Mohawk RevWood Plus: Benefits of High-Quality Laminate Flooring

If you are familiar with the brands Mohawk RevWood, Quick Step, or Lamdura, then you probably know the benefits of quality laminate flooring–and if you don’t, we’ll explain why laminate might be just what your home needs. High-quality laminate can modernize any room with its refined style, and more importantly, it is also built to withstand the wear and tear of daily living. With its RevWood products, the Mohawk brand has revolutionized the laminate flooring game by introducing a sturdy, attractive, and waterproof competitor to traditional hardwood floors.

Mohawk’s lines of RevWood, RevWood Select, and RevWood Plus all combine the beauty of hardwood flooring with the durability of laminate. These broad collections have a wide range of warm and cool toned laminate planks to fit any design and space. Although we no longer provide Mohawk RevWood here at Floor Concepts, we’ll discuss some top brands similar to this type of flooring, and similar benefits you can expect from other types that you’d typically see with Mohawk RevWood.

Let’s first discuss what makes Mohawk RevWood, and general laminate flooring, so desirable and what to look for in your search.

Technology Behind Mohawk RevWood Plus

High-quality laminate flooring does not make idle claims when it comes to maintaining appearance while staying waterproof. Mohawk RevWood Plus products use a three-pronged waterproofing system that enhances the realism of the laminate while also creating added moisture protection. Mohawk RevWood Plus contains similar technology as other Mohawk RevWood lines (including their Hydroseal coating and Uniclic technology) with one added benefit that makes each plank virtually waterproof. This feature is their GenuEdge beveling technique. Let’s dive in a bit deeper to the features of RevWood Plus:

1. Hydroseal Coating

First, Mohawk’s proprietary Hydroseal coating covers each laminate plank. This coating works to repel water from the start. The barrier keeps each plank from absorbing water and spills, allowing the laminate to retain its shape and not swell or become deformed.

2. Perfect Fit: Uniclic Technology

Mohawk’s Uniclic technology is a glueless locking system that maintains tight joints between each plank of RevWood Plus. The joints click together upon installation; they then trap water on the surface, keeping leaks from making their way under your flooring.

3. GenuEdge

Finally, what makes Mohawk RevWood Plus waterproof is the Genuedge bevels. Not only does this detail bring a hardwood quality to the laminate, but the GenuEdge also allows the Hydroseal coating to extend around the edges of each laminate plank.

What Do You Mean by Waterproof?

The above three features make Mohawk RevWood Plus laminate flooring virtually waterproof by general flooring standards. To clarify what that means, when talking about water resilience, there are two phrases commonly used to describe how well something performs when exposed to water: water-resistant and waterproof. Distinguishing between these two characteristics for your floors are essential. If you don’t know the difference, you could unknowingly end up with damaged floors from a spill.

1. Water-Resistant & Water-Repellent

When a floor is water-resistant or water-repellent, that product has some capability to keep any liquid on the surface. The liquid cannot penetrate the flooring’s barrier at first; however, over time, if the water is not removed, it will eventually penetrate the material. This usually happens when liquid saturates the coating or seeps into cracks or weakened features on the floor.

2. Waterproof

When a floor is waterproof, this means that a coating and/or material makes the flooring impermeable to water. Unlike water-resistant and water-repellent flooring options, waterproof floors fully resist spills and allow for quick cleanups with wet towels and even steam mops. Waterproof floors will sustain much less wear over time from spills in high-traffic zones like the kitchen.

Why Choose Laminate Flooring for Your Home?