Painted Floor Ruined -- Any Fix To It?
Karen
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Comments (3)First off... >>> MOST P & F paints DON'T need a primer! * The paint needs "itself" to be the primer. * At least with ACE P&F (& many others...), if using on bare wood, the 1st coat should only be SLIGHTLY thinned with water...to aid in penetration. * 2nd coat goes on UN-diluted. * Kilz2 is an "OK at best" primer...but only for VERTICAL surfaces, NOT floors. >>> The main weak-spot here...the primer itself. >>> At least you've got high-gloss! From a TECHNICAL-only standpoint, the-glossier-the-better for floors. All in all...I'd leave it as is. It would be a LOT of effort to strip down, re-sand, and re-paint. It'll probably wear fine, believe it or no! When it's time for a normal re-do, re-sand down to mostly bare wood (to get rid of the not-needed Kilz2!), remove ALL dust, and use a top-notch P&F paint. Faron...See MoreLearn from my mistake: oven cleaner ruined my floor
Comments (9)Oh, I am so sorry. That happened to me, too, long ago, but we lived with the floor. I always put a lot of newspaper down, but one time I didn't. So thoughtful of you to post this. On a related vein, our 50 year old oven is not self cleaning. And for the 33 years we've been in this house, I've been spraying oven cleaner. BEWARE. I have bad lungs now, and in my heart of hearts, I know (or feel) it was all those years of oven cleaner fumes. In later years, I had the brains to leave the room, but still the fumes were there when I sprayed the oven. If I could smell it so strongly, and it made me cough, I think it was penetrating my lung tissue. I think my throat was affected also. I have a couple of diagnoses, take meds, activities are limited, and see a pulmonologist. I've given it much thought, and oven cleaner always comes up as the culprit. Other cleaning sprays may have contributed, but oven cleaner was so strong and it's such a toxic burn. I should have worn a paper mask. A stupid clean oven was my priority and until the last few years, I was stupidly proud that my old oven still sparkled. Please friends, learn from me. It's your wood floor, can be fixed or replaced, and your lungs, which cannot. So sorry....See MoreMystery Moisture in Slab Ruined Wood Floor. Now What?
Comments (13)First off, thank you for the advice. I decided that you are 100% correct and I shouldn't pre-judge what has happened. With that in mind, it has now been about 3 weeks since they came out the first time and inspected the floors. About two weeks ago, they had a more "senior" flooring person come out to do another inspections. I gave them about one week to review the matter and called them for a status update. They never returned my called. Since then, they have been largely uncommunicative with me. I've been calling every couple of days asking for a status and get no return calls. While I am upset, I've decided that keeping things calm and non-aggressive. The lack of calling me back is not giving me a warm fuzzy. I'm going to continue to call them for then next two weeks. Hopefully they contact me back and we can work through this. If not, I'll have to decide what my next steps are. Last week, our neighbors who have a similar house as ours (built in 1956) had floors put in. I asked if I could see how it was coming along and they let me in. I noticed they were having a barrier put in between the floors and the slab. When I inquired the person installing the floor about the barrier, he stated "it's to reduce noise and also serves as a moisture barrier". I'm going to call the nwfa.org and have a inspection done. Thank your advice. If you have any more advice, I am all ears....See MoreI keep ruining our new wood floors- help please
Comments (8)The stain is just that...stain. The FINISH is the stuff sitting on top that gives it a sheen. Stain is always matte. Your finish looks to be a satin or a semi-gloss. It is *possible you can find a 'finish pen' (a small metal tube with a brush tip that is full of polyurethane/urethane) and give your finish a touch up. A flooring professional will have a 'job minimum' for a quick visit. That is to say they will charge you 4 hours of work for a 15 minute visit. If they bill out at $50/hr (a common hourly amount) and then charge you 4 hours for the visit. Go and visit a Home Depot, Rona, Lowe's etc and visit the flooring section. See if they have a finish pen in satin and semi-gloss. Purchase both of them. Try out the satin on the stain. Let it dry. See if the finish matches. If it doesn't then try the semi-gloss. Repeat the repair. If you botch it up completely you can always call the flooring company to repair the spot. At that point you will get a little bit more than a 15 minute visit....which makes it worth the while. As for dark wood floors...they are HE!! to live with. They always look dusty. They show the lighter wood if you have a large dent or a heavy scratch (that gets through to the wood). They are the least forgiving of all the wood colours. A natural wood colour (ie. no stain at all) or a medium toned floor (like mushroom brown) would have been the most forgiving wood floors you can imagine. And yes wood dents. A pot. A pan. A mug. All will dent wood if dropped from a standing position. It's what wood does. The dents are removed the next time you do a full sand and refinish (in 25 years from now). Other things crack/break. They need to be removed and repaired....See Moreilikefriday
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