Brainerd, Minnesota
Hardwood Flooring Services

 

Hardwood Refinish

The refinishing process is necessary to either change the color of the flooring or to remove old finish, dirt, scratches and surface stains. If you wish to darken or lighten your floors, we will sand the old finish from the floors and stain them a custom color of your choice. If your floors are worn, heavily scratched or damaged but you would like to keep the same color, we can do that too. We will sand off the old finish and apply your favorite stain color and then top coat the floors with polyurethane; they should look as good as new depending on the condition of your floor .

 

Trim

We will install trim as an additional cost.

Hardwood Floor & Laminate Installation

 

All flooring needs to acclimate to your home before it is installed. This means it will need to rest somewhere, usually in an unused room, for several days while it adjusts to the temperature and moisture conditions of your home. This is crucial to insuring the proper installation of your hardwood and one of the most critical steps in the installation process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen & Re-coat

When you screen and recoat hardwood floors, you have the options of changing the gloss level of the finish. So, if your floors are too glossy and you want more of a satin look you can do that (or vice versa).

Screening (or buffing) will not address deep scratches or changes in color.  If you have a stain on the floor and scratches that have penetrated down to the raw wood, the screening will not help with this.  It is simply adding on a coat of clear protection on the floors (think about nail polish…if your nail polish color has chipped and you add an extra coat of gloss, it will help preserve the existing polish, but it will not change the color underneath).

Screening will save you money, labor and time.  Not only will a screen and recoat help refresh your floors, but it will also postpone the need for a complete sanding and refinishing later.

 

When will screening NOT work?

  • Screening will not work on waxed floors as it can not adhere properly to the surface. Also, it will not work well if you have used products that have wax in them (e.g. mop and glo or orange glo).

  • If the floors have worn down past the color (and/or you have portions of the floors that are gray from oxidation), screening is not the right process. Instead, it’s time for a full sand and refinish.

  • If you want to change the color of your floors. In order to change the color of your floors, you need to sand the floors completely down to the raw hardwood and then apply the stain.

  • If you have gray patches on the floor, it’s too late for a screening

  • A screening will not address UV discoloration under area rugs

How long does a screen and recoat take?

Generally, a screen and recoat can be done in 1 day and it needs to dry for 24 hours.  It depends on the area to be done, but often the work can be done in a few hours.  An oil based polyurethane will take 24 hrs to dry, and a water based poly will usually dry in 4 hrs.  All furniture and items must be moved off the floor.  With an oil based poly, it’s advisable to wait 4 days before putting furniture back; for water based poly, you only need to wait 24 hours.  It’s ideal to wait 7 days before putting area rugs back so that the floors fully cure.