Definitely color test a small section of the floor until you are definitely sure you can live with that color. Her words of advice will save you time, heartache, and money.
I am a professional floor refinisher and I thought you did a very fine and accurate video on the subject. I am glad to see that you presented the facts vs the biased opinion. Top notch information. The only thing I would add is the out gasing of chemicals during the curing time. The reason I use the Bona product is because of the fact that it is 100% cured in 3 days. So it is only out gasing chemicals for 3 days vs 1 to 2 weeks for other water based finishes. Even though there is not much odor to the finish it does have chemicals that I can not pronounce. So my recommendation to my clients is that the may want to vacate the premises during the curing time as well. Especially if they are sensitive to that sort of thing. Also I recommend scrap leather cut out and attached with contact cement to movable furniture. Like dining room chairs. Felt is very hard to keep attached to movable chairs and when it does come off. Oops now you have a scratch.
We are in the process of having hardwood floors installed on the 2nd floor to match the 1st floor and these tips were so SPOT ON!!!! Especially the care and not placing rugs right away which I did not know and so thankful to come across your video! Awesome, thank you!
This is FANTASTIC!! You did such an awesome job of explaining the process clearly and concisely. From now on I will just send this video to any clients I’m recommending refinish their floors!!! 🌟
This is an absolutely great video with lots of valuable information that can help you to pick the type, stain, sheen and may other things easily. Thanks a lot!
@ both are great products! I typically defer to the craftsman doing the job and use whatever they are most comfortable with. Can’t go wrong with either!
So glad I saw this. We're at the point where we need to re-do our floors and I'm dreading it!!! Your video and some of the comments below by hardwood guys has been super helpful. I'm still dreading it, but I know we'll love it later. Thanks!
Nice overview. I'm about to tackle my 1970s kitchen I'm remodeling. The oak floors turned an ugly orange/amber color, just in the kitchen and front hallway. Both have some minor water damage from typical traffic (poly has lifted up a bit)... not bad considering the house is nearly 50 years old and never had a floor re-finish job. The rest of the house has a med-brown color and has lasted great with no need to re-do. I'm leaning towards a natural color or very light brown to contrast the family room, dining and living room darker color.
Very nice. In your video, you mentioned using a blend of 70% natural and 30% coffee. Could you kindly share the specific brand name and exact finishing color you used? Thank you!
This is great info! I am in search of right video to learn about as I am thinking of refinishing 30 yo hardwood floors in our home. Can you suggest if it’s possible to fix creek/squeaking sounds in few places? Thanks
@@kishorek7936 thanks for watching! And yes some squeaky boards can be fixed but only is certain situations. Many times they will be further secured (nailed) from below. Sometimes certain boards can be replaced if warping is causing the squeak. When you get your estimates (get 3) ask each of them what their analysis and remedy for your squeaks would be. My floor had/has some squeaking boards that were not able to be fixed. We just live with it and consider it “character” 😂 Please subscribe to our channel and come back! ✅☺️
Did you do one coat of stain or 2? We have red oak too and some planks did not pick up stain at all. We chose cocoa plus mahogany as we wanted something dark but now we see some planks that still show pale red oak color through the stain.
Thank you - very helpful video! I'm curious - if the rugs can leave an impression and you have to wait a couple of weeks for it to cure, what should one do if they're moving into a house for the first time after refinishing. It will be only about a week after refinishing and there will be stacks of boxes and furniture set down that might not be in the right place right away. What should I do?
@@deeveecreate after a week it should be fine to move furniture in! I’d just wait for the rugs. And keep as many boxes as you can in the garage and empty them from there when/if possible. Truly tough…after a week you should be fine so don’t stress…rugs should wait though 😃 Thank you for watching. Please subscribe to my channel as I’m hearing back up to bring more informative content. It would be much appreciated.🙏
I should know this but I dont. Are you suppose to restain repolish every few yrs. Bought a model home like 12 yrs ago they look fine bht not sure if they should get refinished
@@design.build.style. thank you for the reply. Not going to lie been postponing a few things until this house paid for outright. No politics but Bidenomics came fast and furious
Floor refinisher here. Ur floors look good, they did a good job but i find that water popping before stain really deepens the color and makes more uniform. Water popping means applying a 50 50 mix of water and alcohol to the floor after sanding, letting it dry and then staining.
@@mikemcgrath6150 I have never heard of that! I’m guessing the technique is to open the pores of the wood to let the color go deeper and be more saturated?
@@design.build.style. exactly. Bc ur staining, u have to sand w very fine grit sandpaper so not to have sanding marks. But that can seal the wood and prevent the stain from penetrating, kinda sitting on top. More chance of blotchy areas, and doesn't produce as deep, rich and uniform of color. Obviously not everyone does this and it's not required to do good work, as in ur floors. If ur going natural it's not necessary or even the very light stains. I would do it provincial or darker.
So my floors are very light brown hardwood, and I was wanting to refinish them to get a dark brown/grey. I was planning to do this myself, would you advocate against that?
