When I purchase my new house 4 years ago it had 3/8" engineered
hardwood floors in the foyer and kitchen/breakfast room, this winter
we decided to put down the same product in the family room which tied
the two rooms together. The problem is that once I got the floor down
and cleaned up i discovered that the color is the same but the gloss/
shine level is not the same. I called Bruce and they informed me that
the urethane level in the prefinished product might have changed over
the passed 5 years. Is there any product I can put down on an
engineered hardwood floor to raise the gloss/shine level? Thanks for
the help.

On Jan 22, 6:50*am, wrote:
When I purchase my new house 4 years ago it had 3/8" engineered
hardwood floors in the foyer and kitchen/breakfast room, this winter
we decided to put down the same product in the family room which tied
the two rooms together. *The problem is that once I got the floor down
and cleaned up i discovered that the color is the same but the gloss/
shine level is not the same. *I called Bruce and they informed me that
the urethane level in the prefinished product might have changed over
the passed 5 years. *Is there any product I can put down on an
engineered hardwood floor to raise the gloss/shine level? Thanks for
the help.

No easy answer and I dought you will be happy, The Gloss level on
the old section probably just got duller with use, just like you cant
take paint out of a can and retouch a 4 yr old room. If bruce says its
urethane ask them if you can add a coat and how, get a pro to recoat
it all, im sure you dont want to do that as factory finishes are near
perfect. Let Bruce guide you. If you start waxing or treating it you
will have to continue and may never be able to recoat it from
contaminents that wont allow future poly to bond.

wrote:

When I purchase my new house 4 years ago it had 3/8" engineered
hardwood floors in the foyer and kitchen/breakfast room, this winter
we decided to put down the same product in the family room which tied
the two rooms together. The problem is that once I got the floor down
and cleaned up i discovered that the color is the same but the gloss/
shine level is not the same. I called Bruce and they informed me that
the urethane level in the prefinished product might have changed over
the passed 5 years. Is there any product I can put down on an
engineered hardwood floor to raise the gloss/shine level? Thanks for
the help.


Have you used any kind of coating or wax on the older floor? Bruce's
website has all kinds
of cleaners and coatings. That would be the safest bet, it seems. They
come with different
gloss levels.

http://www.armstrong.com/resflram/na.../hardwood.html

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When I purchase my new house 4 years ago it had 3/8" engineered
hardwood floors in the foyer and kitchen/breakfast room, this winter
we decided to put down the same product in the family room which tied
the two rooms together. The problem is that once I got the floor down
and cleaned up i discovered that the color is the same but the gloss/
shine level is not the same. I called Bruce and they informed me that
the urethane level in the prefinished product might have changed over
the passed 5 years. Is there any product I can put down on an
engineered hardwood floor to raise the gloss/shine level? Thanks for
the help.

Only Bruce can tell you because only Bruce knows
the compositions of the varnish in 2004 and 2008
and whether it is possible to refinish new 2008 to
get the look of 2004.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)