I've been using Mega HD Clear on most of my white/light jobs and on other jobs where I was using regular Mega with the Mega Booster. It's working well. I like the slightly higher sheen in the satin (25 to 35) compared to Traffic (15 to 20) and the lower cost. Mega spread rate is 500' to 600' per gallon where Traffic is 350' to 400' per gallon. I personally like the lower film build that maintains more of the grain texture on the surface where Traffic looks too smooth and plastic. The Traffic must wear better and it's nice to tailor the sheen level to customer desires (semi gloss, satin, extra matte and naturale) but I think it's overkill for most homes. Before Bona introduced Mega HD Clear and re-formulated Traffic, their only clear non-yellowing urethane was Novia which is pretty cheap stuff. Neither finish should require an extra coat when new unless you think you're going to neglect the floor and are worried it will wear out. Most homeowners (at least the ones we work for) will recoat the floor after it gets scuffed, scratched and somewhat worn, but well before it wears through. The floor will receive the same amount of wear and need a recoat when it looks unacceptable, whether you're applied 2 coats or 20 coats initially.

Hey Stephanie! Nice to come across another Canuk on the ol' Internuts! Yeah we're still chugging along here in 'Peg S#itty! The remodeling industry took a hit because so many homeowners were off work and decided to try and do things themselves. Buuuut, as I expected, I'm now getting calls to go and fix their f-ups. I bought my 93 year old grandma a Bombers hoodie for Christmas, hopefully she gets to wear it next season! Doesn't sound like we'll see any CFL in 2021. Where abouts do you live? Are you originally from Winnipeg? I put cork flooring in my moms kitchen years ago. I hated the colour she chose back then, and hate it even more now. I'm buying her house in a few months and will attempt my first cork refinishing 😨 That is supremely helpful advice! Thanks so much for Rays digits! I think I've actually been in his shop before, years ago. It was in the basement of a small commercial building, if I remember correctly. Maybe near Osborne Village? Oddly enough, this client wants a honey oak finish...I tried to talk them out of it, but they're set. I showed them a sample of Bona Amber Seal, and it wasn't nearly amber enough for them. So, I think I'll have to actually stain their poor oak floors right back into the 80's🤷 That being said, a little yellowing would be fine. If Basic Pro is on par with Mega, then I'll likely go that route as I can pick it up for $62/gallon, as opposed to $102 for Mega, or $110 for Mega One. Traffic would sure be nice, but I'd be working for 🥜's if I went that route. Such a competitive market here. The client got 5 quotes, of which I was the most expensive, and I bid 25% under the industry standard! I bid $5800, and one guy bid only $3500! How TF can you refinish 1500sf of oak floors and a staircase for $3500? Probably would have gone like this: -Sand with 26 -Sand with 80 -Roll on a coat of Varathane with a $2 roller from Dollarama -Hop in his 1992 Dodge Caravan -Crack a warm Budweiser from under the seat. -Drive home -Then email an invoice for $4200. I can't thank you enough for being so helpful!

H! @G & S Floor Service. Your recommendation 6 months ago was to use HD traffic finish on my floors. However, my floor guy did only the 2 coats of MEGA clear and I am starting to see faint scratches (probably from my kids' toys). Would it be OK if now we decide to add the HD traffic over the floors and if so what is the procedure to be followed? Can we just add traffic on top or do we need to prepare the floor in any certain way? Also, if there are a few scratches or cracks can they be fixed at the time of adding HD traffic? Also, there are quite a lot of gaps in the floors (assuming floors have shrunk because of cold winter) will the traffic just drip into the cracks when applied, is that normal? thank you so much in advance for your help.

Using a softer primer is a good idea to prevent side bonding, I have used Mega in the past followed by traffic, although one coat of Mega and two coats of traffic are better, there is no need to use two. Bona would say to use their primer although the normal Bona primer is a low quality, soft, cheap low PU / high Acrylate co polymer. This is remedied now by the release of Bona UX which is a harder, easier to sand primer and probably slightly better than Mega to use as a first coat. As James said, HD is not a ceramic finish, simply a 100% PU - isocyanate hardener cross linking product. HD is probably the best finish with the fastest curing. Newellwoodworks.co.uk