Poly recs for high traffic area
After removing plywood from our front hallway entrance this week, we discovered we had rather nice pine planks as a subfloor. I am posting a picture of the planks which have now been sanded and have one coat of a sealer. Now we need to apply poly tomorrow. I am not sure how many coats…
After removing plywood from our front hallway entrance this week, we discovered we had rather nice pine planks as a subfloor. I am posting a picture of the planks which have now been sanded and have one coat of a sealer. Now we need to apply poly tomorrow. I am not sure how many coats and what type of poly to use in this very high traffic area. Any suggestions ? We dont want to have a “glossy” finish, but I understand that sometimes glossy can work well as a first coat. Also water or oil based ? We have to get the poly tomorrow. Thank !…
i just posted a similar question…so is the satin finish almost matte? as close to matte as you can get? also, if it’s so soft and wears off, would it then expose the gloss underneath? we have the co-op offering to put what they usually put on their floors on ours. but we want NO SHINE. so should we just get them to put theirs on, and then buy one coat of osmo satin to put over it?
Thanks again everyone. Three coats of gloss are now down (last coat was a mistake actually) and 1 of satin to go….
Southslope-
I didn’t end up using the osmo- but wish I had.
I saw a bunch of place to order it online, and also know that if I had gone with Norwegian Wood (in Williamsburg) – that they would have done the osmo finish. I think there a place in East New York that sells it also.
Unfortunately, I will probably have to redo the whole houses floors very soon. At that time, I’ll probably think of going with either osmo, or the hardest poly I can find. The pine with waterbase I have right now is too soft, and with the seasonal changes to the wood, it can splinter at the gaps too easily.
Park Place,
Where did you find osmo? I also am a strong proponent of the stuff, but I don’t have a local source for it. you?
thank you ! We bought the gloss and satin polys and will begin the process tomorrow. everyone has been very helpful !
Having done our pine subfloors last summer, I would recommend that they get a lot of coats of oil based product (though it pains me to recommend that).
We did water based satins (I think three coats). It’s not a hard and has worn off already. The pine is so soft that you will want to get as hard a shell as you can on it.
Maybe a penetrating finish like an osmo would work better- in our house any high traffic, the pine is really taking the wear and tear very harshly…
Almost all paints and varnishes begin as a gloss product. Flatening paste or fumed silica, which is much softer by nature and weakens the finish, is added in varying amounts to reduce the sheen or lustre of the finish. Gloss is advisable for the first several coats and a satin or flat as a cosmetic topcoat. The rule in finishing is softer on top of harder (like a pillow on top of a piece of glass), not the other way around.
3 coats of satin. oil based is definitely better.
Have no idea why the picture didnt post…ah well