Hi,

I may have screwed something up in my first attempt to refinish a
floor. It's just a small landing, so it's not that big a deal but I'm
still upset and hoping to fix it. What I have so far can be seen he

http://i.math.drexel.edu/~pg/floor.jpg

It is blotchy and even looks purple in some places. Also, I think the
floor is now pretty uneven although it may have been that way before
and I haven't noticed. I have reasonable experience refinishing
furniture, but this was my first stint with a belt sander.

But I guess what I would like to have answered now is whether something
is obvious from the picture. It almost looks to me that I didn't put
enough poly on the floor and so a second coat might help. (Do you poly
floors the same way to poly furnitu by dipping the brush and trying
to make the coat as thin as possible?) Is anything else evident from
the picture?

Thank you so much in advance,

Aaron Fude

On 24 Jul 2006 10:10:08 -0700, wrote:

Hi,

I may have screwed something up in my first attempt to refinish a
floor.

Think it may not be as bad as you fear. If you sanded it to bare wood,
it'll take 3 or 4 coats of most polys to build up a finish that looks
reasonable. From your picture the first coat acted like a sealer coat,
just soaked into the wood in some places, didn't soak in much where
the grain was real tight. Try a couple more coats, scuff sanding (220
grit) between for adhesion.

Regards.

Tom

On 24 Jul 2006 10:10:08 -0700, wrote:

Hi,

I may have screwed something up in my first attempt to refinish a
floor. It's just a small landing, so it's not that big a deal but I'm
still upset and hoping to fix it. What I have so far can be seen he

http://i.math.drexel.edu/~pg/floor.jpg

It is blotchy and even looks purple in some places. Also, I think the
floor is now pretty uneven although it may have been that way before
and I haven't noticed. I have reasonable experience refinishing
furniture, but this was my first stint with a belt sander.

But I guess what I would like to have answered now is whether something
is obvious from the picture. It almost looks to me that I didn't put
enough poly on the floor and so a second coat might help. (Do you poly
floors the same way to poly furnitu by dipping the brush and trying
to make the coat as thin as possible?) Is anything else evident from
the picture?

Thank you so much in advance,

Aaron Fude

Minimum four coats.

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Hi,

I may have screwed something up in my first attempt to refinish a
floor. It's just a small landing, so it's not that big a deal but I'm
still upset and hoping to fix it. What I have so far can be seen he

http://i.math.drexel.edu/~pg/floor.jpg

It is blotchy and even looks purple in some places. Also, I think the
floor is now pretty uneven although it may have been that way before
and I haven't noticed. I have reasonable experience refinishing
furniture, but this was my first stint with a belt sander.

But I guess what I would like to have answered now is whether something
is obvious from the picture. It almost looks to me that I didn't put
enough poly on the floor and so a second coat might help. (Do you poly
floors the same way to poly furnitu by dipping the brush and trying
to make the coat as thin as possible?) Is anything else evident from
the picture?

Thank you so much in advance,

Aaron Fude

wrote:

But I guess what I would like to have answered now is whether
something is obvious from the picture. It almost looks to me that I
didn't put enough poly on the floor and so a second coat might help.

When top coating, first coat soaks in. It soaks in more where the wood is
soft than where it is hard. That's why it looks blotchy. It looks blue
where the hardwood is because the finish didn't soak in much there and is
shiny; being shiny, it is reflecting sky light which is blue.

Cure is to add 2-3 more coats following the directions on the can.


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Hi,

I may have screwed something up in my first attempt to refinish a
floor. It's just a small landing, so it's not that big a deal but I'm
still upset and hoping to fix it. What I have so far can be seen he

http://i.math.drexel.edu/~pg/floor.jpg

It is blotchy and even looks purple in some places. Also, I think the
floor is now pretty uneven although it may have been that way before
and I haven't noticed. I have reasonable experience refinishing
furniture, but this was my first stint with a belt sander.

But I guess what I would like to have answered now is whether something
is obvious from the picture. It almost looks to me that I didn't put
enough poly on the floor and so a second coat might help. (Do you poly
floors the same way to poly furnitu by dipping the brush and trying
to make the coat as thin as possible?) Is anything else evident from
the picture?

Thank you so much in advance,

Aaron Fude

You've put one coat of finish one it. Time for more. I hate poly for
most things but I guess it makes sense for a floor. In any case, it just
needs more finish. It looks like pine which will soak up the finish in the
soft part of the boards more than the hard parts. I'd give it a light
sanding and add another coat. Then repeat about 4 more times until it looks
like you want it to.
Cheers,
cc