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jerrit@grnet.com (Jerrit Tyler)

29/02/2004 7:41 PM

Repair cloudy polyurethane floors?

My wife and I sanded and stained our hard wood floors, we stained with
a very dark mahogany colored stain and put on 2 coats, the floors are
nearly black with a hint or red, we applied 2 coats of water based
polyurethane and the floors looked great for about a month until we
used mop-n-glo to mop the floor, now the entire floor has cloudy
patches all over it, my wife said she tried some floor wax on a spot
but it didnt fix it.
Any thoughts on what I can do to fix the clouds?

Thanks,

Jerrit


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"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to jerrit@grnet.com (Jerrit Tyler) on 29/02/2004 7:41 PM

01/03/2004 3:59 AM


"Jerrit Tyler" <jerrit@grnet.com> wrote in message
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> the floors looked great for about a month until we
> used mop-n-glo to mop the floor, now the entire floor has cloudy
> patches all over it, my wife said she tried some floor wax on a spot
> but it didnt fix it.
> Any thoughts on what I can do to fix the clouds?

Try washing them with plain water or with a wax remover. You could try a
little ammonia in a spot to see what the results are.

Ab

"Art"

in reply to jerrit@grnet.com (Jerrit Tyler) on 29/02/2004 7:41 PM

01/03/2004 3:51 AM

I would wait several weeks and see what happens. Will probably fix itself
as the Mop and Glow wears off.

Or try a cleaner made for polyurethaned hardwood floors. Available at
supermarkets or Home Depot/Lowes. We use the one made by Bruce and it is a
good cleaner.

Do not wax polyurethane floors.


"Jerrit Tyler" <jerrit@grnet.com> wrote in message
news:ae7c35cb.0402291941.390594fe@posting.google.com...
> My wife and I sanded and stained our hard wood floors, we stained with
> a very dark mahogany colored stain and put on 2 coats, the floors are
> nearly black with a hint or red, we applied 2 coats of water based
> polyurethane and the floors looked great for about a month until we
> used mop-n-glo to mop the floor, now the entire floor has cloudy
> patches all over it, my wife said she tried some floor wax on a spot
> but it didnt fix it.
> Any thoughts on what I can do to fix the clouds?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerrit

TC

Tim CF <>

in reply to jerrit@grnet.com (Jerrit Tyler) on 29/02/2004 7:41 PM

01/03/2004 7:20 PM

What brand poly did you use?
It sounds like the water was absorbed into the finish. It should clear up with
time.
Most commercial grade poly is able to be cleaned after one week max. If you
used a lesser grade, than it might take longer for the poly to cure.

BA

Bay Area Dave

in reply to jerrit@grnet.com (Jerrit Tyler) on 29/02/2004 7:41 PM

02/03/2004 1:49 AM

I think there is more to it than that. I was warned in no uncertain
terms to not clean a Bonakemi Mega finish (by Bonakemi techs) with
anything but water or their floor cleaner. no mop 'n glo, no wax, no
solvents, no NUTTIN' else. I figure they know more about it than I do.

dave

Tim CF wrote:

> What brand poly did you use?
> It sounds like the water was absorbed into the finish. It should clear up with
> time.
> Most commercial grade poly is able to be cleaned after one week max. If you
> used a lesser grade, than it might take longer for the poly to cure.
>


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