Experienced Hardwood Flooring Refinishing in Alpharetta

GA Flooring provides experienced hardwood floor refinishing services in Alpharetta, GA. Professional hardwood flooring refinishing services can restore your hardwood to its original beauty. We offer a dustless refinishing service that will guarantee to return the original beauty to your hardwood floors.

The GA Flooring, Inc team has years of experience refinishing hardwood flooring in AlpharettaGeorgia. Our team strives to provide professional hardwood flooring refinishing services ensuring that your floors will look like new.

Oil Vs. Water Refinishing

The two main types of hardwood flooring refinishing compounds are oil based and water based. Some of the differences between oil and water based finishing products are odor, drying time, 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. 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).
• The color begins to grow yellow or brownish-orange over time
• Odor (can linger for several days or even weeks).
• Deep saturation of the oil allows for darker and richer tones
• Presence. The natural oils in the sealer also give the wood a muted shine.
• Oil saturates the wood and works the best with only darker 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

• Faster drying times allows for more coats to be applied daily.
• 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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