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Tue, May 15, 12 at 18:18
| Hi, we have original oak 1940 flooring throughout, refinished 2 years ago with oil poly. Now to the kitchen/mudroom/bath that are gutted...oak flooring will be stained to closely match what's in the rest of the house. My contractor recommended old-fashioned sanding & oil. Just came back from a store and the guy there recommended dustless sanding and the Bona Kemi traffic two-step finish. Anyone gone this route? How dustless is it, and how does it look compared to the traditional oil based poly? Does the Bona stand up to traffic like its name suggests? Which would you go with? |
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- Posted by clarygrace (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 12 at 18:58
| We are having our red oak floors finished as we speak and they used a sander with a bag, and it really cut down on the dust!!! I was amazed. As far as the finish materials, I would stick with the traditional oil based, it will last longer and be able to handle kitchen traffic, which is usually messy and wet at times. Good luck! |
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- Posted by AboutToGetDusty (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 12 at 19:38
| Thanks! |
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- Posted by athomeinva (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 12 at 20:14
| I have both in my house- oil and bona. Love the oil, strongly dislike the bona. We had the floors put in upstairs a year prior to the kitchen and before we moved in so regular sanding was used as well as stain and poly. A year later, different floor guy says "oh sure, I can match it exactly but lets do dustless and bona." Well the dustless was good, really the entire reason I chose the guy, but the floors do not match and show every drop of everything. Now I have to clean- not just vacuum but damp mop- the downstairs floors at least once a week so that they do not look gross while it is prob every 4 months between damp mopping the upstairs floors. Also, semi gloss bona is more like a matte poly. |
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