Hardwood Flooring Refinishing Professionals in Milton

GA Flooring offers hardwood floor refinishing in Milton, GA. If your hardwood floor has lost its beauty through age, damage, or even just wear and tear, it can be brought back to its original beauty. Our team offers a dustless refinishing service that will guarantee to restore the original 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 experienced hardwood flooring refinishing services guaranteeing that your floors will look like new.

What Type Of Refinishing Do I need?

There are two versions of refinishing products for hardwood floors oil based and water based compounds. Some of the differences between oil and water based finishing products are odor, drying time, price, and color. Most on-site finished hardwood has and oil based finish. 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. 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).
• Over time the color can change, darkening or becoming more orange
• Odor can last for several days or even weeks.
• Deep saturation of the oil allows for darker and richer tones
• Oiled wood tends to have a muted shine
• Only option for dark stains.
• Minimum drying time is 8 hours and can last up to 24 hours or more based on humidity and other environmental 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

• You can conceivably do a coat every 2-4 hours. This takes 1-2 days off the job versus oil based poly which allows the homeowner to get back to their routine/life sooner.
• Fast drying time means foot traffic can resume only hours after the coat is applied.
• 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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