On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 9:05:40 PM UTC-6, Gramps' shop wrote:
We had 650 sf of hardwood flooring installed last summer. The salesman assured us it would stand up to our two dogs. It didnt. The scratches are awful.

We are considering having the floor sanded and refinished. Is there a topcoat that will be more scratch resistant? What about epoxy?

Heres what we had installed:

https://www.flooranddecor.com/solid-...942100010.html

Thanks,

Larry

In 40+ years of doing repairs and maintenance, I have never seen any topcoat stand up to an active dog, much less two. Sure, if you have one of the toy breeds of dogs that are in the 5# range, you have a chance.

A few years ago one of my vendors was encouraged to try out a new flooring line they were carrying, and the factory rep gave him the flooring. All he had to do was have it installed.

He owned a small boxer dog, and it was well taken care of and his toenails were constantly clipped short. Still, the floor showed some real signs of wear in less than a year. Anywhere the dog's claws might make a light scratch were compounded after days of being in the house. Soon the floor looked like one of those weathered wood signed where the grain rings stand out, and the softer area between them is eaten away. After a couple of years the floor looked like crap. The dog is gone, but the damage is still there. When trying to help him decide how to refinish, we came up with a "zero".

The manufacturer had some kind of ultra hard finish of their own recipe on it that would require it to be sanded off before reapplying a top coat. But the veneer was too thin to sand out the deep scratches, so he is stuck with a damaged floor. We stained the floor to match, but in the end he put a rug over the worst areas.

Robert