Premium Hardwood Flooring Refinishing Professionals throughout Doraville

GA Flooring provides professional hardwood floor refinishing services in Doraville, GA. 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 original beauty to your hardwood floors.

For years our team at GA Flooring, Inc has been refinishing hardwood flooring, and returning floors to their original beauty. Our team prides themselves on providing premium hardwood flooring refinishing services guaranteeing that your floors will look like new.

Oil Refinishing Vs. Water Refinishing

The two main types of hardwood flooring refinishing compounds are oil based and water based. The main differences between water based and oil based polyurethane is drying type, odor, price, and color. 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. Be aware that if you change to water based, it will look different. Listed below is are several FAQ's about oil and water based 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 linger 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 per coat is at least 8 hours (high humidity, low temperature, lack of air movement cause this to vary—sometimes 24 hours plus is needed!) Need to wait overnight between coats.
• 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 time means less time spent waiting for the job to be finished.
• Coatings will dry enough to walk on in a few hours
• Cost is more expensive (additional charge to use).
• Curing-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. Do not replace area rugs until floor is fully cured. The floor may be walked on and furniture replaced after 24 hours, but remains susceptible to scuffing and marring until completely cured. Slight fumes/odors. The day after the final coat most people smell nothing. 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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