I found a highly recommended company that has experience with placing wood floors in the most humid environments Plenty of high-end homes have wood floors here so someone has to do it & do it well- just find "that" guy! Christina check out Rubio monocoat Gris belge Havana Slate grey These greys are very popular and with the matte sheen you will absolutely love them. white/grey countertops with light wood floor & stainless appliances? Thanks for leaving this up. The real way this is tested is actually even meaner to the floor - normally you take a box cutter, cross-hatch the floor (IE cut it in a grid pattern), and then put the tape on it and rip it up. Nora are you installing tower or Windsor? I have read so many wood floor horror stories. These posts priceless. There are a couple places where either a dogs nail or something created a tiny gouge all the way through to the wood - so the Bona is not impermeable. Absolutely love the matte finish. Also, how many coats of sealer did you use? ! These people end up crying themselves to sleep because they HATE their floors (and the massive price tag they just paid for). Houzz Pro: One simple solution for contractors and design pros. I had some 2 x 2 Corian samples that kept calling my name. You have a special floor. I hope they hold up to daily use. @tkgriff Thanks for sharing the photos. I could not get dog drool, LOLwe also scratched it and our current floors (factory oil urethane) with tips of a scissor to compare. Not sure if this is helpful but attached are picks of recently completed white oak with Bona natural seal followed by Bona traffic HD extra matte finish. Thank you for your input. NordicSealis an easy to use water-based sealer from Bonawhich you can use it to achieve this popular whitewashed look. We used 1 coat Bona Nordic and 2 coats Traffic HD in Satin. Bona Traffic finishes questions for people that have used it. If so what brand and color was used? I'll be sure to question about their history with using bona in the past. I absolutely love the floors. We also added the clerestory windows like you did. I will report back once I have the application on a sample board. I wish we did three coats of the Traffic HD as he have a ton of traffic (three kids and a dog!) But some of the most popular recent kitchens on Houzz tell a different story, Whether light and breezy or rich and moody, these wood-rich kitchens might make you rethink painted cabinets, If you favor a little color in your kitchen, look to these spaces that run the gamut from light to dark, See how the most popular kitchen cabinet color effortlessly supports a variety of inviting design features, Tired of white? It may come in other thicknesses too. BTW after the fabricator installed the countertops (and carefully covered them to protect them), other contractors uncovered them and used them as a work bench and scratched them up - a lot! * I didn't know that Classic Sealer added yellow that Natural Sealer did not but I didn't have anything to compare it to. The sand/finish guys sampled natural seal, amber seal and IntenSeal. That means a coat of Sealant and two coats of finish. (followed by Traffic HD). Bona Traffic finishes questions for people that have used it. if anyone else has found a reasonable solution, could you pls share what you did and a few pix? I"m just assuming you don't want to cut up your floor. I just had four rooms of 30-year-old white oak floors sanded down to the raw wood and refinished with Bona products. True Quartzite is higher on the mohl's scale of hardness then granite. Unless you're certain the gaps developed AFTER installation, I'd suggest the possibility they may have been present all along. I cannot find any locally. Red oak floors look horrible, help with light stain colors needed! HELP!!! Which possibly suggests installation issue. Good luck! White oak seems to be kind of tricky. And cure times are the BEST case scenario (temps and humidity are ASSUMED to be PERFECT = they NEVER are in a home setting = please leave an extra day). Color we like the Bona Nordic best and the Bona Natural second, but they both have a muddy haze when you see them in real life. Let him fix it ONCE. I believe they put Bona Mega One over the top just for example, but we will be using Bona Traffic HD. think it turned out well. We went with natural seal and traffic HD finish. If not, you can at least trivially test the floor: First. Cant decide! Many people would give their eyeteeth for floors of that quality. I have some anxiety he didn't apply the poly in the correct thickness. I will mention some Quartzites have a higher level of porosity and should be sealed regularly. If that does something, it's busted, you don't need to test further. You might want to do some reading regarding matt finish. Snowy cabinets and walls speak to a certain elegance, while marble counters whisper of luxury, Give your joints a break