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How to Clean Hardwood Floors: Must-Know Tricks The following remedies are for hardwood floors with soft oiled finishes. If needed, end each treatment by staining the wood, then waxing and buffing the spot to match the rest of the floor. Dark spots and pet stains: Rub the spot with No. 000 steel wool and floor wax. If the area is still dark, apply bleach or vinegar and allow it to soak into the wood for about an hour. Rinse with a damp cloth. Heel marks: Use fine steel wool to rub in floor wax.
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- Uploaded. Refinishing your hardwood floors is a great way to warm up your room and add value to your home. Whether you are hiring a contractor, or refinishing your floors yourself, you can find a wide variety of colors in our Wood Finish™ Stains to make your floors look just the way you want them to.
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- Preparing Wood for Staining. 1  1. Check to make sure the wood is free of dirt, grease etc. 2  2. Decide what type of sandpaper you should use. 3  3. For flat surfaced pieces, use a lower grit sandpaper (60 or 80) to remove any blemishes and scuffs.  4. Go with a high grit number (200 or more) and add multiple coats of stain.
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Best Way to Clean Hardwood Floors: Avoid Vinegar Using vinegar for wood floors is the biggest myth ever. Vinegar is acidic and will easily damage wood and most finishes. Never, ever under any circumstances use vinegar with anything to clean your wood floors. Put it on your salads – not on your wood floors. The care and maintenance of new and old hardwood floors is a subject of great interest among homeowners.
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How to Clean Hardwood Floors: Must-Know Tricks The following remedies are for hardwood floors with soft oiled finishes. If needed, end each treatment by staining the wood, then waxing and buffing the spot to match the rest of the floor. Dark spots and pet stains: Rub the spot with No. 000 steel wool and floor wax.
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- Beth, previous comments show 5 red oak with a minwax provencial stain color Inspiration for a timeless medium tone wood floor foyer remodel in Charlotte with beige walls Embed Email Question
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Should you always use Pre-Stain? I've read that wood conditioner (also known as pre-stain) helps prevent blotching, but it 'designed' for use with soft or porous wood. I've got an 80x36x1 red oak panel that I think I'm going to stain.
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Can one stain 'New' Red Oak to match 'Old' Red Oak? To make a long story short A â the floors were redone with A Golden oak stain FROM zar and they still are not. Right when we do a sample on a single board it looks pretty good but it is evident that when the entire room is (13Âx13Â) 13ax13a 13âx13â it comes out With / A red salmon. like hue
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How To Refinish Hardwood Floors Polyurethane, either oil-base or water-base, is a reliable finish for floors. Apply the finish with a lamb’s-wool applicator. Sand the floor lightly with 220-grit paper or #000 steel wool. Vacuum up the dust. Apply three coats of oil-based finish or four coats of water-base finish, sanding in between.
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- the stain that offers the best results for your project. Minwax® Wood FinishTM GOOD FOR: Furniture, cabinets, doors, hardwood floors, trim and molding. Wood Finish™ is an oil-based wood stain that can be used to enhance any bare or stripped wood surface by providing a long-lasting wood tone color. APPLY WITH: natural-bristle brush, cloth or foam applicator NUMBER OF COATS: 2 HOURS BETWEEN COATS: 4 to 6 Minwax® Gel Stain GOOD FOR: Wood, fiberglass, metal and veneer surfaces such as doors, cabinets, trim and molding. Gel Stain is a non-drip stain, which is ideal for vertical surfaces. APPLY WITH: natural-bristle brush, cloth or foam applicator NUMBER OF COATS: 1-2 HOURS BETWEEN COATS: 8 to 10
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128 oz. Hardwood Cleaner Flooring contractors will tell you when looking for the best to care for hardwood floors use Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaner. The unique and effective formulation provides a complete clean by gently and effectively removing dust, dirt and grime. The GREENGUARD GOLD certification confirms it's safe for use in your home and around your family.
