Vintage Moments: Comic Relief from Fabulon

Nov 20, 2013

In the middle of the last century, many wood flooring ads centered on making your wife happy (a timeless theme, really). This Fabulon ad from 1959 was sent to us by Jeff LaShomb of Middletown, Del.-based Delaware's Finest Hardwood Floors.

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Wood Flooring Q&A: What Caused This Sheen Difference?

May 20, 2024

Introducing Color Theory for Custom Wood Finishing

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Mixing Colors, Water-popping, Performing Touch-ups: Custom Stain Application Techniques with Loba-Wakol North America

Being a Wood Floor Pro: Copenhagen vs. London

Wood Floor Rescue: A Remarkable Reveal in Connecticut

Troubleshooting

Wood Flooring Q&A: What Caused This Sheen Difference?

I recoated a strip to fix a scratch and the sheen is completely different. I did everything identical to the final coat (even the same can of finish). What’s the cause?

Embracing Change in Wood Flooring: Navigating New Frontiers

Horizon Forest Products

As a wood flooring business owner, dealing with these changes isn't just a good idea—it's a must for staying in the game and growing to the next level.

Embracing Change in Wood Flooring: Navigating New Frontiers

WFB Live Demos

Mixing Colors, Water-popping, Performing Touch-ups: Custom Stain Application Techniques with Loba-Wakol North America

Loba-Wakol

Video: Applying Finish to the Wood Floors and Wrapping Up at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

Wood Floor Business author/blogger and wood flooring restoration expert Michael Purser of The Rosebud Company gives us a look into his project at Edsel & Eleanor Ford House—here we see finish application and the "after" footage.

Techniques

Video: Buffing on Color and the First 'After' Shots at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

Michael Purser of The Rosebud Company is back in Michigan working on restoring the wood flooring in the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House—here we see progress on the gallery and the stunning "after" footage of the herringbone white oak.

Techniques

Video: Stripping the Finish off the Wood Floors at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

How do we go about stripping the old finish off the beautiful wood flooring when we do historic restorations? Here's a look at the work we're doing on the Ford estate.

Techniques

Video: Day 1 on Site at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

Michael Purser's The Rosebud Company is back in Michigan to once again work on restoring the wood flooring at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House; here's a look at day one on the job site.

Installation

Readers Respond: Share Your Friday Flooring Job Site Photos

WFB asked followers on Facebook to drop a photo from their job site on a recent Friday.

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Wood Floor Rescue

Wood Floor Rescue: Getting the Gunk off for a Great Reveal

“The floors were covered in old, gooey, sticky carpet pad; it took three-and-a-half days to scrape one room,” says Patrick Russell, owner at All American Floor Sanding and Installation in Ocala, Fla., of this floor they brought back to life.

Sports Flooring

What Really Causes Slippery Basketball Floors?

Sports floor expert John Prater explains what does—and doesn't—make a basketball floor slippery.

If basketball floors aren’t maintained correctly, including regular cleaning (as shown), they can become slippery.

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