while you're standing at the stove, with these resilient and beautiful materials for kitchen floors, Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers, Outdoor Lighting & Audio/Visual Specialists, Dream Spaces: 12 Beautiful White Kitchens, 7 Kitchen Flooring Materials to Boost Your Cooking Comfort. I havent figured out if Im going to use any window coverings yet. WebBona NaturalSeal Brand: Bona 87 ratings $8892 FREE Returns Customer ratings by feature Durability 5.0 Value for money 4.3 Easy to use 4.0 See all reviews Similar item to consider Amazon's Choice AmazonCommercial Multi-Purpose Enzyme Cleaner, 1-Gallon, 1-Pack (12347) $24.97 ($0.20/Fl Oz) Frequently bought together + + Total price: Thank you SJ McCarthy for your expertise and explanation of time between coats, drying time and curing time. Thanks. Post back here with a link if you get more answers than I did or if you go with white! I plan to call the Bona company tomorrow to get their assistance. Nice, eh?! are you happy with these floors or wish you would have gone darker? Try this color if you want a darker shade. Classic seal gave a deeper color but I found it to be too yellow. Ryan - where did you purchase your Milesi? Indem Sie auf Annehmen klicken, stimmen Sie dem zu. The NaturalSeal will offer the closest to the 'raw look' you are after. And it is taking me some time to get used to a matte floor. It's hard to tell how deep those scratches are. Great photos and beautiful floors! - I got the curved 1/4 backsplash (if you can call that a backsplash). No scrape, no scratch, no nothing. Don't change chemical companies in the middle of a refinish. . Carlyweiss, your post and pictures are so helpful for those of us in the choosing process. He did know his stains and how it would finishI will give him that. If you read the question carefully, you would understand I answered that the last coat of finish was applied Saturday. Looking at pictures of finished jobs of all three, its difficult to tell the difference. If youre really interested, Ill call the installer Brazilian Floors and see if he still has the info. Red oak stairs - Do I install white oak floors or red? The real way this is tested is actually even meaner to the floor - normally you take a box cutter, cross-hatch the floor (IE cut it in a grid pattern), and then put the tape on it and rip it up. Get the third coat of sealer. P.P.S. My installer has Amber i think yhat will be too dark. It will make you happy. The raw wood that was laid (almost the whole house) looks beautiful. Think about going stylishly dark instead, The international shows designers bring the focus back to the craftsmanship and luxurious materials of the 1920s, See why an engineered wood floor could be your best choice (and no one will know but you), Gleaming wood floors are a thing of beauty. Erfahren Sie hierzu mehr in der Houzz Cookie-Richtlinie. WebInformacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: qhhsubiquity.com, +13012001475, +13012001768, +13012001300 The Ubiquity The student news site of Quartz Hill High School Are light white oak wire brushed floors hard to keep clean? There are some finishes that are a 'high-gloss satin' but I don't know where Bona Traffic HD satin sits on the glossy or not gloss level. I originally wanted Corian in the kitchen with a stainless area (Near the cooktop) because they withstand abuse, can be refinished and are hygenic. Which means something is sitting on, grinding down, pressing into or just plain 'sitting on' your floors every second of every day. Imagine if that would have been quartz? Webariel winters leaked what is 2 5 as a decimal holiday craft fairs near me 2022 But they did just complete a project with Bona NordicSeal. Out of curiosity what width floorboards did you use (and which manufacturer did you go with)? They will not withstand the normal kitchen detergent cleanings that need to occurr to remove grease or pancake batter. skip to main content Sale ON SALE - UP TO 75% OFF Bathroom Vanities Chandeliers Bar Stools Pendant Lights Rugs Living Room Chairs Dining Room Furniture Wall Lighting Coffee Tables Side & End Tables Home Office Furniture Sofas Bedroom Furniture Lamps Mirrors FURNITURE @mtpo did you ever post final pictures of your floor? It won't be cheap but it will be fast. Think NCAA and NBA courts. She lucked out and her floors look pretty good. However, as you can see from the photo, after the first coat, yellow dominated the room. Can you share the color? Their attention to detail. We recently installed new white oak hardwoods and did not like the color they turned out and will be refinishing them again - would love to get it right second time around (felt the floors looked a lot different when complete than our small sample in round one). I have about 735 sf. (Just read the dog drool threads.) I put any Quartzite that I have not carried before through vigorous testing before