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- ECOS WoodShield pre-stain conditioner is recommended as a ECOS WoodShield pre-stain conditioner is recommended as a first coat so that stain can be applied evenly to softer wood species such as Pine Spruce Maple and Fir.
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- Hardwood floors tend to be resistant to soaking up liquid spills, owing to the closeness of the grain. This is a property that makes hardwood floors more durable than, for instance, a pine floor, but also makes them more difficult to finish. There are many finishes on the market; your choice depends on how exposed the floor is, how much traffic it will carry, and how dark you want your wood floor to stain.
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- A: You can clean your hardwood floor by damp mopping it with a well wrung out mixture of 10% ammonia or vinegar to 90% water. After you damp mop it then dry it with a dry towel (Treat the polyurethane on your floor as you might windows and mirrors - it is a clear finish over your natural wood).
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How to Refinish a Hardwood Floor After the sealer has dried, follow these steps: 1  Buff the floor with No. 2 (fine) steel wool. 2  Vacuum and wipe the floor again with a tack cloth. 3  Apply the first of two coats of finish wax or other floor finish, such as polyurethane or varnish.  Apply the final coat.
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How to Clean Hardwood Floors: Must-Know Tricks 1 Rinse with a damp cloth. 2  Heel marks: Use fine steel wool to rub in floor wax. 3  Oil-base stains: Rub the area with a soft cloth and dishwashing detergent to break down the grease.
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How to Get Stains Out of Hardwood Floors Using the Right Cleaning Agent. It isn't always easy to identify a stain, and you may have to use a trial-and-error approach to removing it. Rubbing it with a rag dampened with water is a good place to start because water removes stains from ink, candy, fruit and blood. Switch to white vinegar to remove a wine stain.
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- “it is a 50/50 mix of Golden Oak and Provincial” “50/50 golden oak and provincial on red oak” “red oak wide plank floor - golden oak and provincial stain” “it is a 50/50 mix of Golden Oak and Provincial” “red oak with 50/50 mix of golden oak and provincial” “50/50 mix of golden oak and provincial”.
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Is it Wise to Put Two Coats of Stain on Sanded Hardwood Floors? For example, two coats of stain that is left on the floor for 30 minutes each will cause the floor to be much darker than two coats of stain that are left on the floor for 30 seconds each. Another factor that will affect the tones and shades of your stained hardwood floor is the original color and type of stain.
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Definitions &Translations Definitions for whump. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word whump. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: whump(Noun) a thump. whump(Verb) to strike something with a whump.
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Picking an Interior Stain Color So I picked out some likely candidates from the True Value stain aisle, and conducted a very scientific experiment on the floor of my garage/apartment. One coat on the top, two coats on the bottom. The four on the left are brush-and-wipe stains, the two on the right are the stain/poly combos in satin finish. I will tell you straight off that I had high hopes for Driftwood which did not even remotely pan out. I’m also having a hard time with detecting even the smallest difference in color between Early American, Provincial, and Special Walnut.
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- And from what I can tell, if you use a wood floor with pets, you ought to use a light color wood. All of the house that use a dark wood stain with pets look awful, scratches galor! Also, hand scraped Pergo looks lovely. But if your prepared to maintain real wood, go ahead, but for me ,I love my Pergo!
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How to shine hardwood floors Giving your hardwood floors a good shine involves several steps. First, you need to get them clean. Vacuum, sweep, or dust-mop the floors to remove surface dust, dirt, and grit. Then use a damp mop or cloth; you can use a product made for hardwood floors, or even a little dish soap dissolved in water. Do not use vinegar, however, because it is acidic and will dull the floor.
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Caring for Wood Floors Polyurethane Wood Floors. The most popular wood floor surface is polyurethane. Polyurethane is the only floor finish that can be used just about anywhere. The three main types of polyurethane used on hardwood floors are; oil modified, water based and moisture cured. Oil modified polyurethane is often applied over oil based stains.