Additional coats of polyurethane will not reduce the dings and dents.
Chipped flaking polyurethane finish on floors.
I have had repairs done on oak floors that resulted in refinishing small areas.
They can typically determine the number of coats within the sample the scratch patterns which finishes are on the floor and whether contamination or stain residual is present all of which can give you the cause for failure.
For example it s not uncommon for old floors to start peeling as the old.
The best method is have the floor prepared for recoating as described above and then have a very thin coat of polyurethane applied to minimize finish build up.
At many of the board seams in the kitchen the polyurethane is peeling up and bubbling.
The process is straightforward.
Job and when i coated the floor oil base satin the finish started flaking off the floor from the grain i have had this problem one other time in the 4 years that i have been sanding floors.
The polyurethane floor finish is peeling by jarrett melendez take the proper steps to make sure your polyurethane doesn t peel.
I know that the problem is wax in the grain of the wood and i also know that even if i sand the whole floor again the same thing will.
Wood floors are durable and easy to maintain but they re still subject to accidental gouges scratches and heavy wear.
Polyurethane will not make a wood floor any harder than it already is.
Nobody likes to see polyurethane peel especially just after refinishing the floor.
So you will end with a blotchy looking floor.
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Dirt or chemicals on top of a floor or embedded in its finish can cause subsequent coats of finish to flake or peel off.
A contaminated floor won t hold finish.
Consider these tips for common wood floor repairs.
Hardwood floor finishes have varying levels of ease durability even glossiness.
Use solvent based polyurethane and get the same finish type gloss satin etc and apply a few thick coats.
Sand the area clean it with a solvent afterwards denatured alcohol apply polyurethane let dry.
I sanded a 980 sq ft.
The mix will serve as your polyurethane stripper strong enough to remove the finish but unable to penetrate the wood and disturb the stain if quickly removed.
We recently had our floors screened and recoated throughout the house.
Less so in the lr dr and foyer but still peeling in.
If you re not sure why the floor is peeling you can send peelings into a finish lab.
Floor finishes peel because the floor was contaminated or improperly prepped when the finish was applied.
Step 2 apply the mixture onto the polyurethane finish covering the stained wood.
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