Topic "Whats your favorite hardwood floor cleaner?" a message from Columbia...
Hot water, a terry cloth towel and some elbow grease! Always works.... leaves no residue!
View ArticleTopic "install over 45 degree plank subfloor" a message from ohal3000
Thanks for all the help!
View ArticleTopic "Baseboards and expansion gaps" a message from ohal3000
Hi, Me again.I am in Los Angeles, inland and getting ready to install 3/4" pre-finished white oak in mid July. I really do not want to remove the baseboard because they are completely attached to the...
View ArticleTopic "Damaged Pre-finished Brazilian Cherry Flooring" a message from...
I need help trying to figure out how to clean some gunk off my alum ox pre-finished Cherry floors. The tenants who lived in the house for about 3 years used some kind of cleaner on the floors (despite...
View ArticleTopic "Staining maple with raised grain?" a message from Arkansasandman
I'm popping the grain tomorrow on a select maple with a water/alcohol mix, I will stain with antique brown on Saturday. I've done a lot of popped grain floors but recently started staining with buffer...
View ArticleTopic "Hardwax oil finish on top of a stain or dye?" a message from wlarmsby
Hello,I've been planning to use Fiddes Hardwax Oil to finish a piece of walnut furniture. But my client would like a uniform color in the walnut, so I am going need to use a dye to darken the sapwood....
View ArticleTopic "Dip in Plywood Subfloor" a message from JIMMIEM
I'm installing 3/4" X 2 1/4" solid prefinished Red Oak flooring perpendicular to the joists. In checking my subfloor (3/4" t&g plywood) I found a dip that runs parallel to the joists and is between...
View ArticleTopic "Best Vacuum??" a message from Arkansasandman
I have 4 of the Clarke CAV 12 vacuums, they are good but It seems on or two at a time are always breaking down either where cord meets the machine or cord end. I just had new motors put in two of them....
View ArticleTopic "SubFloor Squeaks" a message from JIMMIEM
I've been removing all the wall to wall carpeting and replacing with 3/4 X 2 1/4 solid t&g red oak. The subfloors are 3/4 t&g plywood and I've added screws between all the original nails. I've...
View ArticleTopic "Solid Wood Floors" a message from S. Kelly
Depends on what sort of sanding is indicated. If you've got cupping or a previous bad sanding to remedy, you might take a sixteenth or so off. Most sandings, I would guess, take off less than 1/32".
View ArticleTopic "Particle Board Subfloor" a message from dbwatson
Simple. DON'T DO IT.I guess you can't be a master at all trades.
View ArticleTopic "Concrete sealers you have used?" a message from Arkansasandman
I have a small 800 foot prefinished engineer job to lay. CACL test showed 7.92 pounds. Tramex showed 5.5. This is new construction, and I did my test at wettest spot I could find with tramex. What type...
View ArticleTopic "Advice needed for problem sanding and finish" a message from davidked
Hello everyone,I hired a company to restore my entire second floor, which is in white oak, and to lay maple on my entire first floor. The company restored the white oak first and it looks fantastic. I...
View ArticleTopic "Werkmaster" a message from JLVivash
Has anyone used the 8 headed sander ? any reviews?
View ArticleTopic "I have another question re: damaged floors" a message from Tenant_Trouble
Hi - I am wondering if any of you know what might work to cover scratches on prefinished Brazilian Cherry floors. I can't get any kind of stain to stick. Also, since I am still not sure I won't have to...
View ArticleTopic "Franklin titebond 771 ?" a message from Arkansasandman
Anyone have anything good or bad to say about frankin titebond 771 glue?
View ArticleTopic "Floating floor over damaged concrete slab" a message from...
Hi! So, i've just bought a house and i'm trying to fix it up myself (for lack of money). The previous owners had carpet installed over the concrete slab in one of the rooms, and the nails holding it in...
View ArticleTopic "Stair parts" a message from JIMMIEM
Ken Ballin wrote:I have a customer that wants 3/4 x 3 1/4 oak installed in an upstairs hallway. There are oak railing sills on both sides of the hall, it's open on both sides. I'd like to butt the...
View ArticleTopic "Oils/ Hardwax oils" a message from building
We are installing tongue and groove yellow pine boards in our new house. We are debating between the RMC and the Ciranova full solid hardwax oil. Is there anyone experienced with using either one on...
View ArticleTopic "sanding 11" wide soft white pine & use dark stain." a message from chevy
wood is so soft even a fess tool orbital with 120 paper left pigtail circles. we edged with 100 seems like the 4,000 sq. ft. job needs to be hand sanded! every square inch perimeter! i know im going to...
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