What's the difference between new and recycled PVC flooring

What's the difference between new and recycled PVC flooring

There are many PVC flooring series on the market, and the price varies greatly. One of the most important factors determining the price of PVC flooring is raw materials. The raw materials mainly include PVC resin and natural stone powder, while PVC accounts for the main proportion. At present, there are two kinds of PVC raw materials used in PVC flooring, which are new PVC materials and recycled PVC materials.

The new material of PVC is directly processed from the raw material of PVC resin. The recycled material is the finished product of recycled PVC in industry. Through processing the recycled material of PVC, the characteristics of the recycled material will be worse than the new material, because the recycled material is processed at high temperature, brittleness increases, toughness decreases and impurities increase.

1. Because the source of raw materials is uncertain, the recycled PVC materials may exceed the limit (such as lead and cadmium). The formulation of new PVC materials is controllable, and the content of heavy metals can be strictly controlled within the scope of industry regulations.

2. Because of the diversity of raw material color, PVC recycled material is difficult to change in the process of color matching, while the new material PVC base color is the primary color, can be used to tone the desired color.

3. PVC recycled material is melted and reprocessed, and the raw material is also used for a period of time. In this process, the hardness, flexibility and other physical properties of PVC will be significantly reduced.

4. Recycled PVC materials mainly adopt waste recycling and reprocessing, and the cost is very low. And new PVC materials are generally purchased from manufacturers, so the price will be relatively high.

There are several differences between PVC flooring with new materials and recycled materials as follows:

NO.01

PVC flooring with recycled materials has more calcium powder, less glue content, harder overall, can not withstand repeated folding, poor toughness, faster aging speed, pavement using too long may produce some small cracks. The new PVC floor is soft, has good toughness, anti-aging, corrosion resistance is also very high, even if long-term use, it is difficult to crack and other aging phenomenon.

NO.02

Generally recycled materials will contain impurities, the production of PVC floors, dyeing is difficult, the product color is rigid, the color is not bright enough, pure color of PVC floors will contain impurities such as black spots, but also easily yellowing. The PVC floor made of new materials is easier to be colored, the pattern of the floor will be more delicate and lifelike, the overall color will be more bright, the purity is very high, and the long-term use of color can also maintain bright.

NO.03

Because recycled materials are dissolved at high temperature, PVC floors using recycled materials are likely to have a pungent odor, which may be harmful to human health, and its environmental protection performance will be greatly reduced. New material flooring will have a unique fragrance of PVC, natural environmental protection zero formaldehyde.

From the visual point of view, PVC flooring with new materials will be more exquisite and shiny, while PVC flooring with recycled materials will look rough, but it has obvious price advantages. The choice of new or recycled PVC flooring depends on the specific budget, paving site and expected service life.