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Strand bamboo flooring formaldehyde.
Representing a stylish modern green alternative to australian hardwoods genesis strand woven bamboo flooring has many advantages over.
Bamboo flooring and formaldehyde.
Bamboo is an eco friendly highly renewable source of material.
Most strand woven bamboo uses only phenolic formaldehyde which doesn t have the bad reputation of urea formaldehyde.
L engineered click bamboo flooring 2 49.
Formaldehyde in bamboo flooring depends on where in the world the products are produced and sold.
Genesis bamboo flooring passed all global epa clean air policies and is rated super e0 for voc emissions.
Strand woven bamboo flooring can be refinished with a clear coat quite easily however applying a stain on site can be challenging.
Bamboo is a grass and the variety used for flooring is different from the plant that grows in a pot on your desk.
Home decorators collection hand scraped strand woven wellington 3 8 in.
W x 36 in.
The difference in bamboo used for flooring.
Photo by will and deni mcintyre getty images.
This is moso bamboo which reaches its full height.
It is significantly stronger than other bamboo flooring types.
Like all bamboo though it still emits formaldehyde even if the levels might be slightly lower.
Most of the higher quality bamboo floor brands ambient teragren and plyboo to name a few meet the very tough carb phase ii and nauf standards no added urea formaldehyde in general strand babmoo floors are pefectly safe if test results show less than 05 ppm and they probably off gas even less than your wood dining room table or wood office desk.
Because we use only the best glues in manufacturing the formaldehyde emissions are effectively zero.
Urea formaldehyde is used in most engineered and hardwood bamboo flooring but only in trace amounts.
Morning star 5 inch antique strand bamboo about 3 69 per sq.
Most bamboo flooring uses a urea formaldehyde uf.
Strand bamboo currently uses phenol formaldehyde adhesive and there is no other alternative to date.