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Cleaning Up - Chris Zizza
Using dustless sanding was a great leap for this wood flooring contractor.

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Establish a records retention schedule for your business

Looking at Lacey - Elizabeth Baldwin
Use the Lacey Act to help promote legal wood flooring in your business.

From the Jungle - John Vick
How one company uses sustainable harvesting to create exotic cumaru flooring.

Matching Oak, Chatter and More - Rusty Swindoll, Bill Price Sr., Genia Smith
Questions answered on matching existing flooring, drum sander chatter and resanding engineered flooring.

Under the Microscope - Andrew St. James
Understand the science of water and wood for better floors.

Lead Laws - Robin Pharo
Contractors must cope with a host of new rules after EPA's latest lead paint law took effect

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Mullican Donates Flooring for HGTV Giveaway Mullican Flooring (Johnson City, Tenn.) has provided 800 square feet of walnut ebony brown hardwood flooring from the company’s ¾-inch-thick ...

Floor Style Products Opens California Branch Floor Style Products has opened an office, warehouse and repair facility in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Andres Zuniga, who has ...

Cali Bamboo Receives Acclaim Cali Bamboo (San Diego) was ranked 1,355 in Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5,000 list of fastest growing companies. The list ranks ...

Hardwood Flooring Attack Ends in Gunfire Two brothers attacked a Jefferson County, Ala., man with wood flooring Wednesday evening, according to The Birmingham News, and the ...

Scientists Make Wood Adhesive From Tofu Ingredient Scientists meeting at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society announced development of new soy-based glues made with ...

Healthier Choice Flooring Acquires Flexitions Healthier Choice Flooring (Dalton, Ga.), an acoustic underlayment and carpet cushion manufacturer, has acquired Flexitions LLC. Flexitions LLC manufactures a ...

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StareCasing Systems' hardwood overlay system transforms carpeted or worn stairs into solid hardwood. The company says there is no need to tear out, cut off or modify existing stair treads. The product is available in 36-, 42- and 48-inch widths in a variety of species and finishes.

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Wagner Electronics' Rapid RH 4.0 with Easy Reader features patent-pending Touch-n-Sense technology. The Easy Reader works instantly when inserted into any Wagner 4.0-version Smart Sensor. It displays relative humidity and temperature for five minutes before shutting off.

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PoloPlaz has made its polyurethane products available in mylar quart bags. The quart bags are packaged in a plastic pail Poloplaz dubs the "Quart Caddy," and each Caddy contains sixteen individually packed and resealable quart bags. The finishes are available in gloss, semi-gloss, satin and matte sheens.

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Bona US has improved its abrasive screens. They now feature a full resin bond, more consistent scratch pattern and excellent grain retention. The 16-inch abrasives are available in grits 60, 80, 100, 120, 150, 180 and 220.

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