DIYbanter - View Single Post - Rosin Paper over Newly Refinished Floors???

Red Green

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I've just had my hardwood floors refinished (sanded, stained, then
coated with three layers of satin finish oil-based polyurethane). In
two weeks, painters will arrive, and they will be in the room where
the floors were just refinished. They will be using ladders, paint
buckets, etc.

I want to protect the floor, but I realize that the poly hasn't yet
"cured", which I hear can take 21 days. Can I lay down rosin paper
safely? Will it stick? Will it leech red color onto the light-
colored floors? Can I tape the seams with blue painter's tape (for
delicate surfaces) and then be able to remove it safely a week later?

And is rosin paper the best way to go?

Thanks.

You know someone just has to ask why didn't you have it painted first?

To me, it's easier to clean up dust then living with a blemished floor.
You're going to chew your nails to the bone the entire time they are
painting.

Do the painters know the floor is oil based poly and only been drying two
weeks?

How long are you leaving your heavy furniture off the floor? Should say
that right on the can.