Mike Marlow wrote:
"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:50:37 -0500, "firstjois"
wrote:

Friends have just purchased and are going to re-do the pine wood
floors and asked what they should use as a finish.

There's only one finish I'd use - an acid-cure formaldehyde resin.
Easy to work with, cured and hard in only a few hours, but it stinks
like a goat farm while you're working with it (full-face mask).
Use 3 coats.

I did use wax once. Even in a bedroom it just wasn't hard-wearing
enough, even if you power-buff it.

--
Smert' spamionam

I've never heard of acid-cure formaldehyde resin so I sure can't
comment on it - other than to say I can only imagine what that
smells like. Formaldehyde is such a lovely smell... My floors are
wide board (18") pine floors and they were simply stained and
finished with poly. They've held up well for 22 years now. There
are some spot that need touch up in the very high traffic areas, but
that's to be expected after 22 years. The only thing we've ever
done to these floors is to wax them every couple of years. It's
always a gas to watch everyone walk in socks on the floors right
after they've been waxed. --

-Mike-


Thank you,

Josie