DFW Custom Wood Floors-Polyurethane

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!