Need advise for best hard wood floor finish for longevity/protection.
susanhills
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Protecting finished wood floors during end of construction
Comments (7)Sorry it took so long. I spend all week working on the house, come home an weekends: We think we'll like the stained concrete, but will still have to buy area rugs. Our main reason for going with it was our two dirty dogs. My advice is too research well who does the staining, see some of their work, and check them with the Better Business Bureau. Here, the field is still pretty new, and experienced guys are hard to find. You can get a feel in talking to them who knows what they are doing. The stainers will need two days with no one else inside the house. The best time to do it is before the drywall is done, that way they can get the stain all the way up to the walls with ease. Before they come out, get in there and clean the slab as best you can. Shop vac it, and try to clean water stains, etc, as they can show thru. The initial concrete work, condition of the slab all helps in the uniformity. Afterward, they will probably put the cardboard down. Its very important. Even though it has a hard finish, the abuse of dirt, sawdust, ladders, tools, would be just too much. After the drywall, get in there and shopvac again, or replace the cardboard. I shopvac'd then replaced it all when we finished with the closets, trim, etc because the dust and crap was unbelievable. Sadly, I'm too dumb to figure out how to add the picture, will try to contact you to email....See MoreTips? - Protecting wood floors while painting baseboards
Comments (4)Hi! I'm new here and just did a project concerning seepage. Instead of painting on poly acrylic I went with the suggestion of burnishing. I used a fairly flat tea spoon and rubbed (not too rough or hard) the (blue) tape on the floor where the seams meet. Once you start you can see how it really bonds the tape to the floor. I would also suggest taking the tape off after you've done each wall, before the paint has time to dry. Taking it off while still wet the paint has no time to bond to the tape. That way the seam is really clean. Good luck, try to have fun and I hope it turns out great!! Samantha...See MoreHard Wood Floor Refresh
Comments (4)A "wipe on" product is going to be temporary. Why? Because it is a polish. Like the old fashioned wax polishes grandma used to use on her linoleum, today's "wood polishes" (Like Restore) are a 6 months "fix". And then they look worse than before the application. So what to do? Add more of course! And then 6 months later, the floors look EVEN WORSE! Grrrrr! What to do? What to do? The best thing to do right now is either A) do a buff and coat (like the painter suggested) and give yourself another 10 years with a great looking floor or do nothing and live with it for another 7 - 10 years. I'm worried the dull areas are the beginnings of "wear through". If I'm right, a buff and coat is the BEST option. Anything other than that, could complicate things in the long run (7-10 years from now when the floors MUST be refinished). Some photos of the "dull" areas would be appreciated. These are the areas that are the problem areas and could be the indication that the floors need a full sand/refinish sooner rather than later....See Morepre-finished vs. un-finished Engineered wood 2nd Floor w Radiant heat
Comments (18)If you want the STRONG GREY colours shown in your photos, you will need to work with factory finished. If you like the liming or cerusing effect (the white in the grain) then you will need to work with the factory finish. I've heard of a small handful of HIGH-END professionals who can achieve these looks on a site-finished floor. If you think that the population of the US+Canada is around 375,000,000 that is a SMALL amount of humans....like 100-150 professionals who can handle a job like that. Imagine the price tag! We will see this level of workmanship on $25Mill homes. The price of the professional is not at issue in a home that has multiple millions of dollars in financial backing. I understand your Project Manager's concerns. Repairing damage to a factory finished floor isn't fun...but it isn't difficult either. The worst case scenario = cut out the plank and drop another one in. A bit of glue...a bit of waiting and everyone's happy. I'm not sure why the push back is so hard (the PM has probably had something go wrong in the past and had it bite him/her in the arse pretty hard). So long as you assure him/her that you will pay for all the damage control (ram board, etc) you should be fine....See Moresusanhills
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