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Desperately need help: Woodstain over old Varnish won't dry!
I'm no expert, but I believe when re-staining a hard wood floor you needed
to have completely removed all old varnishes, etc. As you stated, where the wood was bare it has dried. That's the secret. You need to get all of that off the floor, then buff or sand it good, then stain and later varnish if desired. "Mike" wrote in message news:79dguvs9t5bttssmf6qlnk25j9l36gq427@duab... 13 years ago the floor was stained with a standard woodstain then varnished with Rustin's Clear Acrylic Gloss Floor Coating; www.rustins.co.uk/F_coat.html All was well. About three years later the floor was recovered with Blackfriars Polyurethane Stained Varnish. The varnish took about a week to dry; apparently, the polyurethane reacted with the old acrylic coating. The floor was left with that covering and has been used daily for the past 10 years. I assumed it was dry! However, I have just taken advice about recovering the floor and about 12 hours ago I cleaned the floor with weak mix of disinfectant/water, left it to fully dry then applied Rustin's Wood Dye www.rustins.co.uk/Wooddye.html to the entire area. I used a cloth to wipe the surplus away from areas where the old varnish was intact but the dye did come into contact with the entire floor surface. The areas that were bare wood have dried, while the areas with old varnish have reacted again and now that part of the floor is 'tacky' or sticky to the touch. So I need advice about how to sort this by tomorrow. I have a tin of Rustin's Clear Acrylic Gloss Floor Coating and/or a tin of Blackfriars Polyurethane Stained Varnish, a fan heater, a clean brush and all the shops are closed for xmas. Is it possible to get this dry and varnished by tomorrow, if so how and which finish should I use? Thanks for any advice. |
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