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Video: Angelo DeSanto on the Show Floor at TISE 2025

Wood floor pro and Wood Floor Business author/blogger Angelo DeSanto of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based wood floor contracting company Dande West takes viewers on a walk through the show floor at TISE 2025, the biggest flooring show in North America.

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A Complicated Challenge: Refinishing the Tavern on the Green

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Avedis Duvenjian of LED Coating Solutions by Archetypal takes us through the refinishing of the historic Tavern on the Green Restaurant in New York City.

A Complicated Challenge: Refinishing the Tavern on the Green

How We Did This Floor: Edge-Grain in the Portland International Airport

Approximately 57,000 square feet of the Portland International Airport now has local edge-grain white oak wood flooring with an oil finish—a massive undertaking, even for a company like Pure Floors Inc. This is how they did it.

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What’s Your Favorite Tool You’ve Bought Recently?

Wood floor pros share their favorite tool/equipment purchases, from sanding equipment to installation tools.

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An Eye-Opener: Your Wood Flooring Equipment Costs vs. Labor

Wood floor pro Matt Garcia takes a deep dive into the actual costs of buying and maintaining the sanding equipment necessary to do wood flooring—and why it's such a small cost over the long term.

Investing in good equipment and its maintenance is a small cost over the lifetime of the tool.

Do You Need a Power Station? Yes, and Here’s Why

Wood floor expert T.J. Haas explains why wood flooring pros should use a power station (what some call a "booster") every single time they are plugging in their sanding equipment.

The best thing you can do to protect your expensive sanding equipment is to use a power station on every single job.

A Key to Better Sanding: Know Your Scratch

Wood floor sanding expert Daniel Boone explains what some wood floor pros are missing when they say they "can't get the scratches out."

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Wood Floor Rescue

Wood Floor Rescue: Preserving a Piece of Montana History

Wood floor pro Alex Franklin was charged with preserving the character of the floors in the Kalispell Mercantile building, and he had to throw all of his experience at the renovation project.

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2025 Surfaces Exhibitor Showcase

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Domestic Species for Wood Flooring 101: What Pros Should Know

Lifelong wood flooring pro Bob Goldstein discusses helpful advice for installing, sanding and finishing the most common domestic wood flooring species.

Photo credits clockwise from top left: Rift-and-quartered select red oak from Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring and installed by Ron Doran, hickory/pecan by Robert Welp, white oak by Aaron Hall, cherry refinished by Alex Ramirez, maple by Adrian Molitor, ash by Chris Hodges. Center: Walnut by Jamie Espinoza.

Tricks of the Trade

Trick of the Trade: A Safe Way to Get a Big Machine Up and Down Stairs

Casey Ditsworth at Woodshed Flooring Inc. in Pearl City, Ill., explains why he believes his Magliner stair-climbing dolly for getting the big machine up and down stairs is worth the investment.

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Sports Flooring

A First for Our Industry: The ASBA Gym Floor Sanding School

On the morning of Nov. 4, the fall American Sports Builders Association gym floor sanding school—the first of its kind—began in Cheyenne, Wyo., at the Destiny Christian Academy.

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Arbortech Mini Grinder Review: An Incredibly Versatile Tool (Sponsored)

I have been using the Arbortech Mini Grinder for a few months now, and I have been very impressed by its versatility for cutting, grinding, and sanding various materials.

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