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Wood Floor Rescue: What Stain Looks Like ... On Top Of Poly

"I was quite surprised at the massacre staring back up at me," wood flooring pro Matthew McGrew of Kenna, W.Va.-based Wood Floors by Book Smart said when he saw this DIY fail.

September 20, 2021

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After an Insurance Job, Multiple Finish Issues Appear

Is the insurance company responsible for this finish job gone wrong?

July 19, 2021

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What’s Your Best Advice to Avoid Trouble When Staining?

Wood Floor Business asked wood flooring pros to offer their best advice for staining success. Here's what they said about techniques for creating great stain jobs:

May 19, 2021

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Wood Flooring Q&A: Double-Staining Facts

Is it ever OK to double-stain a wood floor? Here are some clear answers.

May 19, 2021

Doing a second coat of stain without sufficient dry time before coating can result in trapped solvents that create white lines along board edges (like these), or adhesion issues such as peeling and delamination. (Photo courtesy of DuraSeal)

Wood Floor Mystery #9: A 'Sight' Inspection of a 'Disappearing' Gunstock Wood Floor, Part 2 (the Answer!)

Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins reveals the answer to the mystery of the prefinished floor that had a claim because the stain was reported to have completely disappeared.

March 23, 2021

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Wood Floor Mystery #9: A 'Sight' Inspection of a 'Disappearing' Gunstock Wood Floor, Part 1

A man is lying dead with a backpack on, face down in the desert. What happened?

March 16, 2021

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Why Would an Existing Wood Floor Cup After Refinishing?

Wood flooring expert Howard Brickman explains what factors could cause an existing wood floor to cup after it's been refinished.

January 19, 2021

Cupping that happens after refinishing could be merely a coincidence, or it could be the result of an impermeable finish trapping moisture.

Wood Floor Mystery #7: The Case of the ‘Burned’ Floor, Part 2

Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins reveals the answer to why this wood floor looked like the edges had been burned after the floor was water-popped for stain.

October 21, 2020

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Wood Floor Mystery #7: The Case of the ‘Burned’ Floor, Part 1

Why did this wood floor look like the edges had been burned after the floor was water-popped for stain? Pro Stephen Diggins digs into the mystery.

October 14, 2020

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Wood Floor Mystery #6, Part 3: The Case of the Crawling Finish … AND Dishout!

Wood flooring pro Stephen Diggins finds out why this floor has a "wavy" appearance—what is commonly called "dishout."

August 17, 2020

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Recoat Leads to ‘Plastic Appearance,’ Puddle, Debris, More

This wood floor recoat went from bad to worse.

July 15, 2020

This puddling may have been correctable, but this floor had other issues.

Wood Floor Mystery #6: The Case of the Crawling Finish, Part 2

In Part 2 of this blog, Stephen Diggins figures out the mysterious problem causing the crawling finish ... but ends up with another problem.

July 9, 2020

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State of the Industry 2023

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What Lies Beneath: How I Prevent Moisture Problems Before the Sale

From left to right: An offset flush trim pattern bit, round over bit, top-bearing groove bit, pattern trim bit with top bearing and flush trim bit.

Routers 101: What a Wood Floor Pro Should Know

Walking into a job after another contractor gets kicked out is one of many situations that wood flooring pros like us must handle carefully.

How I Handle These Common but Difficult Customer Scenarios

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The Next Generation: Black Wood Floor Pros Look to the Future of the Industry

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