Home Page link

Seal prefinished wood floor?

Home| Search | About
Login Password
Register Now! Lost Password?

Home Repair - - If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Otherwise look here. 

Page 1 of 2       1 2 > last >> Bookmark this page:  YahooMyWeb Yahoo!  Google Google  Windows Live Favorites Windows Live  del.icio.us del.icio.us  digg digg  Add to Netscape Netscape
Subject Author Date
Seal prefinished wood floor? Jeff 10-10-2007
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Posted by Jeff on October 10, 2007, 11:43 am
Hi,

Just installed a bamboo floor with a satin finish. I would think going over
the entire floor with some sort of sealer would be benificial in filling the
seams and adding some extra protection from scratches. No advice in
manufactures instructions one way or the other. Looking for
advice/expreiences... a liquid floor wax product ?, polyurathane - oil
based? water based?



PexSupply Save 50 468x60
Posted by ransley on October 10, 2007, 12:01 pm
> Hi,
>
> Just installed a bamboo floor with a satin finish. I would think going over
> the entire floor with some sort of sealer would be benificial in filling the
> seams and adding some extra protection from scratches. No advice in
> manufactures instructions one way or the other. Looking for
> advice/expreiences... a liquid floor wax product ?, polyurathane - oil
> based? water based?

You need to find out whats on it now, any wax will affect bonding. I
realy dought you need anything but to put on a Poly would require
sanding the floor for anything to adhere. I know someone that put poly
on a parquet floor and it peeled, probebly from a wax in the original
finish.


Posted by ** Frank ** on October 10, 2007, 1:45 pm

> Hi,
>
> Just installed a bamboo floor with a satin finish. I would think going
> over the entire floor with some sort of sealer would be benificial in
> filling the seams and adding some extra protection from scratches. No
> advice in manufactures instructions one way or the other. Looking for
> advice/expreiences... a liquid floor wax product ?, polyurathane - oil
> based? water based?
>

Maybe a mistake. I would think any finish you put on it will not be as good
as what is already on the bamboo and could possibly screw it up and void any
warrantee.



Posted by dadiOH on October 10, 2007, 3:55 pm
Jeff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just installed a bamboo floor with a satin finish. I would think
> going over the entire floor with some sort of sealer would be
> benificial in filling the seams and adding some extra protection
> from scratches.

It's already finished. The finish seals. No finish would fill the
seams and it would crack.

> No advice in manufactures instructions one way or
> the other. Looking for advice/expreiences... a liquid floor wax
> product ?, polyurathane - oil based? water based?

It's already finished. Leave it alone. If you just *gotta* screw
with it then a LIGHT coat of a good paste wax well buffed out will add
some shine. Won't do squat for protection.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico




Posted by Joseph Meehan on October 10, 2007, 4:49 pm


> Hi,
>
> Just installed a bamboo floor with a satin finish. I would think going
> over the entire floor with some sort of sealer would be benificial in
> filling the seams and adding some extra protection from scratches. No
> advice in manufactures instructions one way or the other. Looking for
> advice/expreiences... a liquid floor wax product ?, polyurathane - oil
> based? water based?
>

I would leave it as is. You might have used some sort of sealer in the
joints at the time of installation, but it should have been approved by the
manufacturer and it is a little late now.


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




Page 1 of 2       1 2 > last >>
Similar ThreadsPosted
Can I seal prefinished floor? December 30, 2005, 1:40 pm
Repair scratch in prefinished wood floor January 25, 2006, 1:25 am
masking tape ruins Bruce prefinished floor August 5, 2007, 12:49 pm
Connecting new wood floor to existing wood floor September 6, 2005, 12:56 pm
Waterproof Seal for Wood--with standing water March 31, 2008, 4:20 pm
Grout seal on porcelain tub floor February 6, 2007, 7:36 am
basement floor - paint to seal then tile later? July 28, 2007, 8:23 am
Alternative To Wood Floor or Carper for Second Floor? December 13, 2005, 9:43 pm
Wood floor on top of pine floor questions September 24, 2006, 9:49 pm
Wood/Wood floor question March 3, 2008, 2:27 am

Contact Us | Privacy Policy

XML SitemapXML Sitemap