Being Safe Doesn't Make You Less of a Man

Mar 7, 2012

Lots of guys don't think it's cool or manly to use safety equipment on the job, but I don't agree:

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Video: How I Ramp Up Voltage & Listen for Bad Bearings

August 10, 2026

Think Like A Brand: Why Your Flooring Business Needs A Real Identity

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Video: Being Safe With Electricity When Working on an Edger

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Video: The First Thing I Do in an Edger Checkup

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An Edger After a Fire: Can It Be Saved?

Video: How I Ramp Up Voltage & Listen for Bad Bearings

In Part 3 of my series on edger checkups, I demonstrate how I can ramp up voltage with an edger and listen for bad bearings.

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Think Like A Brand: Why Your Flooring Business Needs A Real Identity

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In the hardwood flooring industry, most business owners think in terms of tools, inventory and craftsmanship (which makes sense). But in today’s market, even the best-installed floor can be overlooked if the company behind it lacks a recognizable identity.

Video: Being Safe With Electricity When Working on an Edger

In this video, I show you how I make sure I am safe with electricity every time I am working on an edger.

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Video: The First Thing I Do in an Edger Checkup

What's the first thing sanding machine expert Wayne Lee does when someone brings him an edger to fix? He shows us in this video.

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An Edger After a Fire: Can It Be Saved?

Is this Galaxy edger worth salvaging after it's been in a fire? I take a look.

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I Don't Understand: What’s Wrong with Red Oak? And Where Is It?

“What’s wrong with red oak?” I ask myself. There’s a change about, and I’m noticing it now because it affects my clients and my business. Here’s a strange tale, and if anyone can add to my understanding, I’d be grateful.

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My Estimates Are Free (Within Reason)—But ‘Quotes’ Are Not

I have finally reached a conclusion about the difference between a quote and an estimate. It took a while, mostly because I (for the longest time) considered these two one and the same.

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I Felt Compelled to Give Back, So This Is What I Did

After 19 years in business, I woke up one morning overwhelmed with gratitude for the loyalty and support our community has shown Vivid Hardwood Flooring. I felt compelled to give back.

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A Creative Solution for a Tape Residue Mess

One month after completing a beautiful hardwood floor project, we received a call no wood flooring professional wants to get.

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This Is What I Found Inside the ‘Squealing’ Edger

A five-year-old FG Floortec Taifun edger that gets used extensively came to me recently with a complaint about a "squealing sound" and overloading on start-up—and this is what I found.

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Let Me Repeat This for Those in the Back: Acclimation Is Not a Time Thing

Recently there were comments on a WFB Facebook post with one of my favorite sayings, and those comments inspired me to write once again on a favorite topic: acclimation.

Acclimation Is Not A Time Thing

Unpopular Opinion: Let’s Appreciate the Luxury of Soft Wood

Are we, as wood floor pros, so fixated on wood hardness that we’ve forgotten how good “soft” feels? Not everything worth walking on needs to fight back.

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I Predicted This: My Final LVP Install Came Back to Bite Me

Since I wrote my article about why I stopped installing LVP, exactly what I dreaded actually happened—a failure on an LVP floor I installed. I got a text message from a client whose install I completed 23 months before that text was sent.

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