Refinishing HARDWOOD FLOORS|6 things you MUST know before refinishing HARDWOOD FLOORS
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- There are many things to consider when professionally refinishing your HARDWOOD FLOORS. Wonder what type of Polyurethane you should use? Water VS Oil base Poly? How to choose your stain color for your hardwood floors? What type of gloss for hardwood floors? Matte VS Satin VS Semi-Gloss VS High-Gloss. How long does it take to cure your hardwood floors? All these answers and more are found here by Natalie with Design.Build.Sell.
Definitely color test a small section of the floor until you are definitely sure you can live with that color. Her words of advice will save you time, heartache, and money.
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I am a professional floor refinisher and I thought you did a very fine and accurate video on the subject. I am glad to see that you presented the facts vs the biased opinion. Top notch information. The only thing I would add is the out gasing of chemicals during the curing time. The reason I use the Bona product is because of the fact that it is 100% cured in 3 days. So it is only out gasing chemicals for 3 days vs 1 to 2 weeks for other water based finishes. Even though there is not much odor to the finish it does have chemicals that I can not pronounce. So my recommendation to my clients is that the may want to vacate the premises during the curing time as well. Especially if they are sensitive to that sort of thing. Also I recommend scrap leather cut out and attached with contact cement to movable furniture. Like dining room chairs. Felt is very hard to keep attached to movable chairs and when it does come off. Oops now you have a scratch.
Love this tip with the leather!!!!! And thanks for the clarification on our gasing with Bona. The more we all share the better!
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Really informative about how to refinish hardwood floors!
We are in the process of having hardwood floors installed on the 2nd floor to match the 1st floor and these tips were so SPOT ON!!!! Especially the care and not placing rugs right away which I did not know and so thankful to come across your video! Awesome, thank you!
Yay! Thanks for watching. I hope they turned out 😎
Nice overview. I'm about to tackle my 1970s kitchen I'm remodeling. The oak floors turned an ugly orange/amber color, just in the kitchen and front hallway. Both have some minor water damage from typical traffic (poly has lifted up a bit)... not bad considering the house is nearly 50 years old and never had a floor re-finish job. The rest of the house has a med-brown color and has lasted great with no need to re-do. I'm leaning towards a natural color or very light brown to contrast the family room, dining and living room darker color.
Oh that sounds great! Tests few colors and enjoy the final product 🤩
So glad I saw this. We're at the point where we need to re-do our floors and I'm dreading it!!! Your video and some of the comments below by hardwood guys has been super helpful. I'm still dreading it, but I know we'll love it later. Thanks!
I’m so glad this helped 😃
This is FANTASTIC!! You did such an awesome job of explaining the process clearly and concisely. From now on I will just send this video to any clients I’m recommending refinish their floors!!! 🌟
Thank you! Please do use it as a resource 😃
Thanks! This video gave a better understanding before making any decision 😊
Oh yay! That makes me so happy to hear.☺️
Wow very inspirational thankyou and the tips are very helpful
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Great video, thank you!
Thank you! Glad it helped 😃
Amazing job at describing this process 🎉
Thank YOU for taking the time to watch! Glad it was helpful 😃
this is so helpful!
💪✅I’m so glad!
Awesome video, you explained more than other contractors would be explain!
Thank you for the encouragement! Glad it was helpful.
Very nice. In your video, you mentioned using a blend of 70% natural and 30% coffee. Could you kindly share the specific brand name and exact finishing color you used? Thank you!
Excellent 👍
Thank you!!!
Has become very popular recently!!
Excellent information. Please post again after the 5 year touch up with pictures.
I should do that!
Very helpful information! Love your floor, would you be able to share the exact stain colors you used? Thanks
Wow! Sorry I missed this comment. I used “natural” mixed with “coffee”.
Very nice
Thank you!!!!
Thank you - very helpful video! I'm curious - if the rugs can leave an impression and you have to wait a couple of weeks for it to cure, what should one do if they're moving into a house for the first time after refinishing. It will be only about a week after refinishing and there will be stacks of boxes and furniture set down that might not be in the right place right away. What should I do?
@@deeveecreate after a week it should be fine to move furniture in! I’d just wait for the rugs. And keep as many boxes as you can in the garage and empty them from there when/if possible. Truly tough…after a week you should be fine so don’t stress…rugs should wait though 😃
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Love your color. Would you mind sharing brand of stain you used?
We used Loba and the color was natural mixed with coffee.
Did you do one coat of stain or 2? We have red oak too and some planks did not pick up stain at all. We chose cocoa plus mahogany as we wanted something dark but now we see some planks that still show pale red oak color through the stain.
One coat of stain is typically sufficient. But you can always chat with your flooring professional about a second coat for deeper color.😃
Try the "water pop method" it will definitely help out.
With the info on the Dust. Should we paint before or after the floors are finished?
Before, paint can be sanded out vs you accidentally spill paint on a newly refinished floor, that will suck!
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Paint before if possible…or completely cover the floors before paint😃
how do you handle scratches from a dog?
The best thing is to try and avoid scratches my keep dogs nails clipped but once a floor is scratched it typically needs to be at least buffed and more often than not the area will have to be sanded and redone.
So my floors are very light brown hardwood, and I was wanting to refinish them to get a dark brown/grey. I was planning to do this myself, would you advocate against that?
I don’t j ow your skill set so I can’t say if you should do it yourself or not 😜If you are talking about the color only….go for it! Ultimately you need to do what matches your home and personal vibe. There is a stain called Jacobean that you can play around with.
"Aged barrel" is another good choice. It may be what your looking for
Cost?
Cost varies per sq ft and per vendor. Definitely get 2-3 quotes and read reviews😊
It’s not the formula of polyurethane rather than the addition of a hardener that makes it commercial grade. LiteniT is an excellent wood bleaching system, it has no VOCs.
Oh thanks! Haven’t heard of that.
Grey is better color.
It definitely can be!
i watch this with my audio off and all i see is your face. nothing about flooring
My video style is conversational and not image based. Meant to be like sitting with a friend chatting.
I’m sorry it wasn’t what you were looking for. But I appreciate your feedback.
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I hope to start make more informational videos soon!