Why do you prefer bevels? I don't understand the reason for them. Seems like a dirt trap to me.

Because they look more refined. They aren't dirt traps with supercore as the bevels are only .5mm deep and painted. it would look better and with a dark microbevel though.

ALAN, PLEASE CONSIDER DARKER PAINTED BEVEL!

ALAN, also consider FLAT Texture tiles (marble, travertine, etc). Currently they are textured like they are some sort of slate, but that is unnatural for travertine and marble and concrete etc which are actually flat. I love the grippy texture, but the stone look should be flat. is that possible?

Paul, I like bevels also, but don't like when they're painted an obviously different color than the flooring itself. The bevel to me makes the floor look more "real", especially when light hits at an angle.

Eh. I dislike bevels.

To me the bevels make the flooring look less realistic. All the hardwood floors I saw growing up had no bevels, and it might be just because that's what I'm used to, but I prefer that look.

Love the oyster! Looks great in his space!

cherylbirth likely because when we grew up 2 or 2.5 inch oak was the norm. but if you go to any model home or upscale establishment and all floors have a deep dark bevel now. It just looks more polished.

The Oyster looks great! Thank you for the photos. I'm hoping for a contemporary and knot free pattern just like Oyster but a warmer color without any gray or yellow or pink tones. Alan or Zoe, is that a possibility?

MaryAnn Lucas, have you posted photos of your French Oak? I’d love to see it.

This is a super long thread, but how did we start talking about Supercore when the original post was about Mannington Adura?

kdavis4423 , if you had been on the thread from the start you would know. There was a very early discussion about the distribution problems with Mannington and US FLoors, and Alan decided that he could "build a better mousetrap" so to speak. And so this became a product development thread. It's been an awesome and very educational journey. :-)

Chessie the first sentence sounded kind of mean... "if you had been on the thread from the start you would know". It's obviously apparent that the poster was NOT there from the start.

Thank you Paul. The original post was about Adura Max but to go thru 3,000+ posts to try to find the first response that morphed into Supercore is daunting. I liked what he was saying about Adura Max.

Sorry for the long absence from the thread...

kdavis4423 and Paul Lim - I still consider Adura Max the best WPC out there. Mannington is a great company and has been very good to us. They actually LISTEN to their retailers rather than dictating from above like the other guys.

Alan

In an effort to continuously improve SUPERcore, I have decided to change the entire line's locking system to Valinge 5gc. This system uses a plastic locker to secure the ends. This is a tool free system that will be more DIY friendly.

SUPERcore: Nothing but the BEST for our customers!

Alan

kdavis4423

The thread morphing into the SUPERcore thread wasn't on purpose. What triggered the change was when Coretec cut us off from selling their product out of the blue. Better products were out there and I wasn't about to let Shaw Industries dictate how I was going to run my business. I jumped head first into SPC and here we are.

We have one goal: Provide consumers with the highest quality flooring at the best value. I feel like we are doing just that.

Great things are in the works. We are just getting started...

Alan

Aw man, ya'll keep making it better after I already bought it! Oh well if we ever move we'll get the new and improved flooring.

"the first sentence sounded kind of mean... "if you had been on the thread from the start you would know". It's obviously apparent that the poster was NOT there from the start."

LOL!! Nothing mean about it.

"This system uses a plastic locker to secure the ends. "

How does that work on the shorter pieces that are cut to fit?

Wow, oyster looks really nice!

Anyone have pictures of Moose lodge, or Elkhorn caribou or Barnwood installed in their house?

Lynn Tiffany Koehn, we installed Moose Lodge in our last house. Here are a few pictures from the listing. They’re filtered some by the agent so it looks a bit more saturated than it did in person. Earlier in this thread I posted unfiltered photos, but I can’t find them with a quick scroll.

@Lynn Tiffany Koehn, sorry I can’t figure out how to tag you or reply directly.

Angela Hufford, those are very helpful!

Has anyone installed Harvest Moon? Pictures?

Angela, so they weren’t that dark? More browns not much grey, right? Thanks so much for the pictures!

Which Supercore would look good with this coloring? I tried the oyster but it was too grey and cream and didn’t look right with the greige/taupe cabinets. My cabinets are Revered Pewter by Benjamin Moore. The black tables will be updated for something lighter and a new lighter rug. The housed faces south(window on the left of living room window is on the south.the big kitchen window faces west along with the other living room window) we have quite a bit of natural light. I was thinking of keeping it light and airy originally, but now I think it might look like a sea of greige so maybe something darker like Elkhorn or gunstock or a medium like sandal???

