Help! Lap marks in poly on new floors!
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HELP! How many coats of poly for new hardwood floors?
Comments (19)Don't forget that it also depends on the type of wood you have...some take stain better than others...I have red oak... I decided to do English Chestnut. In theory I love a dark floor but I worried about dust and maintenance and scratches showing. Another BIG factor was that I always do very dark funiture...so I wanted some contrast....The color did come out a little lighter than I thought, but I definitely don't think it's red bc I hate reddish floors...I'd say it's a nice medium, neutral tone...the dark tones really work well with the dark furniture. Here are some pix: This is when we first moved in...with our temporary old loveseat and rug, etc..it looks pathetic LOL..but it shows the floor with natural light which is how it usually looks...oh, it's a satin finish top coat...See MoreNew Wood Flooring Poly Peeling & Scratched
Comments (0)Merry Christmas to us ... this is what we got for Christmas ... SCRATCHES. Our new red oak floors were installed over the summer. We had them finished with an oil base stain and oil base poly and were told that this would make the finish much harder and durable. Unfortunately after 3 weeks the poly is starting to peel around the edges of each of the boards and the scratches are heart wrenching. We do not want to get the same flooring guy in because he ended up having to refinish them twice due to unacceptable stain coverage. We have a total of 3 coats of poly and the wood floors are placed over radiant heat. The floors in our master bedroom are water based finished and over radiant heat as well and are fine (different problem). Does anyone have any suggestions on what we should do? Any advice at this point would be helpful. Thank you. Karen...See MoreHardwood help,looking for a matt finish floor, oil or Poly, Help?
Comments (9)Ok....here's the *issues with matte poly - they are SUPER HARD to live with!!!!! They are even HARDER TO LIVE WITH if you choose a DARK FLOOR! Ohhhh dear. As handsome as the Pompeii Lipari is, it will be HELL to live with. And here's why: dark floors NATURALLY show dust (human skin cells make up 90% of all indoor dust; and most skin sluffs of LIGHT GRAY....). And your colour choice is dark. It is not a mid tone. It will read as "dark" in any space other than a box with windows on all 4 sides. So the DARK wood you have chosen will show dust (light gray film over everything) on a DAILY basis. Yes. Daily. Now for the matte finish. Matte finish is duller than SKIN OILS. Which means bare feet AND stocking feet will leave behind visible OIL MARKS. So will hand prints. And knee prints (even through blue jeans). And elbow prints (even through t-shirt material). And if animals are in the picture, dog's pads have plenty of oil on them....which will show up on the matte finish. Your beautiful floors will be a constant source of frustration. These are things a sale's person will not tell you. The dark floors are hard to live with. Period. Matte finished floors are hard to live with. Period. A dark floor finished in a matte will be HELL to live with. End of story. Personally I would look at a lighter floor (two steps lighter) with a satin finish. Satin is a close cousin to matte. It gives the same appearance as matte but without the oily prints. Splashed cooking oil will show up....but that is a GOOD thing! You want to be able to see the oil so that you can clean it up - it is a hazard on the floor. The skin oils will BLEND IN with satin. They are the same sheen level. The extreme colours (white or almost white; black or dark) are very hard to live with. The extreme gloss levels (matte or super matte; gloss or super gloss) are hard to live with. That's why MOST PEOPLE compromise and work with a mid-tone floor (two steps lighter than your choice) and satin or semi-gloss finishes. These compromises suit 90% of homeowners better than the extreme options. The extreme options SHOULD COME with their own LIVE-IN house keeper! Good luck. I would keep looking....See MoreLap Marks In Newly Refinished Hardwoods
Comments (6)The lap marks you have looks to be from the sealer. Those will not fade, you may forget it over time. If, it is the poly, then it will fade away through wear. More filler needs to be added in the third image. The fourth image looks like thinning of the wear layer or shearing. You can try and get super glue under there and press it down flat. Or remove it with a razor, fill, sand and coat....See Moregregmills_gw
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