Finishing White Oak Floors
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Help deciding finish -site finished white oak floors, waterlox?
Comments (1)Your concerns over damage to the wood by water or pebbles in shoes or high heels are all valid. Bad news is there is not a product invented yet to eliminate those concerns. High heels or any shoes for that matter should never be worn on the floors. And the finish will delay the damaging effects water causes. But wont prevent it. Polyurethanes gives you the best in protection and looks....See MoreWhat stain for a rich, dark finish on white oak floor
Comments (6)A regular stand alone stain will not be that dense. You will have to find, a finisher that knows how to layer colors by pre-toning the wood with aniline dye and then your choice of stain color. In your case, pre-tone with ebony aniline dye and layer with antique brown or espresso. How well, the pre-tone is applied will be critical of the final stain outcome. If, you do not want to go that route. You will have to find a finisher that knows how to apply General Finishes water base floor stains. Water base stains has a short working time and can lap. Normal stains are not dense enough, even when pre-treating the wood by water popping....See MoreOur new site finished white oak floors are a mess. Please help.
Comments (5)Dish out is common on plain sawn oak, if, you do not have the right equipment, sandpaper and sanding sequence. More softwood is removed than hardwood, creating the undulation. A resanding is needed with a hard plating sanding driver, multi-head, power drive or trio to remedy the issue. Scuffing - will depend on the quality of the product and their process. Did they split the finishing process - sand and applied a couple of coats and returned at later date to finalize the project - contamination? Was there a stain applied - insufficient dry time? Did they, thin the product to save some money? What brand and product line did they use? Something happen to affect the performance of the product. Dragging a light cardboard box shouldn't cause too much damage, unless the scuffs are caused by staples. What was in the box - tv, toys, clothes?...See MoreWhite Oak Flooring, Pre-finished with Bona Products?
Comments (2)And just so you know, mills have a hard time working with 2 part products. The stuff used to finish on site is MIXED on site in small batches. Anything used in a mill (that has the capacity) will need to special-order the COMMERCIAL version of the mix. That gets weird and expensive REALLY quickly. Like SUPER WEIRD. The 'hardeners', once mixed with the finish (the stuff in the BIG container) starts a chemical reaction that doesn't stop. As SOON as you mix the hardener to the finish (like in a VAT sitting in the mill) the 'spray' nozzles (or rollers) have to be monitored. Bona's products (like Loba) go stale inside of a few hours. That means the nozzles have problems, the rollers have issues, the VAT has to be changed out/cleaned, etc. Bona produces the commercial application stuff (ie. in the mixer in a vat) but that is tough to find on this side of the Ocean. The European market has access to all of this because A. many work with Bona on many things and B. it isn't very far to ship and C. The VOC requirements in Europe are SOOO tough that it only makes sense to have the specialty mechanisms available in the mill. I personally choose site finished. It is the gold standard of the flooring industry. It is only a few days longer to install and Bona HD cures VERY quickly (5 days or less). It is cheaper in the long run as well....See Moresuzyq53
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