tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29056462344516475182024-02-02T10:56:08.812-08:00Beautiful Hardwood FloorsWood Floor Services : Floor Refinishing Services, Hardwood Floor Refinish, Refinishing Wood Stairs, Dust Free Hardwood Floor Refinishing, Hardwood Flooring Refinishing, Refinishing Hardwood Floors, Wood floors, Floating Floors: Floating Laminate Flooring, Bamboo Floating Floor, Floating Basement Floor, Floating Cork Floor Tiles, Floating Engineered Hardwood Floor, Floor Installation: Bamboo Flooring Installation, Hardwood Floor Installation, Engineered Floor Installation, Laminate Flooring Notorious Flooringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482277267644645799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905646234451647518.post-1368074397554215782016-04-11T13:19:00.002-07:002022-07-12T20:25:54.993-07:00The Best Hardwood Floor Finishes <h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">After the Hardwood Flooring sanding is completed, you may opt to stain your Hardwood Floors a certain color or finish them clear. There are three different high-quality Floor finish options that we offer our clients. Keep in mind that we can tailor our hardwood flooring refinishing process to whatever you like. Good. Our entry level finish include Bona and Pallmann water based finishes.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"> This is an excellent quality, durable, residential waterbased hardwood floor finish. Waterbased finishes are more environmentally responsible than even low VOC oil based polyurethane finishes. It’s not UV sensitive so it won’t amber over time like the oil does, dries fast allowing light foot traffic in approximately 3 hours and has a deep rich appearance. Emulsion is fully cured in 7 days. Using wood stain as a sealer, we apply 2-3 coats of this product directly over the stain. </span><a href="http://notoriousflooring.com/hardwood-floor-finish-options/" target="_blank">We recommend this Hardwood Floor Finish for high active households or high traffic areas.</a></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqrSB9vbYuGpHYEuEXIuBzo2gsudnK_Ojec86S2uKz2LgjAbt5UkADvM4daHxhnUo9xq1Rn4297LCaaQUsrCnCOSU0aa-h6cGTrzln0TcpkwnMuedFuFqDBgEtzXST0K3DdrbiN20mWpTLH-DJeExWpz7rTUv5i5rWqeibJqVJF_f10l8MjcOtbVkVg/s569/pallmann-98-gold-removebg-preview%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hardwood Finish" border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqrSB9vbYuGpHYEuEXIuBzo2gsudnK_Ojec86S2uKz2LgjAbt5UkADvM4daHxhnUo9xq1Rn4297LCaaQUsrCnCOSU0aa-h6cGTrzln0TcpkwnMuedFuFqDBgEtzXST0K3DdrbiN20mWpTLH-DJeExWpz7rTUv5i5rWqeibJqVJF_f10l8MjcOtbVkVg/s16000/pallmann-98-gold-removebg-preview%20(1).png" title="Waterbased Finish" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /><a href="http://notoriousflooring.com/hardwood-floor-finish-options/" target="_blank"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></a></h3>
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<strong><span style="color: #f7f0c3;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;">Solid hardwood flooring are natures made </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #f7f0c3;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;">product mill from trees just as any wood type material, it will need to have a finish on, a protective coat that seals your hardwood floor against every day wear and will make your hardwood floors last forever, with a proper care and maintenance your wood floor can look flawless for years and years to come.</span></span></span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #f7f0c3;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><strong>Solid hardwood floor<em> </em>is a common choice as a flooring material due to its environmental profile, durability, and restorability. There are two types of solid wood floors that you can buy on the market an the thickness varies from ¾” to 5/16” and comes in different width, depending on what type of wood floor, affordability, or look on your wood floor you want to accomplish and these two types of solid wood floor are Unfinished hardwood flooring<em> </em>and Pre-finished hardwood floors.</strong></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Maintaining your hardwood floors can be a pain at times. There're plenty of water and oils solutions sold in the market to help! </span></span><span class="s1"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Question always arises, which one will get the job done? </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;">We know that hardwood floors tend to get pricey so it better to protect them. Instead of sweeping your wood floors try to vacuum it allows the dirt and dust to be pulled from between the boards. Use a vacuum with a bare floor attachment, not a vacuum beater bar, which can damage the wood floor. Then you can use use a mob with a terry towel and a light mist of the Bona hardwood floor cleaner product sure you will get them clean an shiny again!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;">A pair of slippers so that you can easily walk from the front door to another room would can be a good idea when it comes to comfort since this is a solid wood floor. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Remember, water and moisture is a wood floor’s worst enemy. Make sure any moisture you apply is dried immediately and completely. If you follow this methods you will be protecting your hardwood floors from becoming wear more often, avoiding the refinishing of your hardwood, or if they are in need of a full refinishing service, there is always your local </span></span><a href="http://notoriousflooring.com/contact"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;">professional team</span></span></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;"> that will help you refinish your hardwood flooring.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #eeeeee;">What's more, the total thickness of an engineered floor is only 3/8 to 5/8 inch, so it can be installed over an existing floor -- say, during a kitchen renovation -- with a minimal increase in level. Most engineered flooring is available in tongue-and-groove strips which must be stapled or glued to the subfloor. Engineered hardwoods are the most common of the wood flooring types that are glued down during installation. Engineered hardwoods have more flexibility and can endure the wear and tear over time. This type of installation is not recommended for the novice, but you can always take the challenge, with a little guidance from the experts, why not? But it takes a lot of floor preparation and can be quite messy... </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Unfinished wood flooring:</span> As natural as it comes, a contractor can fit and add finishing to your home.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"><strong>Cost, noise and time can play as much of a part in this decision as the environment or looks. Sure, you could refinish the floor, but do you have the time to do so?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"><strong>Renting tools so you can DIY the new floor could bring the project cost close to that of a good contractor, not to mention the time involved for someone who doesn’t do this for a living.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"><strong>If you’re fairly handy and the floors appear in good shape, buffering, stain and some finish—one weekend, or even one day, of elbow grease depending on the room size—could handle the issue. </strong></span><br />
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