Floor Finish Recomondation

Brush up on the basics of 8 popular options before choosing yours.

Floor finish recomondation.

Polyurethane floor products have surpassed the usefulness of this time honored wood finish. The challenge these floors don t face the stress of foot traffic or the constant sunlight that can fade solid and engi neered wood. Laminate flooring is essentially resin impregnated paper atop a wood chip base. Surprisingly laminate flooring is a better bathroom flooring choice than solid hardwood.

Oil based paints must be used with a primer coat and are generally more durable than latex. Then the gloss is more noticeable than the floor itself and the shiny new finish improves the look. Houses built before 1970 may have hardwood floors finished with shellac and you can maintain and refinish them with another coating of shellac. It dries to a low sheen flat finish while oil dries to a high gloss.

Rather the flooring threats in these rooms come in liquid form. Overall floor paint isn t as tough as other coatings and is especially vulnerable to road salts and other. The surface of laminate plank is actually a photograph of oak cherry slate marble or any other wood or stone. On top is a clear coat called the wear layer.