Products

Quarzite slabs for walls and floors

Quartzite Celadon slabs from Antonlini combine hints and hues that range from white to light grey and go as far as anthracite and black. The material, suitable for floors and walls, enhances expressive contemporary design, the company says, giving a feeling of welcome and hospitality. Spaces and architectural structures are underlined by the elegance of this quartzite, it adds, whose beauty is linked to the earth and to a notion of time tha overcomes styles and fashions. www.antolini.com

Decorative epoxy flooring

Florock Polymer Flooring has introduced the FloroStone Decorative Flooring System, a decorative epoxy flooring that is said to combine a sanitary, high-performance traffic surface with modern, upscale aesthetics in an economical, quick-turnaround system. The system’s slurry formulation is a departure from traditional, double-broadcast epoxy systems, requiring approximately 60 percent fewer man hours and 40 percent less turnaround time, the company says, in addition to enabling virtually undetectable repair of minor damage when needed. Available in high-gloss or satin finishes and choice of slip-resistant textures, the durable product features 12 colour blends, plus a wider selection of custom colour options. Utilizing plastic strips or tape-off methods, the commercial and institutional epoxy system can be used to create unique floor designs. www.florock.net

Colour flocked, vinyl backed flooring

floor covering, while being as functional and durable as well as easy to clean as any resilient floorcovering. Available in both sheet and tile formats, the flooring range has ultra-low volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions and zero phthalates, and also holds the Allergy UK Seal of Approval. www.forbo.com

VOC-free edge-sealing compound

The Flex-Tred edge sealing compound from Wooster Products has no VOCs and is a one-part, high-solids, elastomeric sealant. The solvent release product is ready to use without mixing, priming or heating. Applied by squeeze tube, the flexible compound seals the company’s Forbo has launched a new range of its Flex-Tred anti-slip tape to all types of textile flooring designed for offices. The metal including galvanized, wood, Flotex Colour range is said to combine the particleboard, plywood, EPDM and other warmth, comfort and acoustic properties kinds of rubber, thermoplastics, thermoof textile flooring with the practical and set plastics, fibreglass and other fibre hygienic considerations of a synthetic reinforced plastics, concrete, masonry and material. The collection is available in five glass. It has excellent weather, UV and different designs: Metro, Penang, Calgary, ozone resistance, for a long service life, Savannah and Canyon. Each of the the company says, and is tack free in flooring designs is available in planks, under an hour and can be painted when sheets or tiles. In total the collection is dry. The product provides water and available in 96 different shades. Flotex moisture resistance, and resists cracking, technology flocked flooring is made up chipping and peeling. The applied bead from a solid vinyl, reinforced base with a will shrink approximately 55 percent, so densely flocked surface of nylon 6.6 no tooling is necessary for most applicafibres, that are anchored firmly into the tions. The bead surface will be tack free in base layer. The technology is dimension15 to 45 minutes, depending on ambient ally stable and has the optics of a textile conditions. www.woosterproducts.com Canada’s floorcovering magazine 25

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Composite wood collections

Mohawk has added the TecWood Select line to its TecWood composite wood portfolio. The line includes two brand new collections, The Preserve Collection and The Luxora Collection, that are said to feature high fashion and easy maintenance. Both collections feature a sawn face veneer with EasyClean stain and soil protection, as well as Spill Protect moisture-resistance technology. The collections also feature a fast installation process with the company’s Uniclic MultiFit Locking System, the company says. The Preserve Collection includes eight colours with planks that are 7.5 in. wide and up to 71.6 in. long, while The Luxora Collection offers seven colours with planks that are 8.5 in. wide x 87.6 in. long. www.mohawkind.com

Cordless drill screwdriver

The Festool T18 cordless drill driver is compatible with the company’s Li-HighPower 4.0 HPC-ASI 18 V Battery Pack platform and is packaged in a Systainer tool storage system. The tool is said to be ergonomic, lightweight and have a precision-performance design suitable for completing jobs in tight spaces while limiting arm fatigue. The tool features a large drilling capacity, the company says, a ½ in. keyless chuck, work area LED illumination and integrated bit storage. www.festoolcanada.com

Modular carpet collection

Light Shift, the latest modular carpet collection from Tarkett, is said to draw inspiration from scientific studies of light waves and frequencies, as well as man-made phenomena like light trails and reflections from architectural facades. The collection includes three distinct carpet patterns, as well as a coordinating luxury vinyl tile. The most structured of the modular collection, Specular borrows its imagery from mathematical grids, but with a shifting, corrugated pattern. Parallel Ray explores the synergy of colour and texture in a pattern of broken, parallel lines. The Glint coordinating LVT expresses the colour and pattern of light seen in the digital realm, relating the layered visual patterns seen in technological light conversions. www.tarkettna.com

