Two Portland entrepreneurs use 21st century tech, elbow grease and a good old-fashioned DIY design ethic to craft exotic, laser-engraved bamboo iPhone cases. Find more products from their website: www.grovemade.com.

Over 3,000 square meter of our premium bamboo decking were used in the France Pavilion for World Expo Shanghai. In comparison to other materials such as cedar, redwood, or pressure treated, the bamboo deckings are stronger and more durable than traditional hardwood offerings without sacrificing beauty or functionality, and the most important, its made from 100% bamboo, the strongest most rapidly renewable wood on Earth.

Here are some project pictures:

Very interesting products and environmental friendly.

Traditionally the strand woven bamboo flooring will be finished with two layers of UV Sealer on machine, however, unlike other manufacturers, J&L Bamboo’s strand woven flooring will be finished with an additional layer of Treffert UV Sealer by hand which insures all the small holes will be filled up tight and makes the beauty last longer.

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All J&L Bamboo floorings are pre-finished by “Treffert”, a German varnish, which has an anti-abrasion aluminum oxide layer. The UV cured coatings yield extreme hardness resulting in high mechanical resistance to scratch, impact and abrasion. The coatings are water based and are free of halogenated hydrocarbons, heavy metals, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, formaldehyde and any harmful emission complying with international standards.

Please check the total 8 layers high performance sealing system from the video below:

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J&L Bamboo’s exclusive Quick Lock bamboo flooring featuring a super efficient 4 clicks easy installation which does not require any glue, nails or sub plywood. This is makes less work, exposes you to fewer airborne toxins and produces an environmentally friendly installation.

The floor can be used on almost any existing surface, from concrete to other hardwood floors, so you don’t have to worry about how to remove them before you install our product. It’s totally removable and easy to carry which makes our Quick Lock bamboo flooring a great choice for the applications like exhibition floor covering, showroom or any other temporary use.

Quick locking systems are simple and durable – the parts won’t break and there are no fasteners to lose. Installation is easy to understand, meaning no one has to be an expert to install this kind of flooring. Please feel free to play the video below and you’ll be amazed when you see how easy to install.

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Here’s a video featuring the popularity of bamboo flooring in United States, please play the clip for more details:

By Ric Romero

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — What is surprising when we teamed up with Consumer Reports for this flooring test is, for the first time bamboo outperformed the top selling oak. And remember, bamboo is a greener choice.

Adam Levine sells flooring and says more and more of his customers are picking bamboo instead of traditional wood.

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“Bamboo floors definitely have more of a selection now than they ever have. They come in all sorts of colors, all different sizes, all different grain patterns,” said Levine.

Consumer Reports tested 21 different types of hardwood flooring, including seven bamboo floors. Prices ranged from $4 a square foot to $9. The floors were put through a battery of tests, including an abrasion test that simulates years of foot traffic.

I found an interesting article today from Guardian featuring a Racing bike made from bamboo by Craig Calfee who was one of the early pioneers of carbon fibre bikes, and he’s been experimenting with bamboo since 2005. He now builds high-end bamboo racing, mountain and cargo bikes, and is working on bringing cheap and simple utility bikes to Africa.

Please feel free to read more at  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/22/bamboo-bike

Strand Woven Bamboo Floorings are now widely used not only in the commercial projects due to its extremely high density(two times harder than oak), but also accepted by many home owners who’d like to purchase a durable and environmental-friendly floor for their apartments. As a manufacturer supplying various bamboo products for global market, we goanna spent a few moments here explaining how do we produce the quality strand woven bamboo flooring in some basic steps.

PART A

Step 1.

We only choose the bamboo logs which are harvested when they reach the maturity 5 to 7 years, otherwise they are either too soft or too brittle.

Step 2.

Once the bamboo logs are sliced into long strips, they’ll be boiled with Hydrogen Peroxide to remove pests and sugar. Some strips will also be placed in a steam tank with high temperature to produce the carbonized color.

Step 3

Dried bamboo strips will be crashed a little bit by this machine below so the structure get loosed and better prepared for further gluing process.

The loosed strips are looking like this:

They will then be placed outside under the sunlight for couple of days

Step 4

The raw strips will be collected and sink into a large tank filled up with phenol formaldehyde adhesive which is environmental friendly and fully in compliance with E1 standard.

Step 5

Now the pretreated strips are going to pass through a long tunnel with series of installed fans so the bamboo raw materials and glue will cool down before pressing together. That’s why we call it COLD PRESS technique.

Step 6

We’re now in the key stage. First of all the glued strips will be weighted at a certain amount before place into an iron mold, which make sure the right density of final plank.

Then they’ll be compressed together by a huge machine which can offer an intense pressure over 2500 ton, resulting the hardest flooring products on the market today.

Now check out the compressed blocks as follows:

These rough blocks will be cut to size and store in the kiln room for at least 4 weeks to reach the balance of moisture.

In Part B we are going to brief you how to turn these semi-finished boards into final products. Please stay with us.

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