Parquet Flooring

sahota1 · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:03 pm Post Subject: Parquet Flooring

Hi all

I moved into a new house last week. To my surprise the lounge and hall way have parquet flooring. My husband sanded the flooring and then used a clear varnish. We have found that the clear varnish has not covered all the blokes. Does anyone have any suggestions to why this could be. Also the parquet flooring is fairly old (dark brown in colour) and I am keen to restore it so it looks almost new. What is the best way of going about this.

Thank you

WoodYouLike · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:10 pm Post Subject:

Hi Sahota1

First thing that comes to mind is not having sanded properly? i.e. not removing all the old finish deep enough?
What grit/grits was/were used?

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sahota1 · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:03 pm Post Subject:

oh.... my husband hired a professional sander, but I do not know what grit he used. If we sand the floor again, what do you suggest we use to give the floor a good finish

WoodYouLike · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:32 pm Post Subject:

We're oil people ourselves, so we would recommend hardWaxOil.

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sahota1 · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:48 pm Post Subject:

ok, thank you, I will try the hard wax oil on the floor.

Thanks for you tme!

mattysupra · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:20 pm Post Subject:

And im a Bona Polyurethane Laquer person myself. Bloody foreign people, ay woody

WoodYouLike · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:30 am Post Subject:

mattysupra wrote:

And im a Bona Polyurethane Laquer person myself. b****y foreign people, ay woody

Oiled floors 'mature' much nicer, warmer etc etc etc

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