What are the reasons for wood flooring aging

We believe that many people have encountered the problem of an aging wood flooring, because, as time goes on , wood flooring will be discolored, bulging, cracking, peeling, cupping, and mildewing, arching, degumming, worn, which we all name as the aging wood flooring. Then what are the reasons of wood flooring ageing?

There are two reasons of wood flooring aging: internal and external.

The internal reasons are including： the moisture content of wood flooring, the performance and quality of flooring lacquer, the wood material of flooring, the quality of moisture-proof underlayer installed when laying the floor, the gaps left for expoation and contraction during the installtion of flooring.These will affect the life time  and the aging of your hardwood flooring.

External factors mainly refer to the temperature of the wood floor, humidity, mold fungus causeing aging wooden flooring.

The most difficult problem for anti-aging flooring technology is at the aspect of flooring lacquer.

As the surface coatings of wood flooring with ordinary lacquer could not match those coatings of laminate flooring in terms of hardness, flexibility, scratch resistance and the abrasion resistance. Thus, there would be bumps, scratches and lacquer-sheddings for those ordinary wood floorings and this phenomena undoubtedly affects flooriing lifetime. 　　

The moisture content control, the moisture resistance ,the installation ways of hardwood flooring have great effects on the flooring aging. As a result, in normal situations, we should try to avoid the contact of hardwood flooring with water, this can significantly improve the lifetime of wooden flooring.At the same time, when purchasing flooring, we should also select the wood flooring with precise moisture control and good moisture resistance. 　　

During installation, we have to ask sellers to help us arrange installation, otherwise no one knows who shall take responsibility once problems occur.

To protect wood flooring from aging, it is necessary to cut off the source of wooden flooring,aging.The above information is what we must pay great attention to when buying the hardwood flooring.