Hello my boyfriend and I are finishing our new cherry hardwood floors ourselves and I am very worried. We are using a product from Sutherland Welles called the Murdoch's Uralkyd 500 Floor Finish. We sanded the floors well ( I believe ) and applied the first coat of finish which is the Murdoch's Hard Sealer (a polyermized tung oil sealer) we then noticed some very terrible scratches from someone moving furniture across the floor and also from moving the refrigerator. These were long arching scratches that I didn't want there so we used our hand sander and sanded them out and then applied the second coat of finish on the entire floor. My concern is that these areas that we sanded are quite a bit lighter and while I know they may only technically have one coat of finish while the rest of the floor has two I am concerned that due to the nature of cherry and how it darkens overtime that these areas that we sanded will always be visible. Does that make sense? I am also concerned because their seems to be some blotchiness to the floors, will this even out over time as the wood darkens or will the finish, which is the Uralkyd, essentially seal the floor as is forever?! Its too late for us to turn back now I feel so I would appreciate only comments intended to help the situation rather than suggesting I should have used a different product! Thank you for all of your help!
edited by whitneywarner on 3/22/2014
edited by whitneywarner on 3/22/2014
edited by whitneywarner on 3/22/2014
edited by whitneywarner on 3/22/2014