Premium Hardwood Flooring Refinishing Cumberland

GA Flooring offers hardwood floor refinishing services in Cumberland, Georgia. Professional hardwood flooring refinishing services can restore your hardwood to its original beauty. Our team offers a dustless refinishing service that can guarantee to return the natural beauty to your hardwood floors.

GA Flooring, Inc has years of experience refinishing hardwood flooring and restoring the natural look of floors. Our team prides themselves on providing professional hardwood flooring refinishing services ensuring that your floors will look like new.

Oil Vs. Water Refinishing

There are two versions of refinishing products for hardwood floors oil based and water based compounds. There are several differences between oil and water based refinishing coatings: drying time, odor, price, and color - not durability. Many on-site finished hardwoods use an oil based compound for hardwood finishing. Prefinished wood can be water or oil based. If you have site finished wood in your home, it is probably oil based. If you choose to switch from an oil based compound to a water based hardwood refinishing compound you must be aware that it will look different than it had previously. Below you will find several FAQ's about the different types of hardwood refinishing compounds.

Oil Modified Polyurethane (OMU)

• Is a solvent based polyurethane, contains mineral spirit.
• Much higher in VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds).
• Ambers (yellow, brownish-orange tones) over time.
• Odor can last for several days or even weeks.
• Deep saturation of the oil allows for darker and richer tones
• The natural oils in the sealer allow for a dull shine
• Only option for dark stains.
• Drying time can be anywhere from 8 to 24 hours depending on humidity and other factors
• Curing— allow finish to cure for 24 hours from final coat before foot traffic and 30 days before placing area rugs. The floor may be walked on (light foot traffic only!) and after about 12 hours after second coat, but remains susceptible to scuffing and marring until completely cured. Use only a dry microfiber mop or cloth for cleaning during the first week or two—no liquid cleaners!

Water Based/Water Borne Polyurethane

• Faster drying times allows for more coats to be applied daily.
• Any given coat will dry enough in a few hours so that the owners can walk on it.
• Cost is more expensive (additional charge to use).
• 70% cured after 1 day, 90% cured after 3 days, fully cured in approximately 7 days so area rugs can be placed down after 7 days. Use only a dry microfiber mop or cloth for cleaning during the first week or two—no liquid cleaners!
• VOC compliant.
• Best for natural and light to medium stains, not dark stains.
• Because it sets up so fast, there is little penetration into the wood.
• Feels/looks more “plastic”; tends to have greater reflection and shine.

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