I sell it to my customers as a Quartzite. I don't want shine either - so do I do the sealer of Natural and then do an extra matte finish? Your floor looks amazing. They bring in wood from various locations. Someone else on here suggested Durasupreme. That's how building law works. Some 5 white oak with Bona Natural Seal and Hd traffic extra matte. This is a platform for people to help one another. It won't tell you what caused the scratching (glass particles in sand is the usual culprit. Bona Traffic HD is 10 times EASIER to find (but a snick harder to work with). (Thank you @Joseph Corlett for giving me the confidence to use Corian and to Heartwood Solid Surfaces for doing the work.) Bona is designed to be 'hot coated' that is to say it does BEST when coat 1 and coat 2 (like sealant and then 1st coat of finish) come in quick succession (less than 24 hours but nothing less than the 'minimum time between coats'). Yep. The tub area is ok -but Im glad I didnt get it in the kitchen. what made you decide to go with natural. Most of the base cabinets are covered with cardboard to protect them. I had no idea that white oak looks different when grown in one geographical area versus another. I did a lot of research before deciding on what product to use and how many top coats to use. Three teenagers, a dog. Also, the guy said they usually apply the sealer one day, then one or two finish coats the next day (running into the 3rd day depending on how it dries). I bought the cleaning spay and renew oil for the cabinets. Je peux rejeter les cookies non essentiels en cliquant sur Grer mes prfrences . Not quite "honey oak" but not far from it. View a wide selection of Rugs and other great items on KSL Classifieds. @mtpo your floors are SO beautiful, do you know where they were ordered from and cost per sq ft? Use two coats of natural seal and two coats of naturale. I still hope to get my dream kitchen. The reactive simply pulls the tannins. @J Sk did you use natural sealer or natural stain? The refinishers used "Bona Dri-Fast Natural Stain", "Bona Classic Sealer"*, and "Bona Mega Satin" (two coats). You should be able to try to scrape it (drag it hard across at any angle), dent it (press your nail in), etc, and nothing visible *at all* should happen. It's a installer issue. D Debra Travis Red Oak Hardwood Floors Installing Hardwood Floors Natural Wood Flooring Decoration We refinishing the floor and apply natural seal from bona and top coat bona mega one satin D Any specific fillers recommended for the knots & gaps ? Sigh. We didnt get the fumed product because we couldnt know for sure what color the finished product would be. @CEM TOSA It took me forever to decide on countertops. Bona Natural Seal on the top, Bona Nordic Seal on the bottom. I am often surprised at how it feels to open/close off certain areas. There are some lap lines on the floors from the sealer. @mtpo We are also considering the Bona nordic seal on white oak. It is less than $0.85/sf. Thanks so much! They held up to move in with no major scratches. Its small enough, you should be able to manage it. These are the LVP samples and my unfinished white oak stair parts. So I suppose its even better than 3 coats in 3 days as I originally thought given your advice. It is a way for everyone to see how easy it is to misunderstand posts. Let's see how long this finish last. Hard to believe contractors would use your countertops as work bench! Really not read much about IntenSeal? Rift white oak lowers and white uppers. Ask youself, do you WANT to see a floor that shines AFTER you clean it? Carly, we are trying to decide between Bona Classic Seal or Natural Seal? . Any ideas on stain/stain combos and sealants to make it happen? So they use 3 gal of product and it appears the TrafficHD is $100/gal more +/- than the cheaper stuff. @ Moran.now I see where this has come up. Will Bona Mega keep the wood color natural and avoid yellowing over time? The tile on the back wall of the shower and the backsplash is a soft baby blue glass. How to protect the wood enough for kitchen cabinet use but 1. @Jonathan Margareten Hi. They don't like doing it - because they go through SOOO many screening discs (I've heard of more than 12 discs being used in one home). Ha. Bona Traffic (original) is two steps up from Mega. WebBona ClassicSeal Floor sealer highlighting the wood's natural color Size: 1 gal Find a distributor Information Documents Key benefits Minimizes tannin bleed, especially on white oak Exceptionally clear, highlighting true color of wood VOC Compliant Seals the wood, preventing the finish from penetrating Information I will have to follow up. Sie knnen nicht notwendige Cookies ber Einstellungen verwalten ablehnen. Some Quartzites are more grainy which make them more porous. @mtpo did you use a satin or matte finish? When it came to a finish, I didn't want any red or yellow coloration. We went with