Readers Respond: Describe Your First Wood Flooring Job in Five Words

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WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to describe their first wood flooring job in five words. Here’s what they said:

David Friedland

Pretty good at drinking beer.

Dotty Vazquez

Water and stain don't mix. 😂😂

Jim Hyde

I'm going to need rum.

Michael Schuetz

I had a great teacher.

T.J. Haas

Do better in math class.

Benny Powell

Benito, clean the floor please!!

Michael McDermott

I'll do this over summer ☀️. 31 years ago.

Christopher Morrison

See this, stay in school!

Bruce McRae

Most amazing transformation ever seen.

Dayton Hardwood Co.

Crime against humanity. I’m sorry.

Fino Oficio

The beginning of something special.

Micheal Seeley

Pneumatic oil spill on hardwood.

Mike Peterson

Wow, look at that wood.

Harbour Precision Floors

I built my first house.

Nick Spano

Go sit in the van. 🤣

Paul Alexander

It changed my life forever.

Barry Oliver

I can do that better.

Dennis Cudd

When in doubt, charge double. 😎

Daniel Reddy

My finger tips are bleeding.

Daniel Caffo

This absolutely can't be right.

Mike Stauffer

Scrape, scrape, scrape, more scraping...

Mikie White

Thumb in saw day five.

Jeff Munsch

What are all those scratches.

Obe Martell

Definitely have to resend this.

Karla Contreras

So happy with this trade.

Chuck Kutchera

Buffer hit and followed wall.

Mike Wong

Should have stayed in school. 🤪

Daniel Boyd

Hand scrape under the tub?!

Spencer Trebluh

I did it twice poorly.

Chris Kritzer

Scraping corners all day long.

Steven Triplett Jr.

What am I doing here?!

cormanfloors

Hand-cutting many door jams!!!!

allandnery

Why am I doing this?

plankd_flooring

Why’d that take so long. 😅

firstclassfloors

Lap lines that went away.

darin_dupree

I only need one: clueless.

robjohnson9663

Buffer through the china cabinet.

hardwoodman_

Thank God they were old.

john_booth502

I’m not coming back tomorrow.

avoxcraftworks

This rental is the worst.

ssfloor

A file and a scraper.

soulbrotha09

Here, scrape all the corners.

tonyrod231

12-grit on the edger.

ddtngcbb

Only need two: Loading wood.

isandnewyork

Thank God for my uncle. 😱🫣😩😂😂

durasealtoby

Scraping under radiators bloody knuckles.

banks_xv

Dark basement edging plywood subfloor.

tetelestai_carpentry

I’ll never do that again.

brandon.purdom

Am I doing this right?

charliefraser2

Kid, just go fill stuff.

amishwoodfloors

12-grit drum machine paper.

nexconceptdesign

Don’t watch the finish dry.

ddfaria80

Scraping corners on a Saturday.

groundfloorsupply

These rental machines are inadequate.

greenwoodguys

We call this analysis paralysis.

chris_pure_floors

Dad yelling, teenage me scraping. 😂

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