Hello-
So I am in the midst of refinishing my oak floors.

I thoroughly sanded them and they are nice and clean and even.
I then applied a Minwax stain (red oak) to them last night.
I took my time and the floors came out beautifully.


I wanted to start polyurethaning them this evening, about 24hrs. after
the staining.
Prior to laying down the polyurethane, I wiped down the floor with tack

rags dampened with mineral spirits, like the Minwax can said.


Now I have streaks in my floor where I wiped it with the tack rags!!!!!

A little bit of stain came up as I wiped, and now I fear that I made
the stain uneven.


The color is consistent, but the streaks are more like some areas are
shiny and others are dull.


Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for the help.

Sue wrote:
Hello-
So I am in the midst of refinishing my oak floors.

I thoroughly sanded them and they are nice and clean and even.
I then applied a Minwax stain (red oak) to them last night.
I took my time and the floors came out beautifully.


I wanted to start polyurethaning them this evening, about 24hrs. after
the staining.
Prior to laying down the polyurethane, I wiped down the floor with tack

rags dampened with mineral spirits, like the Minwax can said.


Now I have streaks in my floor where I wiped it with the tack rags!!!!!

A little bit of stain came up as I wiped, and now I fear that I made
the stain uneven.


The color is consistent, but the streaks are more like some areas are
shiny and others are dull.


Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for the help.


I'd go over the whole thing again with the meths to get a uniformly dull
surface. Sounds like you used a little too much.