"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
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Art wrote:
I have Bruce prefinished flooring. I am having the ceiling painted.
Painter was very careful covering floor using paper taped together. Most
tape was taped to paper but at some points the blue masking tape was
attached to hardwood floor. In 2 places, even though tape was only
attached for a few hours and the house was about 75 degrees temperature,
the sun must have been hitting the tape thru the window for hours and the
adhesive reacted with the floor and ruined the finish. I was wondering
if anyone had run into this before. Floor is about 10 years old and
althought I was hoping to go a few more years before refinishing it now I
guess I will have to get it done now unless a reasonable spot finish can
be done. Damaged areas are about 1 foot long by 2 inches wide. I am
planning on contacting the tape manufacterur and bitching though I am
sure that is a waste of time.

Didn't the painter acknowledge his responsibility and arrange to rectify
the problem?

Seems to me that if the floor was in reasonable condition before he did
hid work, and he didn't warn you that something like that might happen
then I it's his his responsibility to make things right.

Shouldn't he be the one contacting the tape company, not you?

Or am I just being naive again?

Jeff


I suppose except for the fact that he was using a product as designed and
was not negligent in any way from what I can see. If I was on a jury and
this was a lawsuit I would vote not guilty. There were many other places on
the floor where there was no damage from the tape. It was a fresh roll of
tape.... I saw him open it up. So either it was some magical way that the
sun was hitting the tape (indeed it was hitting the tape thru the window at
those spots but it was hitting other spots too with no damage caused) or
there was something wrong with the tape.... or there was something wrong
with the 10 year old floor.