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"Bjarte Runderheim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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> > only suggestion is to get 3 quotes. the basics of sand, seal and oil
> > poly is pretty standard. In lieu of that, they could replace the oil
> > based poly with water based
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> What is the point of using water based instead of oil based?
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> Bjarte
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:01:53 GMT, "Bjarte Runderheim"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What is the point of using water based instead of oil based?
Better colour - water white, rather than yellowish oil
Less smell or solvent exposure.
OTW, I wouldn't use either. For sanding floors I only ever use
Ruston's Floorcoat, an acid-catalysed formaldehyde resin. It cures
hard in a couple of hours, and wears better than polyurethanes.
Do a search for alt.home.repair on floors, lots recently. Some have
commented on WB drying faster without odor that oil brings.
On 24 Aug 2003 20:04:11 -0700, [email protected] (Doug) wrote:
>My contractor recently gave me an estimate to refinish my wood floor.
>He stated that he would need to sand, seal and apply two coats of oil
>based poly.
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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> only suggestion is to get 3 quotes. the basics of sand, seal and oil
> poly is pretty standard. In lieu of that, they could replace the oil
> based poly with water based
What is the point of using water based instead of oil based?
Bjarte
Doug wrote:
> My contractor recently gave me an estimate to refinish my wood floor.
> He stated that he would need to sand, seal and apply two coats of oil
> based poly. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I suggest you re-phrase the question...what are you asking?
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only suggestion is to get 3 quotes. the basics of sand, seal and oil
poly is pretty standard. In lieu of that, they could replace the oil
based poly with water based and then you should have 3 coats and it
better be REALLY good stuff, or it won't last.
dave
Doug wrote:
> My contractor recently gave me an estimate to refinish my wood floor.
> He stated that he would need to sand, seal and apply two coats of oil
> based poly. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do not know too much
> about flooring. Thanks in advance.
> Doug
Ditto, that's the norm, and get estimates.
>Doug wrote:
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>> My contractor recently gave me an estimate to refinish my wood floor.
>> He stated that he would need to sand, seal and apply two coats of oil
>> based poly. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do not know too much
>> about flooring. Thanks in advance.
>> Doug
> What is the point of using water based instead of oil based?
>
> Bjarte
>
If you have ever tried to live in a house with a large area of oil based
poly drying, you would not have to ask that. It stinks. Also, you have to
put it on with a minimum of 24 hours between coats. With water based, you
can put all 3 coats on in one day. The smell is mild, like ammonia, but not
strong.
Partially true. I just redid ~1600 ft^2 and used Zar's new fast drying oil
based poly (screened and recoated - I didn't take her down to wood as it's in
good shape, just dull). "Fast" as in I was walking on the floor for recoating
in 2 hours after the first coat (the recommended timeframe) and it was *dry*.
after the final coat I waited overnight and then moved the furniture back with
no problems. This was about 3 months ago. The whole process took a full day -
not bad at all.
I highly recommend that Zar product to anyone doing floors - it looks great
and is easy to work with (and it won a Pop Mechanics award last year to boot).
The problem I have with traditional, long-setting oil based polys is that the
longer the open time = the more chances for deposits like bugs etc to embed in
the surface (and it also takes several days before you can inhabit as you
pointed out).
BUT - you're spot on about the smell - it took about a week for the "aroma" to
fade. If you can deal with that then oil based is definitely the way to go. It
was a good tradeoff in my case.
My $0.02
--Henry
"Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What is the point of using water based instead of oil based?
>>
>> Bjarte
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>If you have ever tried to live in a house with a large area of oil based
>poly drying, you would not have to ask that. It stinks. Also, you have to
>put it on with a minimum of 24 hours between coats. With water based, you
>can put all 3 coats on in one day. The smell is mild, like ammonia, but not
>strong.
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