HELP!!!! Floor Finish Disaster
After a leak the roofers came in and destroyed our beautiful floors that the GC had done. The GC came in and sanded and repaired the damage and low and behold the finish looked like rice krispies and peeling. Again the GC came in and tried to fix it and then a 3rd time. Now…
After a leak the roofers came in and destroyed our beautiful floors that the GC had done. The GC came in and sanded and repaired the damage and low and behold the finish looked like rice krispies and peeling. Again the GC came in and tried to fix it and then a 3rd time. Now the rice krispies are are almost gone but the floor finish is covered in small scratches and and dust and dirt under the finsh. I and my OCD brother both helped him clean the floor there should not be any thing on that floor. I need a floor guys to advice us on what to do . At tis point I am beyond frustrated I also have furniture piled into 2 rooms and can not move in. We used oil any suggestions???
We just had our water-damaged hardwood floors replaced by RMD Floors. The replacement wood floor had to be integrated into the existing, undamaged wood floors. This was done seamlessly & perfectly.
But more to the point, the finish – satin matte & using lots of pure Bona – is actually better than when the floor was first installed. It’s really a beautiful finish, and it wasn’t that way before RMD, so I certainly recommend them to take a look at your floors and see what they can do.
Gary
Karma, my friend, Karma.
Nokiissa wait the scuffs grow as he grows. For now just enjoy the time soon it will be college and hes gone…….
Thanks all. two floor people have come said it was sanded improperly from the start. The floor is wavy and is why so many waves and bald spots…. The floor has to go down to naked wood for it to be fixed.
I am getting a quote from the two that came, and “dust free floors” as well.I will keep people informed so that it educates one and all. Oh yes…. Kensingtonian as you can see the post is about the subject of refinishing not personal nature like you tried to do. I suggest you also try that path. Have a joyous day. Thanks one and all. I will look up mister sandless.Thanks again.
Aaaaaaaah! [head in hands, screaming Munch style]
That would drive me absolutely bonkers. Fellow OCD-type here.
I don’t know if it would help, but have you looked into the sandless fix? There’s something called Mister Sandless that supposedly dries in a few hours and just might buff out your problems. I could be completely wrong of course, but google Mister Sandless… or Mr. Sandless… or something like that. I’m going to try it in order to rid our loft of about 325 scuff marks created by indoor use of toddler riding toys and misuse of sunscreen indoors.
How awful, I’m so sorry to hear it.
A few things could have gone wrong here. I am wondering if they shook the finish instead of stirring it. The manufacturers are so blatent about not shaking finish, that I have never done that and consequently would not know what the results are – but if he left a helper on the job, maybe?
Possibly there was something left on the floor when they put down the finish the second time. What I am thinking is, instead of sanding the floor the second and third time, they screened it, which removed the rice crispies, but after screening, they did not tack cloth the floor – they swept it and it left dust. The floor must be tacked (I did this once after screening without tacking and it left dust. the dust will move around with the applicator and appear as pretty good size particles when they settle; I had to rescreen the floor).
The scratches in the finish? it sounds like they screened the floor without going down to 150 grit screen. Some people say you should go to 180 grit. If the scratches you are seeing are on the old finish and are circular, this is probably what happen.
This is what I think needs to happen here. You should rescreen, but first: You must let the floor harden. At least a month. If you do not let it harden that long, the finish will still be soft and will grab any dust and any finish you are trying to screen off. The finish will also move funny; it won’t release the dust – it will give without breaking. I am not saying you always must wait a month before rescreening – usually a day suffices, but in this case you are trying to remove particles that are stuck. (I’ve been through this).
Rescreen using a 60 grit screen, progressing down to 180. Then apply two thin coats of poly; do not apply any more. If you apply more you will have too much on the floor and it will chip.
Now that I have given away all of my secrets, I hope this helps.
Steve
http://www.thetinkerswagon.com
Interesting how this site is “riddled with nasty, rude, condescending, vicous comments of a personal nature” and yet you ask for advice on here.
I am no floor finish expert but have done things over the years and it sounds like maybe they did not all of the finish off, then used a different system that had a reaction to the first system. Or maybe the finish they put down was not mixed or stired well or even just old. Unfortunatly, at this point it really sounds like it needs to be fully refinished. Why did they put down a new finish on a dirty and scratched flooring? Why the heck did the roofer not protect the floors before walking back and forth? I feel for you. Good luck!