What’s a Sign a Wood Flooring Pro Hasn’t Moved on With the Times? When They _______.

We asked our followers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages this question, and they had plenty to say! Here are some of their responses:

Joe Dawson

… brag about not buying any equipment since the ’90s.

stisowoodfloors

… use screens and have a flip phone.

Elise Jenna Djurinovich

… put the lambswool mophead in the spirits bucket and jump on the lid till it seals.

Adrian Molitor

… tell you that your 220-volt planetary sander is a wasted purchase or a fancy buffer.

Mike Somodean

… three-cut a floor: 36/80 big machine, 100-grit screen on the buffer with no dust containment.

Jay Quinene

… think water-based finishes are garbage, still think the Power Drive is supposed to be operated like a buffer, and still don’t have a planetary sander.

eternity_floors

… sweep the dust with the broom before vacuuming.

Jim Hyde

… sand without vacuums.

genericwaterborne_gene

… buff stain with steel wool.

Chuck Kutchera

… are like my old boss—telling me that they don’t use pneumatic nailers because it makes the floors too tight, including strip flooring.

Jason Duron

… they keep saying “jitterbug.”

wood_floor_consulting

… still use 15-lb. roofing felt or tar-based kraft paper under the floor.

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… have all corded tools.

Richard Catlin

… use a drum sander and cut their own discs from rolls to save 20 cents.

amishwoodfloors

… do 36 and 80 followed by lacquer and poly.

Woodman Flooring

… hang plastic for primary dust mitigation.

Tan Allman

… dust. Anywhere but in the bags.

Doug LeClair

… say, “I’ve done it this way for X amount of years and never had any problems.”

Gregory Dozorec

... use oil-based poly, hand-write invoices/estimates, say a planetary sander is a waste of time, think that penetrating oils are a poor finish, and hand-stain.

Integrity Hardwood Flooring LLC

… still charge $2.50 a sq. ft. for refinish.

Kevin Starling

… hand-scrape end walls, then hand-rub.

Christopher Morrison

… think swirls and straight scratches are acceptable.

Michelle Lundberg Reichow

… refer to 100-grit as “double aught.”

Harbour Precision Floors

… buff the floor with big mesh screens.

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