I just finished replacing my stair tread with Curly Maple and for the finish
I went with Verathayne floor finish (oil based). It is not only better
resistant to water, it is self leveling and I didn't get the "brush" strokes
that occasionally appear. It is a little slick when dry (thats why I -being
a Yank- wear shoes, not socks in the house). The stairs came out nice and
the wife is pleased. They have stood up to a pit bull and a 110 pund German
Shepard and a 5 year old. Along those lines, they clean up very well.

The only down fall to the Verathayne is that you will have to refinish them
eventually.

EPI
"Dave Jackson" wrote in message
nk.net...
This Yank wears boots in the house, just in case i have to kick the living
**** out of some Canadian red neck someday.



"Swingman" wrote in message
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"Jim Warman" wrote in message

Being Canadian (and as close to a red-neck as Canadians get). I wear
socks..... Brits, OTOH, wear slippers - usually some variation on
rubber
compounds for soles...... watching TV, I see Yanks wear their grubby
old
street shoes in the house.

And being Canadian of couse, you believe everything you see on TV?

Upsides... I change my socks every day and wind up polishing the things
I
walk on. The Brits don't do much good for their floors, but at least
their
socks last longer. Yanks.... well, if you're lucky, that dog turd will
at
least fall off under the coffee table....

Youd do better to change your underwear, that "dog turd" you're
imagining
under the coffee table is obviously coming up your collar.

It's mostly a joke, fercrisesakes.... but I still stand by the footwear
part.

**** you, asshole.

... hey, it's mostly a joke, fercrisesakes.

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