Cleaning up old floor that can’t tolerate another sanding
Q: I have very dark, distressed oak Cherokee Cabin Strip Flooring. We put it in 30 years ago and it still looks good. The distressed finish was great. I was able to easily fix gouges (kids, dragging furniture,etc.) However, after all these years, I would like to clean and refinish them. They don’t need total refinishing, just sprucing up a bit. I’ve always used DuraFinish colored liquid wax on them. Any suggestions as to how to do this project?
A: Dura Seal also has another product called Renovator which one of my customers used on her old waxed strip floors that couldn’t tolerate another sanding. It cleaned the floors up well. www.duraseal.com
Follow-up Q: I have an empty can of the Renovator, and I used it to put the DuraFinish in, so now I don’t remember if the Renovator had color to it.
A: No, the renovator is not tinted. I think the renovator is a product with solvents that will remove excess wax and dirt and grime and deposit a thin coating of resin which can be waxed after when needed.
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