My own tofu usually looks like sad little sponges, so I'm taking notes.

Yeah, I read something about this called the "latte factor." It's all those small daily buys that add up. Like, my friend tracked his energy drink habit and it was over $60 a month. Makes you realize buying a cheap coffee maker pays for itself in like two weeks.

Gotta wonder if we're just seeing the normal break-in period for any floor. My uncle's place has the old stuff and yeah it clicks, but it's not like the planks are coming up. Maybe we just expect too much from a floating floor in a desert. The new glue is probably better, but how much of the "problem" was just cheap installs to begin with?

Keep a moisture meter in your truck and show people the reading on their wood. Tbh, seeing a 35% moisture content on a fresh split from their pile makes it real for them. I tell them to stack that stuff for next year and find some kiln-dried or old pallet wood to get through the week.

Wait, you were using hide glue on 120gsm? That's wild. That stuff is way too wet for paper that thin. No wonder it was buckling.