Transition Strip (not arcade related)

[SavannahLion]

I'm asking here because I figure one of the woodworking buffs know what I'm talking about.

I walked into a Starbucks and my girlfriend was eyeing their floor. The store has a tile (stone?) entry way which transitions to a wood floor. Nothing fantastic in my mind. What caught her eye was the transition molding between the two types of floor. It is a black strip about 2" wide that curved around. It's the curviture that caught her eye. We're laying down new floor and she wants the same transition.

We went to the usual places, Home Depot, Lowes, etc and they all looked at us like we were smoking crack. They told us it couldn't be done that we "have to have" straight pieces. Meh, whatever, I've got a band saw to cut the curves on the wood floor and she has a diamond ring cutter for cutting tile and glass. No problem there. Problem is, I can't figure out what the name is for the transition molding that bends and hence, I can't seem to locate it.

I didn't crouch right there to dig my finger into it, but I'd guess it's some sort of hard rubber. I checked the first place I thought of, t-molding.com, but the widest seems to be 1.5" and it looks very industrial with the gentle curve. What I saw was more of a flat edge with beveled edges.

Any ideas on the source of this bendy transition molding?

And yes, I did ask the Starbucks people who did the floor, naturally they didn't know.

[ScottS]

Got any pictures? I can't exactly picture what the stuff looks like. If it seems industrial or rubber, it might be some sort of edging for concrete pours. Or perhaps some sort of outdoor product? Like maybe something you'd use at the edge of a stone patio? If it's wood, it might be veneer custom-applied over a kerf-bent form...

[Chris G]

Every day, Starbucks sucks away a little of each caffeine-deprived zombie's soul that enters their store.  This soul-matter is refined and processed into the base component of the entry-way threshold.

You don't want that stuff on your floor.