oak; it comes with an innovative silicone rubber clip system designed to set an automatic expansion gap between each row for “EZ” installation and maximum stability. It can be installed on concrete, on a raised foundation, over foam, over cork or over a Genie Mat-like product.

www.oldmasterproducts.com

Elegance Exotic Wood Flooring Inc.Booth B4037Elegance Exotic’s Royal Residence Collection flooring is 71⁄2 inches wide and 9⁄16 inch thick with a 3-mm-thick wear layer. Elegance says the product offers an affordable price and high-end look with 80 percent of each carton at least 6 feet long. It comes in six finishes, ranging from a sophisticated Driftwood color to a rich Espresso.

www.elegancewoodflooring.com

Bostik Inc.Booth B3641Vapor-Lock is a one-part, trowel-applied, rapid-tacking, moisture-cure urethane adhesive and vapor-retarding membrane. Bostik says it has very low permeability and does not contain water. The product is virtually odorless and has zero percent VOCs. Bostik adds that Vapor-Lock offers a tenacious waterproof bond to a variety of substrates and is not adversely affected by exposure to moisture, water or alkalinity.

www.bostik.com/

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Once a year the entire floor covering industry gathers in Las Vegas for Surfaces; this year the show will be Jan. 29-31 and the Mandalay Bay Convention Center will again host the show. While you’re at the show, don’t miss the companies on the following pages (all advertisers in this issue).

Also, make sure your first stop at the show is the National Wood Flooring Association pavilion, where NWFA and Hardwood Floors will be located together with a group of exhibiting members. At the pavilion you can pick up the HF Surfaces Pocket Guide—your essential guide to the wood flooring industry at Surfaces—which includes a listing of all NWFA-member exhibitors at the big show and our exclusive map highlighting NWFA members, making navigating the two levels of the show floor a whole lot easier.

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Shamrock Plank FlooringBooth S7917Shamrock Plank Flooring is introducing its Rancho Madera Collection of 1⁄2-inch-thick Environeered flooring. The collection features three colors of hickory with a non-directional hand-scrape: Concho, Toro (pictured) and Diablo. The collection also features three colors of wire-brushed white oak: Longhorn, Cattleman and Tumbleweed. Shamrock says that, with a width of 7 inches and longer lengths of 1-7 feet, the flooring will stand out in any room.

www.shamrockplankflooring.com

Premiere Finishing & Coating LLCBooth S5462Premiere Finishing says its EcoGrain flooring is an eco-friendly alternative to imported hardwoods. The company uses a proven “wood grain-enhanced finishing” technology to transform domestic hardwoods into exotics. The company says that, compared with exotic flooring, domestically made EcoGrain offers better color and grain consistency and less photosensitivity, adding that it also has the most scratch-resistant surface available today.

www.ecograin.net

Owens Flooring by Quanex Building ProductsBooth S7712Owens Flooring by Quanex Building Products is introducing its TrueCharacter collection. TrueCharacter is offered in six prefinished rustic species in 6-, 7-, and 8-inch widths. TrueCharacter is 1⁄2 inch thick and can be installed commercially or at any level of the home, and Owens says it is “solidly engineered.”

www.owens-flooring.com

Olde Wood LimitedBooth S5663Olde Wood Limited says it creates “lifetime” flooring from the finest reclaimed, old-growth or character-grade hardwoods available. The company says its reclaimed flooring, milled from virgin hardwood remnants of century-old barns and wooden structures, is widely appreciated for its beauty, naturally weathered color and rich patina, adding that its products are a true example of Old World craftsmanship for new-world design.

www.oldewoodltd.com

National Wood Flooring AssociationBooth B3439The NWFA is the wood flooring professional’s one-stop resource for technical publications, training opportunities, networking events, professional recognition and certification programs. Visitors to this booth can find out what the NWFA can do to advance careers and impact companies’ bottom lines.

www.nwfa.org

MAPEI Corp.Booth B3855Ultrabond ECO 905 is a fast-curing, 100-percent-solids, moisture-cure urethane gun-grade adhesive designed for basic wood subfloor construction practices as well as wood flooring repair, wood stair nosing, wood molding, baseboard, and tack strip attachment to concrete subfloors. Ultrabond 905 is also a general-purpose construction adhesive suitable for use in both interior and exterior applications.

www.mapei.com

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Wagner MetersBooth B3366Wagner’s DataMaster is a smartphone-size, wireless handheld device that, when used in conjunction with its Rapid RH BT Reader and the Rapid RH 4.0 EX Smart Sensor, allows the user to acquire the internal relative humidity and temperature of a concrete slab via Bluetooth technology. Then the user can upload the data to www.f2170reports.com.

www.wagnermeters.com

Tramex Ltd.Booth B4239Tramex says its Flooring Master Kit offers a complete package for moisture testing of concrete and wood flooring. It gives the user the ability to make an informed decision as to when to install the floor covering, as well as the ability to diagnose moisture, relative humidity and temperature problems in post-installation testing.

www.tramexltd.com

Stauf USA LLCBooth B4427Stauf USA says its CBR-970 Renovator is the first and only wood floor adhesive engineered to go directly over asphalt cutback adhesive without having to completely remove the old cutback mastic; it can be used with solid or engineered flooring. It will not dissolve the cutback mastic as other types of adhesive do, and it forms a permanent bond between the wood floor and the cutback mastic.

www.staufusa.com

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