the Bona Nordic and Traffic HD. Use natural seal. I just got samples and have found mixing the white with mist gives almost an exact color for unfinished white oak. Press it very hard into the coating, and rip it up. (Mirror and lighting still not in). From all Ive read, it seems Bona Traffic HD is the way to go on the finish coats. If ending up with the typical honey oak is my only choice, then I'd rather just get painted maple/mdfwhich isn't what I want! Contact your Bona rep to understand all the options with the Bona System or view our catalog here: https://bit.ly/3eqqhSK. I am actually in the process of having a quart sample of the Milesi Natural Effect 2k finish sent my way. Not a one. Your comment was devised to make me feel small and make worry about my floors when they are already finished. They were great to work with. It still should not come off. But maybe it is just old and scratched over the years? If you you know you are doing something we offer on floor samples (3x3) in many combinations and finishes. Based on the research I've done, Nordic Seal has a tendency to show white streaks on the floor. A 2 minute working time is EXTREME. True Quartzite is very dense and many are not prone to staining. Quartzite gets a bad name due to companies mislabeling marbles, dolomites and sandstone. For someone to get this done 'properly' takes training. It was one coat of seal. My cabinets are custom sizes and I was going to go with Barker cabinets (had my order all ready to send), but someone here on houzz recommended I check out this local guy first, and I am so glad I did! (BTW - We ran into the issue with getting character grade mixed into our select a bit too, very frustrating!). It has come out very well. They make their final grit-pass and then they will place the colour samples down with a coat of finish. If, Bona Mega is your budget. (Ive read LOTS of old posts!). Bona nordicseal is greenguard certified for indoor air quality. Wow sounds beautiful! A unique way of customizing your floor from a light whitewash to successive coats, providing a truly Scandinavian look. Installing an 8" plank with full spread glue is EXPENSIVE (the labour alone is intense). San and finish guys come in next. It must be sanded down and done again. Can you also please send a picture of the floors with the seal and traffic HD? I can see the installer has the ABILITY to do make this finish workhe just ran out of time and money because of his bid (which was too low for full glue). It will not etch like Marble, but has a marble like appearance. Find the right local pro on Houzz to kickstart your project. A new color true black is introduced by Duraseal. We were going after the Studio McGee house look attached. If you look at my photos above, the wood sample with one coat of Bona Natural sealer and one coat of Matte Traffic HD looked nice too but looked horrible with one coat of Natural and 3 coats of satin Traffic HD. This only matters for porosity not hardness. (Please do not tell us to order pre-finished floors or use an oil finish. Also, try calling high end custom home builders in the area and ask who they use. I got a quartz remnant for the tub area (a kinda white) in my hideaway bathroom and Ocean Jasper Quartz for the master ADA bathroom. If you do NOT want ORANGEthen stay away from "oil" based finishes or "oil modified". Part of me wishes we went satin finish bc I realized I do like a little sheen on a floor (just washed look). Mega One is a clear non-yellowing finish. I could only post one photo at a time. Windows for a 1920's Spanish style home in SoCali. I acknowledged that there would be an upcharge for the TrafficHD and expected it. His maternal grandfather, Justice Thomas Smith, had been for many years a prominent lawyer and a distinguished judge in Philadelphia, and his maternal great-uncle, the Rev. Your floors are beautiful. Which is why I posted asking for people's experiences today, but I never received any replies. A VERY trchnichally difgicukt finish yonachieve. can you share any pix? Photos would be helpful. You can get a natural matte finish in medium- light tones with the colors mist, natural, white 5%, white, and cotton white. I am on info overload. Back to square one. How 'cheap' do you want to go with something that important? However, I guess Ill put off retirement for a few more years to make up the cost. The coating should not come up. Founded in 1919, Bona offers products for most premium floor surfaces including It was another rude comment from someone who was engaging in further confrontation.Ive already asked Houzz to delete the post. My stomach-- which had been in a knot for a year due to indecision relaxed. One that I just came up was someone who posted a picture of their island door with Bona NaturalSeal. I also have some design software that may help with your need. 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