Text messaging app for installers

RollMaster Software, a flooring specific business management software, has announced an integrated app designed to allow clients to automatically connect with customers for appointment reminders and installation scheduling changes via text messaging. The goal of the integration is to keep install crews busy installing by avoiding down-time from cancellations, the company says. The app comes with a dashboard and functionality that also allows for direct text communication with customers as replies, or even text messages from customers that come in directly rather than via a phone call. This is said to include managing rescheduling or cancellation requests prior to the day of the originally scheduled installation. www.rmaster.com

Stone-look LVT visuals

Luxury vinyl tile specialist Karndean Designflooring has added six stone visuals to its LooseLay range. The non-interlocking floating floor is said to be notable for multi-directional visuals, speedy install time, acoustic properties (ΔIIC 16dB), individually replaceable tiles and seamless transition to commercial carpet tile. The visuals replicate the looks of travertine, concrete and slate in a 20 mil loose lay LVT format. The product can be laid over most existing hard floors with minimal preparation, as well as over

Stain-proofing added to cleaner/sealer line

Braxton-Bragg has added the Stain Proof by Dry-Treat premium line of cleaners and sealers to its offerings. The line is comprised of 13 products, half of which are stone and masonry sealers and cleaners used for everything from the Sydney Opera House and the Dallas Cowboys stadium to a homeowner’s shower or backsplash, the company says. Used for cleaning and sealing stone, the products don’t have to be reapplied for 15 to 25 years, it adds. www.braxton-bragg.com

Wood flooring adhesive

The 7700 Easy Clean lightweight adhesive sausage from DriTac can be used with the company’s manual drive caulk gun to address applications such as floor repairs, inlays, stair treads, moldings, borders and medallions. The 20 oz.

sausage offers a premium grade, “green” sound and moisture control MS polymer wood flooring adhesive. The product is said to clean up very easily off the surface of hardwood flooring when wet or dry. The adhesive allows for a one-day, one-step installation and is a single-component product that can be used as an adhesive only or a 5-in-1 adhesive system solution. With zero isocyanates and low odor, the adhesive helps contribute to LEED credits as it has been independently tested and certified by the Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI) Green Label Plus Program for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). The adhesive is suitable for both residential and commercial applications. www.dritac.com electrical outlets, drains and AC registers, for maximize water efficiency to blade. A laser guide system indicates the cut line and LED light for improved visibility. Units come with 10-inch diamond continuous rim blade, aluminum rip guide, blade wrench and hex key. Depth of cut capacity is 3-3/4 in. and the sliding table size with extensions is 24-1/2 x 18-1/2 in. www.kingcanada.com

Sliding tile saw with folding stand the distressed visuals of overdyed vintage rugs, Crafted Surface is a three-style collection of 18 x 36 in. carpet tiles. The textural patterns incorporate a variety of colours with neutral and bright accents. Gemscape is a coordinating collection of modular carpet tile and broadloom. The carpet tile is backed by StrataWorx, which is a PVC-free product that is said to be lightweight and cost-effective. Patterns feature texture and abstract geometrics The sliding tile saw with folding stand SPC (solid polymer composite) platform from King Canada combines a 2.5 hp, 15 offerings, Natural State is a resilient A motor with GFCI protected power cord. collection with an innovative, high-denThe non-slip rubber coated aluminum sity core construction with dimensional sliding table provides full coverage wrap stability, no telegraphing and resistance around splash guards and rear and side against indentation. Offered in a variety splash trays keep work area clean and dry, of thicknesses and installations, the the company says. Saw head tilts 0˚ to 45˚ collection also features acoustical for bevel cuts. Units provide a plunge benefits. head that allows controlled cuts for www.patcraft.com as well as two removable rubber nozzles Hardwood floor scrubber with accent stripes. Designed to expand Pallmann has introduced its Turbo Commercial flooring collections Scrubber, suitable for the preparation of The 2020 collections from commercial wood floors prior to recoats and to aid in flooring manufacturer Patcraft have the deep cleaning of hard surfaces. The been introduced. Anew is a 7.75 x 48 in. unit is said to compliment the company’s resilient collection directly inspired by Pall-X Bond recoating system, Pallmann designers’ requests for a widened plank Clean Strong (deep cleaning of wood format. Products feature modern, floors), and Pallmann Clean N Prep (Magic updated wood visuals and the incorporaOil 2K Recoats) to provide greater tion of a stone look. It is available in both efficiency to these systems for contractors. 2.5- and 5-mm thicknesses. Inspired by www.pallmann.us Canada’s floorcovering magazine 27