While the death tolls rise from the massive earthquake last Monday in China so does the support being sent to the area. The Chinese government deployed 100,000 troops to the hardest hit regions. To put the magnitude of this number into prospective the US government sent 17000 troops to the Gulf after Katrina hit in 2005.
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
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It is understandable that the traditional bamboo colours, Natural and Carbonized, are not for everyone. If this is the case for you why not look for a stained bamboo product?? The natural shade of the raw material is a perfect canvas to apply stain to. Here are some of examples of the colours that are offered.
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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It is a sad day, as a 7.9 magnitude earthquake has ripped through the Sichuan Province in China. With many friends on the other side of the Pacific and the death toll approaching 9000, my thoughts are with them….
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Monday, May 12th, 2008
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I doesn’t take a Rocket Scientist (and believe me I’m no Rocket Scientist) to figure out that the US is currently in a recession and the dollar is dropping a furious pace, as shown in the, 3 month, Chinese Yuan to USD graph above. To be honest up until 5 years ago I didn’t know the Chinese currency was call the Yuan. Now with its direct influence on Bamboo prices I watch it daily. Prior to June 05 the USD and the Yuan we linked and flucuated together but since then the USD has depreciated 18% and continues to go lower……
The impact of this can be seen in the increase of Bamboo Flooring prices.
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Thursday, April 24th, 2008
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Look how nice this Strand Woven Natural floor looks with a Travertine mosaic inlaid….
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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As you probably know bamboo is used in many different applications, from chopsticks to flooring but you may not know that outdoor decking is also a option.
Whether it is bamboo stocks are split and manufactured into click together tiles,
Or Strand Woven material that is treated with oil based finishes and milled with a unique surface finish
Bamboo can give you options other than Cedar, Redwood or Composite.
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Friday, April 18th, 2008
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While on the topic of repairing wood floors I thought I would “roll” along to dents. Yes, since many Wood and Bamboo floors are dented by refrigerator wheels the word “roll” was strategically used.
Here is an interesting way to fix a dented floor. It makes absolute sense since water does swell wood and bamboo.
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
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I came across a great site over the weekend and they have some good information on how to repair scratches in Hardwood floors and the same practices can be followed for Bamboo.
Please view it here and let me know what you think.
Comments (0) Posted by Matt on Monday, April 7th, 2008
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Previously I have written about adhesives and the importance of using 100% urethane based products. Unfortunately one of our associates use a Synthetic Latex product and here are the results.
As you can see the floor is cupping. This is because the underside on the Bamboo has been soaking in the Synthetic Latex Glue, which is water based.
Comments (1) Posted by Matt on Friday, April 4th, 2008
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Well after writing the last post I did a little research into how to fix scratches on hard wood flooring and came across this site.
At first I wrote off the idea of using nut oil to hide surface scratches but after further thought it makes perfect sense that the oils would hide the light white scratches. And you can’t get much more environmentally friendly!!
If some one has tried this I would love to hear your feedback.
Comments (2) Posted by Matt on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
