Fumes from oil based polyurethane...how long will it last
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Comments (3)Coastiemedic, You have me chuckling to myself. The fish oil that I'm thinking of would be cod liver oil -- what I'm trying to do is save some money. Attracting bugs may not be a bad thing--cause I don't find any on the trees except these huge grasshoppers in the summer and the bees. I get a little crazy when it comes to cleaning the area and leaves and all. Maybe I'll just start hosing the underside of the leaves instead of watering the ground. The only way I've found to get to the underside of leaves is to get inder a bunch of leaves with my forarm and raise the leaves that way and the hose in my right hand. If I'm feeling very determined, I'll even lay on my back to get under those leaves. I completely enjoy this obsessive behavier -- it just makes every other concern pale. Last year I figured that because I was spraying in the cool of the morning and the day temps. weren't hitting 90 yet, that it was ok to spray with this salad oil--here in Georgia -- near St Marys--there aren't any days below 80 say after April -- well, I could be a little off--, but as soon as the temps. were getting up there, down came the leaves. The combination of the heat and the salad oil had the leaves from the orange covering the ground. So glad I tried that on just one citrus. Almost all the leaves fell off. The leaves grew back nicely. Thanks coastie, I think I should wait to find out more on the subject of what oils I can use before I do anything. It's just that the spring flush is starting and I'm feeling anxious. Pat...See Morepregnant wife, fumes, dogs, water vs. oil polyurethane
Comments (1)Always a problem when you change materials from a previously done floor area. However, if you hire an experienced floor person and explain what you want done, it can be done, 'cause I've done it many times. If you go with waterborne polyurethane, specify Bona DriFast oil-modified stain...it is basically a thinned out oil base polyurethane...it will give you that oil color. The staining process with emit fumes, but they dissipate quickly, and when dry overnight and once you cover with the waterborne polyurethane, you will have little or no odor from any of the materials after seven days. Top coat with BonaKemi Traffic polyurethane and you will have an attractive and durable result. There are other brands and systems to get the same results...your floor person may have a system that he or she has experience and success with. The DriFast stain product claim is that it can be coated after a two hour dry time...I never do that. Overnight drying is best IMO. The commercial grade waterborne polyurethanes are the most durable wood finishing products being used on a regular basis today. I have never had to recoat any of my waterborne jobs. The gloss level should be chosen to come close to that on your other floors...or you can specify that the entire floor area receive a coat of the finish product and then it will all match in gloss level. Be aware that you will have to protect the floor from the dog's nails...nothing will resist the minor scratching and denting that can happen. Some do better than others, but the general concensus is that you will see wear and tear from the pooch. Keep fido's nails trimmed regularly and you should have little problem with that. Don't waste your time or money on cheap, consumer grade waterborne polyurethane....See MoreAny comments about polyurethane oil based for handscrapped floor
Comments (1)If the grain is already raised, they will need to sand the floors till smooth. Did they sand between coats? You should check with a local paint/stain retailer to verify that oil based urethane will actually stick well enough to water based urethane. Do not take the flooring company's word for it....See MoreHow long do fumes from floors last?
Comments (10)When we had our new white oak floor finished in our new kitchen, the smell was AWFUL!!! We were prohibited to enter our house for a full 12 hours after the first coat was put on. When we came up to the house, we could smell it outside the house!! The floor people had told us we could return to occupy the house after 3 days. HA! When we entered 12 hours later to just look at the floor, the smell was like nothing we had ever imagined! Our throats tightened and burned and our eyes were weeping! My DH likened it to tear gas in the Navy! We just glanced at it and left immediately. Two days later we went back to open some windows to create some cross ventilation. It was still VERY smelly. Too smelly for me. We basically stayed away (camping on air mattresses at my parents house) for 6 days. I am very sensitive to smells, so someone less sensitive might have been able to go back in a little sooner, but not much sooner. Our finish was an oil based product and it was extremely smelly. We were prohibited to turning on the furnace so dust and lint particles would not adhere to the just finished floor. It could have taken less time to cure if the outside weather would have been warmer. We just happened to coincide the floor finishing with the coldest weather we had to date of 19 degrees ! I'm sure that didn't help. After we came back home a week later, the smell lingered for a few weeks more, but thankfully not at the intensity of the first few days!! I opened windows every day, weather permitting, and was able to use the furnace too. That helped a lot! I'd say that there was a faint smell for about a month. I hate to say it, but three weeks later we repeated the above process with the second coat of sealer. Yucko smelly again! The end result was a beautiful oak floor in our new kitchen. In the future, we would like to refinish our original 90 year old white oak floors in the LR, DR and hall. They have the original finish from 1925! I think we may have to move out for that project! OMG!!! I can honestly say that we are not rushing into that project just yet!!! :)...See MoreRelated Professionals
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