I don’t j ow your skill set so I can’t say if you should do it yourself or not 😜If you are talking about the color only….go for it! Ultimately you need to do what matches your home and personal vibe. There is a stain called Jacobean that you can play around with.
The best thing is to try and avoid scratches my keep dogs nails clipped but once a floor is scratched it typically needs to be at least buffed and more often than not the area will have to be sanded and redone.
Pain in the butt but the biggest longevity thing is to remove outside shoes at door. And then as she said, keep a can of poly and spot coat heavy traffic areas once a year. Save u yrs of wear.
It’s not the formula of polyurethane rather than the addition of a hardener that makes it commercial grade. LiteniT is an excellent wood bleaching system, it has no VOCs.
Waterlox has worked well for me it does take more time to cure but it is tough and resists water. I have also use Le Tonkinois., a French brand. Both of these are super tough and both use tung oil
My video style is conversational and not image based. Meant to be like sitting with a friend chatting. I’m sorry it wasn’t what you were looking for. But I appreciate your feedback.
Definitely color test a small section of the floor until you are definitely sure you can live with that color. Her words of advice will save you time, heartache, and money.
😎👏✅
I am a professional floor refinisher and I thought you did a very fine and accurate video on the subject. I am glad to see that you presented the facts vs the biased opinion. Top notch information. The only thing I would add is the out gasing of chemicals during the curing time. The reason I use the Bona product is because of the fact that it is 100% cured in 3 days. So it is only out gasing chemicals for 3 days vs 1 to 2 weeks for other water based finishes. Even though there is not much odor to the finish it does have chemicals that I can not pronounce. So my recommendation to my clients is that the may want to vacate the premises during the curing time as well. Especially if they are sensitive to that sort of thing. Also I recommend scrap leather cut out and attached with contact cement to movable furniture. Like dining room chairs. Felt is very hard to keep attached to movable chairs and when it does come off. Oops now you have a scratch.
Love this tip with the leather!!!!! And thanks for the clarification on our gasing with Bona. The more we all share the better!
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We are in the process of having hardwood floors installed on the 2nd floor to match the 1st floor and these tips were so SPOT ON!!!! Especially the care and not placing rugs right away which I did not know and so thankful to come across your video! Awesome, thank you!
Yay! Thanks for watching. I hope they turned out 😎
This is FANTASTIC!! You did such an awesome job of explaining the process clearly and concisely. From now on I will just send this video to any clients I’m recommending refinish their floors!!! 🌟
Thank you! Please do use it as a resource 😃
Awesome video, you explained more than other contractors would be explain!
Thank you for the encouragement! Glad it was helpful.
This is an absolutely great video with lots of valuable information that can help you to pick the type, stain, sheen and may other things easily. Thanks a lot!
@@joesebi I’m so happy it was helpful! I hope you subscribe and come back!
@@design.build.style. One more question. Do you recommend Loba over Bona HD? Have you used Loba 2K Supra or Loba viva?
@ both are great products! I typically defer to the craftsman doing the job and use whatever they are most comfortable with. Can’t go wrong with either!
@ and I’ve used the 2k and it was great. No experience with Viva I don’t think unless the guys used it and I just didn’t know 😜
@@design.build.style. Thank you! Just started the sanding now.
Really informative about how to refinish hardwood floors!
So glad I saw this. We're at the point where we need to re-do our floors and I'm dreading it!!! Your video and some of the comments below by hardwood guys has been super helpful. I'm still dreading it, but I know we'll love it later. Thanks!
I’m so glad this helped 😃
Nice overview. I'm about to tackle my 1970s kitchen I'm remodeling. The oak floors turned an ugly orange/amber color, just in the kitchen and front hallway. Both have some minor water damage from typical traffic (poly has lifted up a bit)... not bad considering the house is nearly 50 years old and never had a floor re-finish job. The rest of the house has a med-brown color and has lasted great with no need to re-do. I'm leaning towards a natural color or very light brown to contrast the family room, dining and living room darker color.
Oh that sounds great! Tests few colors and enjoy the final product 🤩
Very helpful information. Thanks
@@mld5368 thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful
Very helpful information! Love your floor, would you be able to share the exact stain colors you used? Thanks
Wow! Sorry I missed this comment. I used “natural” mixed with “coffee”.
Very nice. In your video, you mentioned using a blend of 70% natural and 30% coffee. Could you kindly share the specific brand name and exact finishing color you used? Thank you!
Thanks! This video gave a better understanding before making any decision 😊
Oh yay! That makes me so happy to hear.☺️
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I hope to start make more informational videos soon!
Amazing job at describing this process 🎉
Thank YOU for taking the time to watch! Glad it was helpful 😃
Wow very inspirational thankyou and the tips are very helpful
Thank you SO MUCH for watching! Please subscribe as I plan on releasing more helpful videos in the coming months!
This is great info! I am in search of right video to learn about as I am thinking of refinishing 30 yo hardwood floors in our home. Can you suggest if it’s possible to fix creek/squeaking sounds in few places? Thanks
@@kishorek7936 thanks for watching! And yes some squeaky boards can be fixed but only is certain situations. Many times they will be further secured (nailed) from below. Sometimes certain boards can be replaced if warping is causing the squeak.
