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Greetings all,
I just finished finishing my fir floor, and I have a question. I used two coats of a gloss oil based urethane, then a final coat of a semi-gloss – drying overnight and buffing between coats. It looks beautiful – except where I must have scuffed the floor with my boots while I was installing the base and shoe molding. Is one more buffing in order and with what? Or is this a job for a floor wax?
Thanks,
Ken
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You shouldn't have to wax over a urethane, should you?
*First, I agree with not ever having to wax a poly floor. Second, the same exact thing happened to my floor as my helper was moving around on knee pads getting the base mldg ready for paint. I was not happy but, as poor as it may sound, after some yelling, I just ignored the slight scratches/some scuffs because after furniture and area rug was down, the small marks sorta disappeared into the woodwork - pun intended. I've used goof-off (latex splatter remover) to get out some shoe scuffs but with a floor that looks as good as yours I might want to do a test area first.It is simply amazing what a 55lb pound dog and an 11 year old daughter can do to walls and floors but I still love them both.
*Eric, The floors and the walls or kid and dog.
*Ken,Don't ever put wax on a urethane floor because every last speck of it will have to be removed when it comes time to recoat the floor or you'll have rejection problems.If the scuff marks really are a problem, then hire a floor polisher/buffer and go over the floor with a fairly coarse nylon buffing pad.Eric's policy of ignoring the marks is really the best way to go.
*Dale - very good. All four of them.
*Thank you all for your responses. The ignoring advice was the way I was leaning anyway. It's like any project, I always see the warts - and they always look bigger than they are. Once the furniture is in there, and the tv is on, I'll never see them again.Ken