Elijahfell

One way engineered hardwood floors are manufactured is the Rotary-peel. This process involves treating the wood by boiling the log in water at a certain temperature for an allotted amount of time. Then after preparation the wood is peeled by a blade from the outside of the log, and it works its way around the log toward the center, creating a wood veneer. This veneer is then pressed flat with high pressure to make the veneer flat. This style of manufacturing tends to have problems with the wood cupping or curling back to its original shape. This problem is commonly known as “face checking” and is a manufacturing defect. Rotary-peeled engineered hardwoods tend to have a plywood appearance in the grain.