"Abe" wrote in message
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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.

What nobody else has asked is what is wrong with the finish now? Have
you tried to clean and buff it out?

The polyurethane and color layer kind of crinkled from the tape. First I
thought it was residue from the tape but I wiped it with the floor cleaner
made by Bruce for the floor and the thin layer of the floor pretty much came
off 2 inches wide by 12 inches long. This is Bruces prefinished solid Oak
floors with gunstock stain. It appears that the stain doesn't soak into the
wood as it does when floors are finished on site. It appears to be a thin
layer under the polyurethane.