Mike wrote:
L Beck wrote...


"Mike" wrote


13 years ago the floor was stained with a standard woodstain then
varnished with Rustin's Clear Acrylic Gloss Floor Coating;
www.rustins.co.uk/F_coat.html All was well.

About three years later the floor was recovered with Blackfriars
Polyurethane Stained Varnish. The varnish took about a week to
dry; apparently, the polyurethane reacted with the old acrylic
coating. The floor was left with that covering and has been used
daily for the past 10 years. I assumed it was dry!

However, I have just taken advice about recovering the floor and
about 12 hours ago I cleaned the floor with weak mix of
disinfectant/water, left it to fully dry then applied Rustin's
Wood Dye www.rustins.co.uk/Wooddye.html to the entire area. I
used a cloth to wipe the surplus away from areas where the old
varnish was intact but the dye did come into contact with the
entire floor surface. The areas that were bare wood have dried,
while the areas with old varnish have reacted again and now that
part of the floor is 'tacky' or sticky to the touch.

So I need advice about how to sort this by tomorrow. I have a tin
of Rustin's Clear Acrylic Gloss Floor Coating and/or a tin of
Blackfriars Polyurethane Stained Varnish, a fan heater, a clean
brush and all the shops are closed for xmas.


I'm no expert, but I believe when re-staining a hard wood floor you needed
to have completely removed all old varnishes, etc. As you stated, where the
wood was bare it has dried. That's the secret. You need to get all of that
off the floor, then buff or sand it good, then stain and later varnish if
desired.


This is not practical though, there would be far too much dust
and general upheaval and I simply don't have time.

Well then the alternative is not going to be much better which would be
to chemically strip the whole floor sand and refinish. What you have is
a chemical reaction. The chems you have put down do not mix well and as
such are not drying properly.

I know it is not what you want to hear but the first response was
correct. As you have stated Time is against you and I do not think there
will be a solution before Xmas.

Also don't put down more finishes it is only going to make the problem
worse. As it stands the solution is sand the floor. And follow the
manufacturers instructions for the use of thier product. There is no
real quick fix for this.

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