How to choose solid wood floor and solid wood composite floor?
As we all know, solid wood floor and composite floor are two kinds of floor commonly used in our home decoration. But for some owners, they don't know the difference between these two kinds of floors, so they don't know what to do when they buy them, and how to choose between solid wood flooring and solid wood composite flooring? How to choose solid wood floor and solid wood composite floor? 1. Difference in raw materials Solid wood flooring is directly processed from natural wood. In addition to drying and dehydration of logs, painting protective layers, and cutting according to specifications, it almost does not carry out any other processing. It retains the natural texture of wood to the greatest extent, and the whole floor is natural. The commonly used log materials of solid wood flooring mainly include fraxinus mandshurica, oak, oak, chinaberry, etc. The wood grain of these woods is clear and beautiful, and the hardness is moderate, which is convenient for processing. The solid wood composite floor can be subdivided into many kinds. The common ones are solid wood composite floor, laminate composite floor and PVC composite floor. The common ones for home decoration are solid wood composite floor and laminate composite floor. The raw material used for the solid wood composite floor is still the solid wood sheet, but it can be glued with different materials of wood, generally divided into three layers and multi-layer. The laminate floor is mainly divided into four layers, and the raw materials used in different layers are different. The surface of the laminate floor is a wear-resistant layer, and the main raw material is aluminum oxide; Under the wear-resistant layer is the decorative layer, and the main material is patterned paper impregnated with melamine resin; Next is the base course, the main raw materials are high-density boards or medium density boards; The bottom layer is the balance layer, and the raw material is kraft paper. 2. Difference in price Solid wood flooring has high requirements for raw materials and processing technology, so the price has always been high, almost the most expensive one of all flooring, the price is generally more than 200 yuan, and the price of high-quality solid wood flooring is as high as 1000 yuan. Because solid wood composite floor can be divided into many kinds, the price is not uniform. Generally, the price of solid wood composite floor is higher than that of laminate floor, but lower than that of solid wood floor, which is basically more than 100 yuan. The laminate flooring is more economical and affordable, generally below 100 yuan, of which 60 - 80 yuan is the most common. 3. The difference in cleaning and maintenance: the water resistance of solid wood floor is relatively poor, so it cannot be directly scrubbed with wet cloth, and the surface cannot be scratched by hard objects, otherwise the scratches will be difficult to repair. In addition, the solid wood floor also needs regular waxing and maintenance, otherwise the surface is easy to lose luster. The stability of the solid wood composite floor is good. You can use a wet mop to clean it without worrying about the warping of the floor. In addition, the surface of the composite floor does not need to be waxed regularly, but it is still necessary to avoid scratching by sharp objects. 4. Difference in environmental protection performance The solid wood floor processed with natural wood as raw material hardly uses glue and other additives. The floor does not contain volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde, which does no harm to human body. It is a real green environmental protection product. Compared with the composite wood floor, its environmental protection performance is slightly worse. Both the solid wood composite floor and the laminate floor are made of multi-layer thin plates by high-temperature hot pressing. A large amount of glue and additives are required in the process of processing, so some volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde will be released, which is not as environmentally friendly as the solid wood floor. How to choose? With regard to stability, it is generally believed that solid wood flooring is relatively "delicate" when it is natural and environmentally friendly. In fact, under normal circumstances, both kinds of flooring have the problem of thermal expansion and cold contraction, and both will have "arching" phenomenon. Only solid wood flooring is easy to be locally arching, which is easy for people to see, while solid wood composite flooring will not be locally arching, but overall arching, If people feel soft when walking on the composite floor, that is why the composite floor arches. In order to reduce this phenomenon, great attention should be paid during installation, such as properly leaving expansion joints and avoiding water soluble glue. As for "wear resistance", the surface of composite floor is relatively wear-resistant due to wear resistance treatment, but its corners are the most vulnerable part. In general, the wear-resistant thickness of composite floor is 0.8mm, while the thickness of wood floor is about 18mm. In the wear-resistant range layer, the wear-resistant property of composite floor with the same thickness is greater than that of solid wood. But there is a problem that the base of wood floor that can be ground is larger than that of composite floor. It is hard to say who has strong wear-resistant property. In the actual selection, the owner should consider comprehensively and finally choose the floor according to his most urgent needs.
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