MikeL had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...rs-351731-.htm
:
Ryan,

We've been living the "cost" of having a bad builder for over 19 months
now. We live in Texas and had to get the Texas Residential Construction
Commission to come in and inspect our home. Over 100 "issues" later, the
builder finally is putting together an "offer of settlement".

I would strongly suggest that you look for trade organizations where you
live. If Texas, contact the TRCC. You can also call builders
associations, etc.

Build owes you a new floor... not one that is substandard. As we had to
convince ourselves, we bought a new home, not one that was 100 years old
and might show its age. Make the builder accountable. If not, suspect
you will have major issues later and he won't come to fix... Our builder
thought paint was the answer for everything, to include structural
issues....

Good Luck Make the builder accountable!!!



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Norminn wrote:

rzaleski wrote:

Hi,

I just moved into a new house. The builder did not do a great job
with the floors. There looks like small bubbles on the varnish and
it
doesn't seem smooth. If I rented a buffer and ran that over the
floor
would that smooth it out? If so, how does the buffer actually
smooth
it out, does it wear it down or apply heat?

Thanks,
Ryan


I haven't refinished floors, only wood furniture. When I have had
small
bubbles, the solution was
to rub out with fine steel wool - after the finish has CURED - and
apply
another coat. It can
be helpful to thin the final coat sparingly. As another has suggested,

this is an issue for the
builder, which I would present to the builder through a polite,
business-like letter. If you
mess with it yourself, you will not be able to go back to the builder.

Heat is definitely not
the answer - you could partially melt the finish and end up with a
gummy, rough surface. If
you use any abrasive, you might get all the way through the clear coat
and into the stain...not
for a newbie without thorough research.

In my experience, fine steel wool will dull the finish but that goes
away with application of
another coat. Do you know what finish was used? Good place to start
is
by finding out
and checking the mfg. website for advice.





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