DFW Custom Wood Floors Located in Dallas Fort Worth Texas

13. Final coats of polyurethane can be administered to your hand scraped wood floors as flat, gloss or semi gloss. Best way to describe this is as follows: Look at your white walls in your house……..they most likely are painted in a FLAT white (non-shiny paint).

NOW, look at your base boards or door frames and notice that they might have a SHINY appearance. That can be either a GLOSS or SEMI GLOSS paint. Now look at your walls espically if they are white. They are most likely painted in a non shiney, flat paint.
Flat = NON shiny, Semi Gloss = in-between a shiny and flat look, Gloss = shiny appearance.

Staining

PET OWNERS BE WARE:

It was strongly suggested that pet owners use a flat finish and not a gloss/semi-gloss as pet claws can scratch your finish! Although I initially wanted a GLOSS or SEMI-Gloss finish, I was advised not to and am glad I took their suggestions! My hand scraped wood floors were covered in three separate applications of a flat based polyurethane. Thus far, it would appear as though my hand scraped wood floors will be well protected against most any spills!

Two coats of polyurethane is standard protocol. I requested that three coats be put down and am happy to report that they are shiny enough as is!

In-between the three separate coats it is crucial to have the floors lightly buffed to SMOOTH OUT any rough spots. This will give your floor a smooth laminar feeling yet still retain the beauty of a hand scraped wood floor! Now it is time to re-install the base boards!