Wood Floor Refinishing
Refinishing and
sanding your hardwood floors is necessary to preserve their quality
and beauty. Any refinishing is done solely to enhance the woods
natural color and protect it from the elements. The best time to
sand and refinish your hardwood floors is when you move into a new
house or apartment as all of the furniture, rugs, etc. need to be
removed from the area during the process. Proper refinishing should
last about 10 years. However, high traffic rooms will need to be
done more often. But the two types of floors.
Pre-finished Hardwood Floors
These are the new main stream products in hardwood flooring. They
can be acrylic impregnated, engineered, or solid. They have a tough
factory finish, which is the main reason for its popularity. They
are also extremely easy to install and eliminate the need for messy
sanding. Most pre-finished floors done within the last ten years are
urethane finished. Test this by placing a couple drops of water on
an obscure area. If the area turns white after 15 minutes, you have
a waxed finish. Older floors are likely to have shellac or varnish
finishes. Unfortunately these do not work well with the newer
urethane finishes and must be completely removed if you want a
urethane finish. There is also likely to be some amount of aluminum
oxide in the newer prefinished floors.
Unfinished Hardwood
Floors These come in solid and engineered, and both must be job site
finished. They come in varying lengths and widths. Sanding and
finishing can take anywhere from a few days to a week depending on
size, stain, and number of top finish coats. Generally the finishes
are oil or water based. Our first priority is to protect the beauty
of your home so whether you have finished or unfinished floors, we
section off other areas and furniture to prevent sanding dust from
spreading throughout your home. Our expert technicians also use dust
containment systems to limit the amount of dust in the air. And with
refinishing, it is important to have as little air flow as possible
in the area as airborne particles can become embedded into the newly
applied finish. Something as simple as foot traffic or turning on
the air conditioner/heating system can kick up dust. So it is better
to allow more time to dry to avoid problem areas in your floors.
Oil-based stain is strongly recommended for wood flooring, no matter oil-modified or water based finish will use on top of it. The key is the stain has to be dry.
A rich, penetrating, oil-based stain, Minwax® Wood Finish™ Stain is available in 22 wood tone colors and can be used to enhance any bare or stripped wood surface. Minwax® continues to provide consumers with the latest in color trends with two new colors, Red Chestnut and Gunstock.
The colors shown are for reference purposes only. They have been reproduced using digital production techniques. Always test stain on a hidden area of the wood to verify desired color.
Sedona Red 222
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Ipswich Pine 221 |
English Chestnut 233 |
Cherry 235 |
Early American 230 |
Special Walnut 224 |
Natural 209 |
Provincial 211 |
Pickled Oak 260 |
Driftwood 2126 |
Golden Oak 210B |
Golden Pecan 245 |
Jacobean 2750 |
Puritan Pine 218 |
Red Mahogany 225 |
Dark Walnut 2716 |
Colonial Maple 223 |
Red Oak 215 |
Ebony 2718 |
Fruitwood 241 |
Gunstock 231 |
Red Chestnut 232 |
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