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Can I Sand and Coat Engineered Wood Flooring?

Engineered wood flooring is made up of layers of plywood, over that a finishing layer of solid hardwood is applied. The great thing about engineered wood flooring is that it's a completely natural product and appears just like the actual thing, but is more capable to withstand moisture and atmospheric fluctuations compared to solid wood. Whether or not it will be possible to sand and coating engineered timber floors is a questions which is frequently asked by men and women in the process of deciding which kind of wood flooring will suit them best. Put simply, the answer really is dependent on the thickness of the highest layer (or"wear" coating as it's called in the trade) which is applied to the engineered wooden planks. Solid wood flooring, as the name implies, is made from one piece of your chosen timber. The plywood and coating of solid wood flooring is usually not a problem because it generally includes a quarter of an inch (or just over 0.6cm) of wood abov