What Is Something Wood Floor Pros Love To Argue About?

We asked wood floor pros what they love to argue about. Here are our favorite responses shared by our readers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages.

Christopher Morrison
Oil-based vs. water-based finishes.

Michael Smith
It’s always staples vs. cleats.

Wood Floor Chuck
To water-pop or not, and whether to use denatured alcohol or straight water.

Steven Triplett Jr.
To trowel-fill or not to trowel-fill. (No-fill guys are just lazy, by the way, lol.)

Thomas Lane
T-bar vs. roller. #rollergang

Daniel Springer
Dishout. And whether or not clocking a buffer actually matters.

Donald C. Bouchard
Gluing solid to a slab!! And whose products are the best. And none of that matters ... If you get great results with products you are happy with using, then use them. Zero reason to argue. Period!

Bill Bagley
Airwalks vs. Crocs.

tcb_flooring
What’s the best planetary sander.

Dean Weybury
Planetary, belt or drum.

Douglass Murray
“The other guys are stealing my work/workers/leads/jobs.” Or whatever other excuse they can find.

Joe Nazzaro
Acclimation.

tim_cojocaru
Which way to cut with the big machine.

Charlie Ingle
They will argue about anything. I was told by the craftsman who taught me that the only thing two wood floor guys agree on is that the third one is wrong.

Gregory Dozorec
Van vs. trailer/truck.

Bill J Lilgreen
Having the tread on top of the riser or butted against the riser.

angushardwoodflooring
Which brand has the best finish.

Ken Ray
Is it beer thirty or four twenty?

Paul Wilke
Right to left versus left to right.

Wes Aaron
FloorCrafter vs. Hummel.

Jim Hyde
Boxers or thongs.

Will Dennis
Everything.

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