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Q: I will be using a Bona oil woodline poly satin. I usually use a padco paint pad for the edges and a t-bar with the same kind of pad for the middle. Do you think lambswool would flow better? A: I had used a lambswool for years to apply polyurethane. It is the way [...]

Q: I just finished sanding my floors, and a little water got on my foot and I walked on the bare floor. The water dried, and I stained over it. Now you can see about 3 footprints. How do I fix this, before I put poly on the floors? A: The water opened the grain [...]

Q: I have 60 yr. old wood floors that are totally shot. What is the best way to cover the existing floor (since I do not have sub flooring) with a new wood floor? A: It sounds like the floor you are walking on may be a softwood that has been sanded a few times [...]

Q: I just had my old wood floors sanded and sealed with a water based sealer. The floor company used a water based product (Bona Kemi). They did not stain my floor and unfortunately the color came out very cold looking. The floor had been a warm reddish brown color before it was sanded. I’m [...]

Q: I just got my floors refinished and I was under the impression that the waterborne finish would be the most durable from scratches. I can easily scratch my floors with a light rub of my fingernail and I am concerned because I have 2 dogs who I’ve not let on the floor yet, and [...]

Q: What is the fastest, cheapest way to make hardwood floors with tons of stains and damage look nice? My husband and I are renting our house and want the floors to look nice, but don’t want to put too much money and time into refinishing floors in a house that doesn’t belong to us. [...]

Q: Should I use a roller or lamb skin to apply polyurethane? If I use a lamb skin pad, do I need to wash it out first, before using, to get rid of any loose hairs? A: I often run a new lamb skin through a wash cycle and lay out flat to dry before [...]

Q: After refinishing a hardwood floor hallway with coats of polyurethane, there is a white cloudiness on some parts of the floor that will not wipe away or go away. What can I use on it or how can I repair it? A: Was this a water borne polyurethane? It sounds like you didn’t allow [...]

Q: My family room contains lots of oak (woodwork, windows, bookshelves, TV cabinet built in). It’s a beautiful medium color oak. I would like to replace the carpet with hardwood floors. I feel oak flooring might be too much for the room. Is there a rule about whether the floors should be a darker or [...]

Q: I sanded my 50 year old hardwood floors and applied stain. The sanding and staining went well. I ran into a problem when I applied the first coat of water based polyurethane satin gloss. There are places where it looks white and patchy. We discussed this with the stain supplier and they mentioned that [...]

Q: I have a very good customer of mine that is adamant about installing unfinished oak strip 4′ x 3/4′ in a basement. I have advised him to use laminate in this situation, however he wants real wood. What is the best method to install a plywood sub-floor for real strip hardwood? A: I’m with [...]

Q: Our installer says that only 3/4 inch quarter round can be used on wood flooring. The rest of our house has 1/2 inch quarter round and the larger quarter round does not look good. Is it true that only 3/4 inch can be used? A: I don’t think I could agree with that totally. [...]

Q: We had our floors sanded and poly’d. After 2 coats we had air bubbles. The company came back, buffed and reapplied the poly. Now we have even more air bubbles than previously. Why has this occurred? Should we have someone else come to fix it? Is this a sign of poor application by the [...]

Q: We installed a 100 year old salvaged floor that is heart pine. Although it is in pretty good shape, we want to clean it up a bit and fill the scratches and gouges. Everyone we have talked to wants to sand and refinish, but we don’t want to loose the ‘old’ look of the [...]

Q: What is the best way to remove laminated wood strip flooring that has been glued down to concrete? A: Hire some young, strong, cheap labour? Good question. I would start with a large wrecking bar and see how that works. You may have to rent a tile chipper. Depends the adhesive used. Probably some [...]

Q: We are installing hickory pecan, micro grooved, planked flooring in our entire house. We’re located near the ocean. Our finisher/installer is planning on creating and finishing the wood in his workshop and installing it pre-finished. I am surprised at that decision because I thought custom installed and finished hardwood floors would hold up better. [...]

Q: Our kitchen and family room share a wall. We installed stone flooring in the kitchen and pergo flooring in the family room. As a result, the kitchen floors are slightly higher. We placed a transition on the ground to cover up the difference in height, but now we are unsure how to put up [...]

Q: We are about to have a hardwood (oak) floor laid, and also (at the same time) another room resurfaced and refinished. Both will use ‘swedish finish’. What is the appropriate amount of time for us to not be in the home (and our cats) because of toxic fumes? We would like your opinion. A: [...]

Q: We are installing wood floors and we’ll use quarter round. Should we match the quarter round to the baseboards (which are white) or to the wood flooring, which is hickory? A: Opinions vary on this question. I’ve now come to the conclusion that if the baseboards are painted, it would look better if the [...]

Q: I recently moved into a newly built log home in Northeast Ohio. I have hickory floors. The floors were put down in the dead of winter (January) and the humidity in my house was very low. By May I was having a problem with the floor, wavy in some areas and actually buckling in [...]