Q: I am doing my craft room floor with the brown paper. I applied stain on part of it but today it is still tacky. I may not have waited long enough to wipe the stain off. Maybe because of using Elmer’s glue and water? It looks great, just tacky.
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Laminate edges peeling
Q: I have a question about my pre-engineered floors (not sure if you could assist, but figure I’d ask). Some of my pre-engineered flooring is peeling at the edges. What can I do to repair them?
Continue reading Laminate edges peelingCan I lay vinyl plank flooring over bamboo?
Q: Can I lay vinyl plank flooring over bamboo? I know it sounds crazy, but my dark bamboo in my kitchen is so chipped and damaged, and with no sheen left. I really don’t want to have to pull it all up.
Continue reading Can I lay vinyl plank flooring over bamboo?ISO 9″x9″ unfinished red oak parquet with tongue and groove
Q: I need 9″x9″ unfinished red oak parquet with tongue and groove for installation. Where can I locate it?
Continue reading ISO 9″x9″ unfinished red oak parquet with tongue and grooveCleaning a floor between staining and finishing
Q: I stained a floor then a contractor came in and worked in the house. He thought it was sealed but it wasn’t. How can I clean it up enough to seal it?
Continue reading Cleaning a floor between staining and finishingWhat kind of wood is my floor
Q: How do I know what kind of wood my floors are? All rooms look different in 100+ yr home.
Continue reading What kind of wood is my floorUneven cement “lip” bordering the entire room we want to install laminate in
Q imported from our old site, Face Lift Floors: I recently installed a plywood subfloor over a slab. There is a cement “lip” bordering the entire room which is uneven and ranges from 1″ to 3″ in different spots. It is impossible to make the plywood meet this lip all the way around the room. Continue reading Uneven cement “lip” bordering the entire room we want to install laminate in
Bad idea to screw or nail down part of a floating laminate floor?
Q imported from our old site, Face Lift Floors: If I may ask one more question. Isn’t it a bad idea, in general, to screw or nail down a floating laminate floor? Doesn’t this defeat the engineered purpose of a floating floor? Continue reading Bad idea to screw or nail down part of a floating laminate floor?
Laminate repair is lighter than rest of floor
Q imported from our old site, Face Lift Floors: I recently had someone come to my condo to replace a section of my laminate flooring. Once the work was done it became obvious that the new flooring was about two or three shades lighter than the old. Is there any way to darken the new flooring without replacing it?
A: As you indicate, the “patch” repair that was done is significantly lighter than the original floor. I have a couple of questions. Did they use the same product to match your floor? Is this a real wood laminate or a “countertop” type of surface with a wood-look “picture”? If it is the same product and is real wood, then perhaps just letting exposer to sunlight do the job will be all that is required.
If they did not use the same product, and this is a wood laminate with a real wood surface that is thick enough to be sanded and finished, then you could likely get an exact color match done at a good paint store, such as Cook’s Paint and Wallpaper on Danforth Ave., and have the area carefully sanded and finished to match the existing. You likely won’t get an exact match, but close enough that the spot does not jump out at you.
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Air bubbles spreading under laminate floor
Q imported from our old site, Face Lift Floors: We put laminate snap together flooring throughout the entire 3200 sq. ft. house. The house is only a year old. There are several areas that have huge air bubbles under the floor. How do I get the floor to lay flat? Some doors won’t even open unless I stand on the bubble while pulling the door open. It is happening all over the house now. Continue reading Air bubbles spreading under laminate floor