On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:17:09 -0700 (PDT), Harry Muscle
wrote:

Does anyone have any info or comments about how resistant engineered
hardwood is to water spills? I know it's very resistant to chaning
shape due to moisture (ie: humidity), however, I'm talking about
spilling a cup of water and not being able to clean it up for a few
hours (as an example). Will it swell up like laminate floors do and
never return to it's original shape? Or will it behave like real
hardwood and basically do nothing? Btw, my example assumes the water
landed somewhere where it can get in between the pieces of wood and
down to the bottom section of the engineered wood.


I don't know exactly, but we've had al-loc in the kitchenfor about
eight years. It looks just like it did when we put it down, and nobody
around here is real careful with it. I assume if something leaked
underneath it, we'd have a problem, but that hasn't happened yet.

As far as other brands, popularity may not equal quality.