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Contour Guard: A protective shield for hardwood floors

(NC) – Most solid hardwood floors in your typical Canadian family home can take a beating over the years. You have the high traffic wear and tear, variations in temperature and humidity that wreak havoc, permanent stains, germs, spills and leaks and even the sun leaves its mark.

In most cases these attacks on your hardwood flooring are simply naturally occurring phenomenon that owners of a wood floor have accepted to live with for years.

However, there’s a new generation of hardwood flooring that has set a new standard in overall protection to help deal with these common difficulties for wood floors.

Canadian-based Silhouette Hardwood Flooring, with its exclusive “Contour Guard” total protection finishing technology, has created the new industry standard in premium hardwood flooring protection and durability.

“At Silhouette we take the finishing of hardwood flooring to a new level by enveloping each floor board in a protective shield, our Contour Guard total protection technology indeed enhances the value and performance of your hardwood flooring,” explained Tom Gormley, President of Silhouette Hardwood Flooring.

Lab tests have shown that Silhouette’s flooring with Contour Guard is more resilient, easier to clean, healthier, more scratch-resistant, better sealed from moisture and well protected from the sun’s damaging rays than any other premium hardwood flooring brand.

Here’s a look at how Contour Guard protects the common problems facing hardwood floors:

Gap protection

Without strict humidity controls in place in your home, most solid hardwood floors will experience separation between floorboards due to fluctuations in humidity causing wood to contract and expand. With Silhouette’s gap protection, not only the top, but the sides and ends of each precision-milled floorboard are stained, eliminating any possible unattractive effects from gaps.

Aqua protection

Undetected moisture from excess spills and leaks, as well as certain uncontrolled jobsite conditions, can cause hardwood flooring to suddenly expand, cup, or even buckle. With Aqua protection, specially formulated sealants are applied to contour every board to protect against and reduce the affects of moisture.

Germ protection

This is a patented process whereby the entire contour of each floorboard is protected by an antimicrobial coating that resists mold, mildew and bacteria.

Stain protection

With Silhouette’s stain protection incorporated in the topcoat of all of its flooring virtually nothing found in your home will stain your investment, including indelible ink or even iodine which simply comes off with a dry paper towel even after hours on the floor.

Wear protection

Hardwood flooring is susceptible to scratching, especially with families and pets. Through the use of nanotechnology, wear protection keeps hardwood flooring durable and delivers a clear furniture-like appearance to help beautify the wood.

Sun protection

Over time, in rooms getting a lot of sunlight, the sun’s rays will have a yellowing effect on both the wood and the finish. Silhouette’s sun protection helps maintain the integrity of the flooring for years by incorporating UV blockers into each coat of flooring finish. More information on the latest in premium hardwood flooring is available at www.silhouetteflooring.com.

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