Method for manufacturing floor panels and floor panel

Floor panel, comprising at least a one- or multi-piece substrate, substrate comprising wood or wood-based material, wherein the floor panel, at least at two opposite sides, has profiled edge portions which comprise coupling parts configured so as to enable mechanically coupling two of such floor panels to each other;

• wherein, in coupled condition, there is a locking in vertical and horizontal directions;
• wherein the floor panel, at least at the actual upper side, is provided with a top layer covering a first surface;
• wherein, viewed in cross-section, next to at least one of said sides, the top layer terminates at a first location;
• said floor panel further comprising a second surface extending from said first location at least over a portion of the edge portion;
• wherein, viewed in cross-section, at the second surface at least two different coatings, including a first coating and a second coating, are applied and which cover mutually differing, and optionally overlapping, zones;
• wherein, viewed along the contour of a side, the second coating extends farther downward than the first coating;
• wherein the first and the second coating are made layer-shaped;
• wherein the first and second coating together cover only a portion of the contour of the edge portion, with the second coating extending downward as far as a second location, said second location, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, being in contact with the other floor panel.

Floor panel, comprising at least a single- or multi-piece substrate upon which a top layer is disposed, wherein the substrate at least partially comprises wood or wood-based material;

• wherein the floor panel, at least at two opposite sides, has profiled edge portions, which comprise actual side walls as well as coupling parts configured so as to enable two of said floor panels to be coupled mechanically to each other;
• wherein the coupling parts, in coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effect a locking in vertical as well as horizontal directions, and provide for an intentional gap between the actual side walls of the floor panels, or at least enable the floor panels to be coupled in such a manner that such intentional gap is created;
• the gap having side walls that are formed at least partially by the substrate;
• wherein the side walls of said gap, at the bottom, extend up to each other;
• and wherein at least on said side walls, a fixed coating is provided, such that the gap is not closed by the coating;
• and wherein the coating covers at least a portion of the wall of the substrate in the gap.