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Dressing your new Amtico floor is not necessary unless you want a semi gloss finish instead of the standard matt finish. If you do need to apply Amtico dressings ensure that the floor is clean and that any old dressing is removed with Amtico Floor Dressing Remover.

The only other care necessary is to try to protect from potential sources of damage; use felt pads glides or rollers under furniture feet to prevent scratch damage. Furniture cups are recommended under heavy furniture and appliances to ensure that indentation damage does not occur.

Use fibre mats rather than rubber or latex backed mats as these materials may stain the floor, as can asphalt and some paints and shoe polishes.

Of course do not allow matches, cigarettes or very hot items to come into contact with your floor.

Your new Amtico floor is a valuable addition to your home, correct care and maintenance will ensure that it retains its beauty and functionality for many years to come.

To most people Karndean Flooring is this beautiful looking designer flooring and you would be right, however people also associate Karndean flooring as an individual type of flooring - this is definitely not the case!

Karndean is a brand name of the flooring product Luxury Vinyl Tiles, there are 100's of brands out there selling luxury vinyl tiles, the well known brands such as Amtico, Polyflor, Marley, Project-Floors and obviously Karndean.

Karndean claim to be the manufacturer, however this is not the case as nearly all luxury vinyl tiles in the UK are manufactured in China, Taiwan etc. and are re-branded and brought into the UK. Therefore Karndean spend over ??1 million each year on establishing their brand so that people become aware of the products they sell. So this is why Karndean is more expensive, as a lot of what you are paying for, is the brand awareness, which has been costed into the product.

If you are reading this article and are interested in buying Karndean, think again, here is a good tip for you, go to Google, or any other search engine facility and search for luxury vinyl tiles (LVT's), you will find suppliers selling LVT's very similar to Karndean for a fraction of the price. You can still create borders and features in these floors, the only difference is, you guessed it - the brand name. Like when you go to the supermarket and they have branded peas and unbranded peas, they both look the same when you take the packaging away and taste the same, because they are the same thing! this is the same with Karndean and LVT's if you market it well and make it look nice it sells better - typical evaluation of marketing. However save yourself a small fortune and find an LVT with a cheaper price tag, odds are they are still top quality just cheaper due to the company selling them having a low marketing budget.

The quality of an LVT is measured in the wear layer, most have a wear layer of between 0.3mm and 0.7mm, the thicker the wear layer the better the quality, however a 0.3mm wear layer is a domestic wear layer and is suitable for all domestic areas, a 0.5mm wear layer and above can be used for commercial installations.