I refinished my nice 30 yr old oak slat floor. I followed all the rules
and applied 6 layers of polyurethane (sanding inbetween then buffed the
last layer). The floor looked great for about 1 month until the
scratches became obvious. What can I do to reduce the scratching? More
layers of poly?

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"JaKe" wrote in message
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I refinished my nice 30 yr old oak slat floor. I followed all the rules
and applied 6 layers of polyurethane (sanding inbetween then buffed the
last layer). The floor looked great for about 1 month until the
scratches became obvious. What can I do to reduce the scratching? More
layers of poly?

--
JaKe, Seattle
"People never understood, that the drum is a musical instrument."
Elvin Jones

use a harder product instead.

Scratches what did you use, scratches from what ,how. Did you buff to
high gloss.

Charles Spitzer wrote:

"JaKe" wrote in message
...
I refinished my nice 30 yr old oak slat floor. I followed all the rules
and applied 6 layers of polyurethane (sanding inbetween then buffed the
last layer). The floor looked great for about 1 month until the
scratches became obvious. What can I do to reduce the scratching? More
layers of poly?

--
JaKe, Seattle
"People never understood, that the drum is a musical instrument."
Elvin Jones

use a harder product instead.

Is there way to tell if another brand of poly is tougher?

--
JaKe, Seattle
"People never understood, that the drum is a musical instrument."
Elvin Jones

m Ransley wrote:

Scratches what did you use, scratches from what ,how. Did you buff to
high gloss.

Don't remember the brand but I bought it Home Depot in the rental area.
The floor was in a kid's room but it didn't long for the scratches to
appear. I buffed to a high shine too!

--
JaKe, Seattle
"People never understood, that the drum is a musical instrument."
Elvin Jones

JaKe wrote:
I refinished my nice 30 yr old oak slat floor. I followed all the
rules and applied 6 layers of polyurethane (sanding inbetween then
buffed the last layer). The floor looked great for about 1 month
until the scratches became obvious. What can I do to reduce the
scratching? More layers of poly?

It will always scratch. Unless you are very, very careful...like removing
shoes, sweeping frequently, etc.

Different brands of poly may vary somewhat in hardness (don't know) but if
they do I doubt they vary much. As I said, it is going to get scratched. A
sheen other than gloss will show them much less...the lower the sheen, the
less noticeable they will be.

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dadiOH
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High gloss is a harder finish and clearer. To show wear the least use
high gloss and buff to satin. Oil products take 3 months to 8 months
to fully cure although most curing is done in 30 days. Maybe use area
rugs. Kids room, good luck.

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High gloss is a harder finish and clearer. To show wear the least use
high gloss and buff to satin. Oil products take 3 months to 8 months
to fully cure although most curing is done in 30 days. Maybe use area
rugs. Kids room, good luck.



The gloss is harder story is a MYTH. BS, baloney, malarky. If there is any
difference, it is so minute, it is negligable. (I study floor finish scuff
tests)
Home Depot does not sell a good floor finish, you will only get consumer
grade.
We need more information to give good advice, a recoat with a good oil base
Satin will probably help but anything will scratch. keep the floor clean is
most important.
The best water based polyurethanes are curing fully in 3 days now.


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Home Depot does not sell a good floor finish, ...

Who does? Brand?

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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:19:14 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

tweaked wrote:

Home Depot does not sell a good floor finish, ...

Who does? Brand?

Tweaked you are full of baloney, what gives a satin finish softens
finish and makes it less transparent . Its a fact . Did you ever see a
basketball court in satin, you wont.

m Ransley wrote:
Tweaked you are full of baloney, what gives a satin finish softens
finish and makes it less transparent . Its a fact . Did you ever
see a basketball court in satin, you wont.

I think his key word was "negligible". The normal flatting material is talc
and it is true that it is quite soft as minerals go. However, the mineral
grains are encapsulated in the resin.

As far as transparency, a thick layer of flatted varnish/lacquer/whatever
would indeed be less clear than an unflatted layer of equal thickness but
even half a dozen coats leaves a dried film that is very thin. I, for one,
can see no difference.

Personally, I think that very few things - including floors - look good with
a high gloss surface. Yes, high gloss can be rubbed out. I might do that
for a table top but no way would I ever do it for a floor. And yes, I know
one can use a non-glossy coat only as the final coat but that involves
buying two types.

Que viva semi-gloss!

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Tweaked you are full of baloney, what gives a satin finish softens
finish and makes it less transparent . Its a fact . Did you ever see a
basketball court in satin, you wont.


I never said anything about tranparency and gym floors has nothing to do
with anything.
The gloss thing is a MYTH not worth wasting time over. Study the
manufacturers technical data.
I do usually use gloss under a final coat of satin because, like you say,
several coats of satin is not as clear. There are times though when I want
to hide something and its satin all the way. Few people would ever notice.


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tweaked wrote:

Home Depot does not sell a good floor finish, ...

Who does? Brand?

I don't know who carries in your area, but the best oil is Fabulon PRO
series(NOT the consumer grade in hardware stores) Woodline Poly(BonaKemi)
would come in second followed by Duraseal(Minwax)

Water base, choose between Basic Coatings Street Shoe or BonaKemi Traffic.
All good water based use a cross-linker that must be handles with care.

It is imperative you use a finish designed for floors.


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berlin.de:

tweaked wrote:

Home Depot does not sell a good floor finish, ...

Who does? Brand?

I don't know who carries in your area, but the best oil is Fabulon
PRO series(NOT the consumer grade in hardware stores) Woodline
Poly(BonaKemi) would come in second followed by Duraseal(Minwax)

Water base, choose between Basic Coatings Street Shoe or BonaKemi
Traffic. All good water based use a cross-linker that must be
handles with care.

It is imperative you use a finish designed for floors.

Thanks, much appreciated.

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