@Lynn Tiffany Koehn, I found a couple unfiltered pictures of it that are much more accurate of the color. Don't mind the construction mess. 😁

Anyone with stair tread reviews yet?

Angela, that is beautiful! Very rustic wood cabin feel. Now I don’t know what to do😂 Thanks for finding the pictures!

Angela, how was that color with showing dirt or drips? I have 3 kids, so just wondering how dirt shows?

WeShipFloors when will the flooring have the new clocking mechanism?

@Lynn Tiffany Koehn, it was not as good as I would’ve hoped actually. We ended up buying a robot vacuum for that very reason. It has a fairly matte finish so mud or drips or dust would really show up when it was hit with direct light. It wasn’t bad in darker areas like the bathroom or corners. I mostly noticed it in the kitchen around my daughter’s chair or in the afternoon sunlight. I almost got gunstock because I really wanted a dark floor, but I’m afraid it would’ve been worse. The color variation helped quite a bit. Next house I think I’d go lighter still even though that goes against my taste. But it just makes sense while we’re still in the kids phase.

does anyone have any installed supercore driftwood photos?

I don’t have any pictures yet, but I just ordered 1200 sqft of Driftwood and will begin installing it as soon as it shows up. I will get some install pics then to share.

I too wished there was better photos of this color before I ordered. All I could find were two YouTube videos on the WeShipFloors channel. One is driftwood by itself racked out on the floor of their showroom and the other is two planks laid up on a wall next to Sandal and two other colors. I personally ordered samples of Maple Brown Sugar, Sandal, Driftwood, and Gunstock and my wife picked Driftwood as her favorite for our traditional style home with light grey walls and white trim. In person Driftwood is a medium darkness (not a light floor but not a dark floor either) warm greyish brown, leaning a little more on the grey than brown side. I can share pictures of these samples next to eachother if anyone wants to see that.

We really wanted an embossed in register floor but couldn’t wait any longer. Fortunately, the 30 mil textured wear layer on the current gen Supercore gives the floor a dimension that makes it look really good even without the EIR, so it was good enough for us to make the purchase. I’ve looked at every brand of evp/lvp plank flooring you can see at a local flooring store (Coretec, Mannington, Mohawk, Shaw, LL, etc..) and the Supercore samples are the nicest looking and feeling and sturdiest of the bunch by a significant margin. Needless to say, we are excited to get this installed in our home.

Alan,

Hope all is well. You mentioned a while back that you guys will start doing continuous EIR. With all of the pandemic issue going on, do you have any idea when you will get these? Maybe next year? What about stair tread?

Hello everyone. Supercore Continuous EIR is finally here! just ordered samples of asheville and blue ridge! i'm hoping they will have more soon! this is a game changer for me. i was always a little jealous looking at modin from supercore's side, but if they can swing this, this is going to change everything!

Paul,

The Xtreme XL series that just arrived has EIR, is 8mm thick and has the Valinge 5GC true fold and click locking system. More colors are docking at the port this morning.

Alan

Nice! Will this new line be available in honeycomb anytime soon?

That sounds great! What colors will be available in the Xtreme XL series?

SPC053XL - Blue Ridge

SPC054XL - Asheville

SPC055XL - Bison

SPC056XL - Buffalo

SPC057XL - French Broad

SPC058XL - Cherokee

3 are here with preliminary photos and samples ready. 3 others will be in the warehouse Monday.

Thanks Alan! Can't wait to see some sample pics of these colors!

Alan, will any of these have the beveling like the high end flooring on the market? The photos of Asheville, blue ridge, and Cherokee, don't see to have a bevel.

We did a micro bevel. We did not do the painted bevel on these. Its about 80/20 on the bevel with 80% not liking it according to our tracking...especially if its a wide bevel.

Alan

Any YouTube videos of new product yet? Will you post link here when you do?

VM,

I think so has 3 for the ones we were shooting yesterday. Im not sure if they have been loaded onto YouTube yet.

Alan

We have a new video out...

https://youtu.be/PAh2KT5I0g8

Hi Alan, how are you tracking the 80/20? I have a company that does data analytics and studied it at the grad level. I can help!
Every high end brand, model house, etc has planks that that have a wide enhanced bevel. Are you by chance using this forum to do your polling? In any case it seems to contradict the industry trend at the moment. I know some people prefer no bevel because, quite frankly, they aren't used to seeing it. But many new buyers are preferring it as is evidenced by the pervasiveness of enhanced bevels among well selling brands.

Just a thought.