Allure Trafficmaster Floor Transition Strips - Finishing my Allure Floor

Call me a chicken, but I cut a yard stick first to make sure I had the angle right before I cut the transition strip.
If you have considered installing Allure Trafficmaster Flooring you have already realized they do not sell transition strips or finish molding.
If you are new to installing flooring like we were maybe this post will help you.  
Of course you can opt for metal transitions, we brought them home, but I just could not do it.
So we chose Oak Threshold. I stained it with Minwax Special Walnut (My floor is American Walnut) and finished it with Minwax Polyurethane Fast Dry Spray on finish.

Unfinished Oak Quarter Round Stained and Sealed

I stained Oak Quarter Round to finish the stairs and exterior doorways.  I recommend pre-drilling the molding and floor underneath (the 1/8 expansion gap, not the Allure flooring) with a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the nail after I split a piece of quarter round.  I am sure someone who is more experienced would know a better way.  
And I admit, I have a drill bit broken off and stuck in my floor and one of my moldings.  
But, hey I tapped it in with a hammer and left it for posterity.  

Be sure not to snug your moldings too tight when you put them down.  
Allure does expand and contract a lot, especially near windows with temperature changes which can result in seam buckling.


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