replying to Jeff, Oliver wrote:
Untimely for one project though may be good for reference to others: I
installed prefinished 3/4 oak wood floor in kitchen. The cabinet install
required cutting baseboard heating line on the cabinets. When I saw such a
small amount of water (about a full drinking glass) starting to cup the boards
I had just installed, I was convinced to do something. I chose a paint
roller, tray, and oil-based polyurethane. Three coats was what it took so
that all tiny seems accepted and were filled to keep water from running
through like a sieve and it was layed tight. The sacrifice is the clear as
glass beautiful factory finish. The floor could begin to look comparatively
plasticized. Also, pressure gouges will emphasize that there is too much
polyurethane leaving snail trails. However, I still reason living on a
prefinished kitchen wood floor with accidents could lead to unevenness and
dirt not allowing the return to normal by allowing it to dry, and that is just
with water. Soda, coffee, syrups, could all be horrible attractants for dirt
and insects as well. If your wood floor is installed over an actual vapor
barrier and not just rosin paper, the spilled liquid may run under the boards
much further than the spill area with and against both grain and pitch if your
floors are flat though uneven. I do not recommend purposely spilling water to
check it out, it could add a couple weeks to get best dried results (and it
wint Be perfect). Paste wax, danish oil or linseed wont do it and
neither will other fillers. Test behind the refrigerator. My instance was
for an apartment. Again, the floors could further be skillfully sanded in the
future and the floor will be in great shape.

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