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Lacquered Engineered Wood Flooring Samples

Find Your Perfect Lacquered Engineered Wood Flooring With Our Free Samples

Can’t choose between lacquered engineered wood flooring or oiled engineered wood flooring? Don’t worry. At Flooring365, we offer unlimited free samples so you can see and feel the quality of our engineered wood flooring for yourself.

How To Order Your Free Engineered Wood Flooring Samples

To make use of our free sample service, you’ll want to find a few different floors to compare. After years in the flooring industry, we find that direct comparisons make the decision process much easier. Once you have found a few floors to your liking, you can add them to your basket by clicking ‘Order FREE Sample’. This will add them to your cart for you where you can proceed with the order completely free of charge. We even include free delivery, so there are no hidden charges.

Quick & Easy Delivery

All of our samples are sent directly to your home via Royal Mail. You can usually expect to receive them within 2-3 days. However, you won’t need to sign for them, so don’t worry about being at home for the delivery.

Lacquered Engineered Wood Flooring FAQ's

What is Lacquered Engineered Wood Flooring?

Lacquered engineered wood flooring is an engineered wood floor that has been finished with lacquer. In layman’s terms, engineered wood flooring is a multi-structured board made up of 3 main layers. The wear layer is the layer that sits on top and is visible once laid. This layer is made entirely of real wood such as oak or walnut and provides the aesthetic finish we all know and love. Beneath that, is the core layer. The core layer makes up the majority of the board and provides the flooring with the stability and durability required. Below that, is the backing layer which keeps it all together. Altogether, this structure provides engineered wood flooring with a greater resistance against temperature and moisture changes. It also makes it much more durable, and stable than solid wood flooring, making it a go-to choice for many, particularly in high-traffic areas.

When finishing engineered wood flooring, there are plenty of different finishes to choose from, including lacquers, oils, and waxes. All of which offer a different aesthetic and purpose. Lacquered engineered wood flooring is particularly great at dealing with spillages, and therefore often makes a great choice for those wanting wood flooring in the kitchen since its improved structure and impermeable finish make it much better at coping with liquids. Typically, lacquer finishes create a glossy surface, however, the options are much more varied now with matt lacquers and invisible lacquers to choose from.

How To Clean Lacquered Engineered Wood Flooring?

Lacquered engineered wood flooring should be cleaned in the same manner as any other engineered wood flooring. This includes regular sweeping or vacuuming as well as an occasional mop.

Although lacquered engineered wood flooring has a greater resistance against liquids in comparison to oiled engineered wood flooring, we still advise that you do not let water sit for prolonged periods. Therefore, you will need to use a mildly damp mop or wipe up any leftover liquid to avoid causing damage to your boards.  

For more information on how to correctly care for lacquered engineered wood flooring, visit our engineered wood maintenance guide. 

Does Lacquered Engineered Wood Flooring Scratch Easily?

Compared to untreated wood, lacquered engineered wood flooring has a much higher resistance against scratches. However, like all wood flooring, it's not entirely scratch-proof.

For more information on how to care for your engineered wood flooring, visit our maintenance centre.

Is Engineered Wood Flooring Waterproof?

No. Engineered wood flooring is not waterproof. Unfortunately, due to the composition of real wood, this will always be the case with wood flooring. However, lacquered engineered wood flooring does have a greater resistance against liquids, thanks to the protective surface layer it creates. Therefore, we would advise choosing a lacquered finish for kitchens.

If you’re looking for a floor that is 100% waterproof, we suggest taking a look at LVT flooring. These floors can be made to look like wood or stone and are ideal for bathroom installations.

How Long Does Engineered Wood Flooring Need to Acclimatise?

Lacquered engineered wood flooring needs to be acclimatised for a minimum of 48-72 hours before being installed. Otherwise, your floor could end up warping, expanding, or retracting due to temperature changes. For more information on how to acclimatise your flooring, visit our guide.

Engineered Wood Flooring Thickness

Board Thickness

If you plan on resanding and refinishing your flooring in the future, then you may want to opt for thicker boards with a thicker veneer. This will allow you more opportunities to do so as only the veneer (aka the wear layer) can be sanded down. As well as this, thicker boards are usually more suited to higher traffic areas, where they can withstand greater use. However, they are often more expensive to show for this, so ultimately it comes down to budget and personal preference.

Wood Species

Oak

Oak is the most popular choice when it comes to wood flooring, and our lacquered engineered wood flooring is no exception. Engineered oak flooring offers the exact appearance of a hardwood oak floor, thanks to the veneer layer of solid wood. Our oak engineered flooring can cope with heat, humidity, and heavy foot traffic much better than your average oak floor. Whether you prefer red or white oak, our lacquered engineered oak flooring range offers plenty of choice with a huge range of products available in various colours and styles. Oak floors also have a much tighter grain variation, resulting in less difference in grains and texture between each board. If this is something that appeals to you, then you should consider looking at our prime-grade oak flooring options too.

Walnut

Lacquered walnut engineered wood flooring is the less popular option of the two and this is mostly because it's a rarer product that is harder to source and therefore more expensive to buy. However, for those seeking a luxurious touch to their flooring design, our engineered walnut floors are the perfect choice. With a rich and elegant appearance, walnut flooring is ideal for grand entrances and large living rooms. Walnut flooring features vibrant colours and wider grains compared to oak, giving it a unique and striking character. However, walnut floors do tend to have more variation from plank to plank, so if you're looking for a more uniform appearance, then walnut floors may not be for you.

Wear Layer

Wear layer refers to the top, aesthetic, surface layer of real wood, which gives the engineered flooring its look. Thicker wear layers, whilst usually more expensive, offer greater durability and the option to sand more frequently, meaning flooring can be refreshed more times before replacing.

Most engineered wood floors, regardless of the thickness of the wear layer, will provide years of use, maintaining their impressive appearance.

Sanding Guide

In most cases, sanding the top layer of engineered wood flooring will remove up to 1MM of surface, with a minimum of 1MM needed left for protection. As a rough guide, here’s the number of times a floor can be sanded, based on the initial wear layer thickness:

3mm: 1-2 times

4mm: 2-3 times

5mm: 3-4 times

6mm: 4-5 times

(Please note: Sanding times is a guide only, the number of times a floor can be sanded will vary on an individual basis.)

Engineered Wood Flooring Installation Methods

Tongue & Groove

Tongue and groove is the most traditional method for installing engineered wood flooring; compatible boards fit together and hold in place with glue. The glue means tongue and groove flooring is free of nails, making it visually appealing and safe to walk barefoot.

Floating Floor

You can install tongue and groove flooring onto a layer of underlay as a floating floor. Underlay has many benefits, such as providing sound dampening and protecting your flooring from moisture and temperature changes.

Glue Installation

If you have a suitable subfloor (flat and sturdy surface such as concrete with a damp-proof membrane), you can glue your flooring to it with a strong adhesive. Glued installation creates a very stable and sturdy floor that will not shift under the pressures of daily life.

Click Lok System

Click Lok flooring allows for easy DIY installations with a profiled edge and interlocking system that doesn't require any adhesive or nails. 

If you’re considering Click Lok it’s important to think about the underlying surface on which your new engineered flooring will be laid. Uneven surfaces make Click Lok much more difficult to fit and keep in place, which often means the need for levelling underlay.