When you get your estimates (get 3) ask each of them what their analysis and remedy for your squeaks would be.
My floor had/has some squeaking boards that were not able to be fixed. We just live with it and consider it “character” 😂
Please subscribe to our channel and come back! ✅☺️
Excellent information. Please post again after the 5 year touch up with pictures.
I should do that!
Love your color. Would you mind sharing brand of stain you used?
We used Loba and the color was natural mixed with coffee.
Has anyone else noticed the white orb/ball that appeared from the table leg that floated/bounced this right of the screen at 6:24 ???
@@Itsameow lol! I think it’s a fly actually 😜
Did you do one coat of stain or 2? We have red oak too and some planks did not pick up stain at all. We chose cocoa plus mahogany as we wanted something dark but now we see some planks that still show pale red oak color through the stain.
One coat of stain is typically sufficient. But you can always chat with your flooring professional about a second coat for deeper color.😃
Try the "water pop method" it will definitely help out.
Thank you - very helpful video! I'm curious - if the rugs can leave an impression and you have to wait a couple of weeks for it to cure, what should one do if they're moving into a house for the first time after refinishing. It will be only about a week after refinishing and there will be stacks of boxes and furniture set down that might not be in the right place right away. What should I do?
@@deeveecreate after a week it should be fine to move furniture in! I’d just wait for the rugs. And keep as many boxes as you can in the garage and empty them from there when/if possible. Truly tough…after a week you should be fine so don’t stress…rugs should wait though 😃
Thank you for watching. Please subscribe to my channel as I’m hearing back up to bring more informative content. It would be much appreciated.🙏
Has become very popular recently!!
With the info on the Dust. Should we paint before or after the floors are finished?
Before, paint can be sanded out vs you accidentally spill paint on a newly refinished floor, that will suck!
@@c43805yes!
Paint before if possible…or completely cover the floors before paint😃
I should know this but I dont. Are you suppose to restain repolish every few yrs. Bought a model home like 12 yrs ago they look fine bht not sure if they should get refinished
@@wagonwheeldc no need to refinish unless they look like they need it or if they are absorbing water too much. Save that money while you can! 😃
@@design.build.style. thank you for the reply. Not going to lie been postponing a few things until this house paid for outright. No politics but Bidenomics came fast and furious
this is so helpful!
💪✅I’m so glad!
Floor refinisher here. Ur floors look good, they did a good job but i find that water popping before stain really deepens the color and makes more uniform. Water popping means applying a 50 50 mix of water and alcohol to the floor after sanding, letting it dry and then staining.
@@mikemcgrath6150 I have never heard of that! I’m guessing the technique is to open the pores of the wood to let the color go deeper and be more saturated?
@@design.build.style. exactly. Bc ur staining, u have to sand w very fine grit sandpaper so not to have sanding marks. But that can seal the wood and prevent the stain from penetrating, kinda sitting on top. More chance of blotchy areas, and doesn't produce as deep, rich and uniform of color. Obviously not everyone does this and it's not required to do good work, as in ur floors. If ur going natural it's not necessary or even the very light stains. I would do it provincial or darker.
@ thank you! I will ask our hardwood floor guys about it. These days we aren’t doing many super dark floors but this is good to know!
So my floors are very light brown hardwood, and I was wanting to refinish them to get a dark brown/grey. I was planning to do this myself, would you advocate against that?
I don’t j ow your skill set so I can’t say if you should do it yourself or not 😜If you are talking about the color only….go for it! Ultimately you need to do what matches your home and personal vibe. There is a stain called Jacobean that you can play around with.
"Aged barrel" is another good choice. It may be what your looking for
Very nice
Thank you!!!!
how do you handle scratches from a dog?
The best thing is to try and avoid scratches my keep dogs nails clipped but once a floor is scratched it typically needs to be at least buffed and more often than not the area will have to be sanded and redone.
Cost?
Cost varies per sq ft and per vendor. Definitely get 2-3 quotes and read reviews😊
Pain in the butt but the biggest longevity thing is to remove outside shoes at door. And then as she said, keep a can of poly and spot coat heavy traffic areas once a year. Save u yrs of wear.
Definitely! ✅
It’s not the formula of polyurethane rather than the addition of a hardener that makes it commercial grade. LiteniT is an excellent wood bleaching system, it has no VOCs.
Oh thanks! Haven’t heard of that.
There are better choices than poly
@@donlourie769 what do you like?
Waterlox has worked well for me it does take more time to cure but it is tough and resists water. I have also use Le Tonkinois., a French brand. Both of these are super tough and both use tung oil
@@donlourie769 I’ve never used those. Will read up on them. Thanks!
@@design.build.style. waterlox is made in Ohio
@ oh I like that!!!
i watch this with my audio off and all i see is your face. nothing about flooring
My video style is conversational and not image based. Meant to be like sitting with a friend chatting.
I’m sorry it wasn’t what you were looking for. But I appreciate your feedback.
Grey is better color.
It definitely can be!
Great video, thank you!
Thank you! Glad it helped 😃