The National Wood Flooring Association held an Intermediate Sand & Finish school at its training facility connected to the association’s offices in Chesterfield, Mo., just outside of St. Louis, from July 20–July 23.
Students at the four-day school, led by NWFA Regional Instructor Jon Namba of Namba Services Inc. (Salt Lake City), received hands-on training for sanding and finishing, including how to sand different species of wood flooring, correct use and maintenance of tools, repairing and recoating existing floors, and techniques such as hand-scraping.
Student Kevin Peterjohn of Rust-Oleum Corporation said he’ll be more successful at his job with the skills and disciplines he learned at the school.
"The NWFA is a top-notch organization, and needless to say truly professional,” he said. “[Intermediate Sand + Finish training] was exactly what I needed, being new to Rust-Oleum, and really getting to know how important floor preparation is as far as the final finish results are concerned.”
The school was attended by 11 students representing six companies.
The instructors were Jon Namba, Namba Services Inc.; Johannes Boonstra, Rubio Monocoat; Josh Frink, Basic Coatings; Brian McCartt, Loba-Wakol LLC; Larry LeFevre, DuraSeal; John Armfield, Woodcare USA LLC; Tony Ziola, MAPEI Corp.; Matt Thrane, Arboritec USA Inc./Gehl Flooring Supply Inc.; Wayne Lee, Middle Tennessee Lumber; and Tim Moore, Eukula USA.
The students were John Shafer, Wes Vicars, Paul Wimer, Chip Lowman, and Carl Bahn, Horizon Forest Products; Jared Carter, Carters Hardwood Floors; Jason Kennedy, Stitte Tile; Alexander Ezerskiy, Alex Ezerskiy Flooring; Shawn Wright and Steven Joins, Clarke American Sanders; and Kevin Peterjohn, Rust-Oleum Corporation.
Partners in Education were 3M, Advantech, Bona US, Bostik, MAPEI, Somerset Wood Products and Weyerhaeuser.
Participating Partners were Arboritec, Basic Coatings, Bona US, Clarke American, DuraSeal, Eukula USA, Festool, Gehl Flooring, Lägler, Loba-Wakol, Lockwood Flooring, MAPEI, Middle Tennessee Lumber, Namba Services, Rubio Monocoat and WOCA.
