Ways engineered hardwood floors are manufactured

The log is first boiled in water. After this preparation the wood is peeled by a blade from the outside of the log toward the centre, creating a wood veneer. This veneer is then pressed flat with high pressure. This style of manufacturing tends to have problems with the wood cupping or curling back to its original shape. Rotary peeled engineered hardwoods tend to have a plywood appearance in the grain.

This is a similar process to the rotary peel however instead of being sliced in a rotary fashion, the wood is sliced from the end of the log. The veneer is then pressed flat using high pressure. Although the appearance of this veneer is better than one that has been rotary peeled it can tend to have splintered edges and cracking.This process is almost the opposite of the other two as here the logs are kept at low humidity and the manufacturing process to get this top veneer layer is similar to how a solid hardwood is manufactured. This style of engineered hardwood has the same look as solid hardwood.

For the best looking flooring hardwood that is natural comes out on top. Despite of this though there are looks to the wood which can be down to how the wood has been cut or to the grade of wood used. None of these mean that the wood is of any lesser quality they just give different looks to the wood and are a mater of taste as to how you want your particular flooring to look.