Everyone is talking about the floor wear resistance, but what is that?
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When choosing the floor, many friends have often heard this word
"Wear-resistant revolutions" In fact, only laminate floors talk about wear-resistant revolutions, and solid wood floors do not talk about wear-resistant and wear-resistant. So, as a layman of the floor, when picking a floor, how should you look at the wear resistance of the floor? Is bigger the better?
Know what is the floor wear revolution?
The number of wear-resistant revolutions, as the name suggests, is the way to express the wear resistance of the floor, generally expressed as the number of revolutions. The service life of the floor is closely related to the wear resistance of the floor. Whether the laminate floor can be used as a wear-resistant floor is determined by its surface wear-resistant layer. During the processing of the laminate floor, the surface layer will be covered with a layer of aluminum oxide, which determines the durability of the laminate floor. Grinding revolutions.
According to the national standard, three samples were tested with 180-grit sandpaper, one sandpaper per 500 conversions. In the four quadrants of A, B, C, and D, the number of revolutions when three quadrants showed clearly visible wear was the initial wear value. (IP value). According to different test methods, the wear resistance value can be divided into initial value (IP), final value (FP) and average value (AP). average value.
In general, the floor with an IP value of 4,000 rpm and above meets the household grade 2 standard, the floor with an IP value of 6,000 rpm and above meets the household grade 1 standard, and the floor with an IP value of 9,000 rpm and above meets the commercial grade standard.
Floor wear = durable?
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Some consumers think that wear resistance equals durability, but this concept is wrong. The number of wear-resistant revolutions is only an important indicator to reflect the surface performance of laminate flooring, but it is not the only indicator. The durability of the floor is also reflected in the impact resistance, scratch resistance, water absorption thickness expansion rate, internal bonding strength of the floor, pollution resistance, smoke resistance and other indicators.
Is the higher the floor wear resistance really the better?
Some businesses are hotly hyping the wear-resistant revolutions. Various exaggerated propaganda such as "10,000 revolutions high wear-resistant floors" and "our products' wear-resistant revolutions have exceeded 10,000 revolutions" are not uncommon, making consumers mistakenly believe that the higher the wear-resistant revolutions. Higher is better. In fact, if the number of revolutions is too high, the pattern on the surface of the floor will not be so clear and natural, and the touch feeling will be much reduced. Therefore, the higher the number of wear-resistant revolutions of the floor does not mean the better, it can only be determined by adapting to the local living environment. In family life, the 4000-6000 rpm floor is generally used, which looks natural and feels more comfortable when stepping on it. Experts pointed out that more than 4000 revolutions is enough for most households, and consumers do not need to blindly choose floors with higher revolutions.
The durability of solid wood flooring is different from that of laminate flooring, which mainly depends on the quality of the paint selected on the surface. In a broad sense, wear-resistant floors are like environmentally-friendly floors. They do not refer to specific types of floors, but are a general term for long-life, wear-resistant and durable floors.
How to judge the quality of solid wood floor surface paint?
The quality of the paint directly determines the wear resistance of the solid wood floor and the solid wood composite floor. The specific judgment method is: observe the fullness of the paint film on the floor board, whether there are unevenness or indentation, etc. If the paint on the floor surface is even and plump, without bubbles or small white spots, and without obvious stains and damage, the quality of the paint is generally good, and the wear resistance of the floor is high; otherwise, the wear resistance of the floor is poor. .
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