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    Acclimatization issue - new flooring moisture going down instead of up.

    The mini-ligno has about 40 different settings for wood types. Setting 2 is for Acacia, that's what I was using. Like you said, I can't push them deep into the acacia at all. Stuff is very hard.
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    Acclimatization issue - new flooring moisture going down instead of up.

    Quarter inch uninsulated pins. Mini-ligno X/D was one of them. I tested several other pieces of wood in the house and they are around 6-7%. Out in garage they average 8-9%. I pulled several boards out of the acacia flooring stack and tested them. Some are down to 3.4% and a few as high as 11%...
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    Acclimatization issue - new flooring moisture going down instead of up.

    That is very much my thoughts, but it's been tested with 3 different meters owned by different people by two different brands and they all agree fairly closely. It's boggling my mind.
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    Acclimatization issue - new flooring moisture going down instead of up.

    Thank you for the reply. Yes, the meter has a setting specifically for acacia. Using the same meter and settings the Acacia has went down from an average of 6.5% to 3.5% in a room that stayed mostly around 45% humidity and 70 degrees.
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    Acclimatization issue - new flooring moisture going down instead of up.

    We are having hardwood flooring installed and are having an issue with acclimatization. Our subfloor is at 9-9.5%. The installer wants the new flooring to be within 2% for the install. We opened the box ends of the new flooring, Acacia, and it was at 6.5%. He said it should get up to at least...
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