Laminate floor generally comes in two thickness 8mm and 12mm. 8mm mostly comes with AC3 rating and is commonly used in residential setting. Major manufacturers produce 12mm with AC4 rating to cater for heavy traffic areas. However, more premium design and special feature laminate floor tend to come in 12mm.
Laminate floor comes with various type of surface finish and edges. The most common are light or crystal emboss (smooth/light texture) and middle emboss (textured) surface finish. Special surface finish includes handscraped surface where the surface is wavelike to mimic natural timber, wood sculptured surface, matching register surface where the emboss pattern matches the wood grain printing, glossy finish where the surface is glossy and mirrorlike. These special surface usually comes in 12mm only. These premium surface finishes usually comes with a V-groove or formed edge bevel. When these planks are connected together they form a groove to make it look like a real timber plank.
The printing design of the laminate comes with a few variants namely full plank, two strip and three strip design. In a two strip or three strip design, each plank has alternate light and dark tone strip within the plankitself. The end result is to have thinner plank appearance. In a full plank design, the floor generally have a uniform tone throughout.
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