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I am refinishing my 45 year old oak floors. When I removed the carpet there were 3 dark stains. I figure it is pet urine. Sanding is finished, but the stains are still visible. If I apply a darker (perhaps cherry oak) stain, will it hide the urine stains or will they just get darker? Could I apply less stain to the spots to try to even it all out?

How much should it cost to refinish, sand, stain, 2 coats of poly a bleached hardwood floor: 36′ x 48′ room.

I purchased a home a year ago that had laminate flooring in the living room. Everything was fine, until 1/8 inch gaps appeared suddenly at the ends of about 10 planks near the center of the floor. The gaps didn’t form along the grooved, long side of the plank, but rather at the ends of the planks. What would cause this and how can it be corrected?

I’ve just had an underfloor radiant heat system installed under my existing and newly rewoven/patched oak flooring. The reweaving/patch was due to interior walls being removed. A low gloss oil based polyurethane was applied to the floor. Some nails that were protruding below the subfloor were cut so that the radiant pipe wouldn’t be damaged. They had to refinish the floors a second time because they were rough. Now the edges of some planks are peeling, especially in the hallway. The contractor claims this is occurring because the nails were cut. But it’s happening in a room that didn’t have nails cut. The radiant system hasn’t been turned on yet. It was cold, about 50 degrees in the house when they polyed but about 30 outside. I don’t know if they used a sealer. What should he do to fix the problem?

How can I lift a panel from our laminate flooring to see if our underlayment is full of mold?

Some water leaked from our dishwasher onto the hardwood floor of the kitchen. The water was wiped up almost immediately but now, a few hours later, the hardwood floor feels uneven. The sides of the boards feel as if they are slightly raised. What can be done to restore the smooth floor?

I’m looking to sand and refinish a portion of wood flooring in a large commercial office space. The space is comprised of hallways and transitions into offices, etc. I’m hoping that we can successfully only sand, refinish to match and then only urethane this repaired area to blend with the rest of the office floor. Any experience or comments on this attempt to blend urethane into the unaffected areas? The blended areas will be at transition areas of hallways where the hallway turns a corner and at doorways. The stain will match OK but it is the blending of urethane I am interested in your thoughts on. Otherwise, it’s more costly and it would cause quite an interruption in work to urethane the entire office.

I just built a new house and my floors on the first floor have a consistent wave in them that you can only see if light is shining on it. The contractor at first said his machine was broke; so, he did it again and got the same result. Now he thinks that the floor isn’t sturdy enough and has too much bounce. Could that be possible? Or because the machine was broke the first time, the floors can’t be repaired? He sanded them a third time and nothing changed.

…color of stain should you use on white oak floors to make them dark? Such as an ebony color.

I had Brazilian cherry hardwood floor installed, stained with sedona red from miniwax, and it looked great until I put the fast drying polyurethane down. I sanded it with 220 grit. The first coast went down easy and soaked it, but the second coat was hard to spread, like putting glue and now you can see all the marks where the lambswool stopped and started. It is oil based and I don’t know how or why it looks like this and how to fix it.

We have Brazilian cherry wood floors that were prefinished, most likely with a urethane before installation. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of using ******’s oil soap. Now we have cloudy smears in some areas, but still some clear areas that have that original satin sheen. What should I use to remove the cloudiness and clean and maintain the floor properly? The floor is only about 2 years old.

From Craig’s About Us page, for his business site at FaceLiftFloors.com:
I am excited to let past and prospective customers know that I have made what I consider a major floor finish upgrade. Poloplaz, a U.S. based company that specializes in manufacturing floor finishes, was kind enough to send me samples of their product to test. […]

I have a wall to wall rug that has been in my apartment since way before I moved in (more than 10 years), and I would like to remove the rug. Can I stain the hardwood floor without sanding first? I understand that I won’t know what condition the floor would be in, but I am looking for a easy way to make the floor look decent.

I want to put down hardwood floors in the living room and dining room, but we have a 100 lb. Golden Retriever. What type of wood flooring would be our best bet against scratches on the floor? He gets excited and prances around about 5 min. when someone comes over…

I have tile floors and I put hardwoods in a room next to the tile. The tile is a bit higher than the wood, not even. Is there anything I can do to make the floor look even?

We had a laminate floor professionally installed about a year ago. Now it makes cracking sounds when walked upon. any idea what causes this? It started in a few spots, but now has spread throughout the floor.