Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire I Heavy Duty Floor Finishes

 

Let’s make it short. All types of real wood floors can be sanded at least once. If your floors are manufactured from a real piece of wood or are a sheet of wood on a plank based, then we can guarantee that your floors can be done. The semi solid or the engineered wood floors can be sanded 1 to 3 times, depending on the thickness of the wood sheet at the top. The hardwood floors or parquet floors can be sanded at least 10 times.

 

Why Refinish A Real Wood Floor?

 

It does not matter what type of real wood floor you might own. Over a long or short period of time, the floor is likely to get damaged. The daily traffic, the cleaning products, the pets, messy children, the sunlight, etc. All these can mess up, dull up and discolour your floors. The point of a real wood floor is that it can be sanded and restored to a new condition at a fraction of the cost of replacing the floor.

All you need to do is just call Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire and find out how much it will cost you. As the protective coat is getting slightly damaged, the dirt and the liquids will manage to reach the wood and damage it. By sanding the floors, the pre-existing and damaged sealer will be removed and then replaced with a new one.

 

Dustless Floor Sanding Technology

 

Within the process of sanding any surface, there will be some level of dust released into the air. The aggressive sanding discs or belts will break into all kinds of pre-existing finish to fully remove it and expose the raw wood. The old classic floor sanders did not have a way of collecting this dust so refinishing any type of hardwood floor used to be a very dusty experience.

Things started to change when Lagler Germany invented the first floor sander that could collect most of the dust generated through a system of aspiration. Over the past 20 years better and better floor sanders were invented and nowadays 98% dust collection is very common. Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire will sand all your hardwood floors without covering all your walls and woodwork in dust.

 

Water Based Floor Finishes

 

Moving out for a week used to be the norm while you had your hardwood floors restored. That is not the case any longer. The classic oil based or solvent based floor finishes were gradually replaced by the new water based floor finishes. Most of the new floor lacquers, floor primers, gap fillers, floor polishes, etc, are now made from different types of acrylic and polyurethane based materials without containing any solvent. The water based floor sealers are about 80% as durable as the old solvent finishes, but they are getting better every year. The advantages provided by the water based floor finishes is very impressive. 

 

Odourless | The products have very low VOC and are relatively odorless. While wet, it might have a plastic odour, but when dry, the odour disappears.

 

Non Yellowing | Most people who contact Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire are complaining about the yellowish tone of their floors. The old solvent finishes changed colour in contact with sunlight or cleaning products. The new water based finishes cannot change colour because it contains no solvent.

 

Quick Drying | Waiting for your floor lacquer to dry for 24 hours is now a thing of the past. Most of our floor finishes are fully dry in less than 90 minutes with 12 hour curing time. The floor can be used within 2-3 hours after the last application.

 

Natural Looking | The incredible water based floor finishes maintain the look of the wood to a very natural finish. It does not glaze, it does not create incredible glossy finishes and the wood can be made to look raw. Call Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire today and find out more info about our raw or natural finishes. 

 

Your Free Estimate

 

All floors are unique in their own way and each type of hardwood floor is likely to require a different level of finishing and attention. Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire will drop by your place, assess the condition of your floors, show you what is possible and what is not possible and only then will we offer you a deal. Whatever idea you might have could very well work or actually be impossible to do. 

Some wood stains do not work well on some wood fibres, some wood stain colours are out of fashion or some floor finishes in high gloss might not work well in a house with a lot of sun. Our job is to inform you in good time about all the possibilities and then you can decide what option is best for you. Our estimates always include all the finishes and VAT. Wood floor replacements and structural issues can be resolved but will cost extra. 

 

Included | Your final price will include sanding of the entire area and sealing with 3 coats of high traffic water based floor lacquer or floor oils. This is the standard.

 

Not Included | You can additionally add gap filling, staining, floor repairs, floor replacement, more coats of lacquer.

 

***The estimates provided over the phone are estimates only and are not quotes. If any of our customers ask for a ballpark price, we can give them an idea of cost but the final price will be decided after a site survey***

 

Unique Wood Stains

 

One of our most requested types of service after sanding, is wood staining. Some people are sick and tired of having the same type of wood for years so they are looking into transforming an oak floor into walnut, a pine into oak and so on. That is very much possible right now if the right wood stain is used. Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire uses a wide range of top quality, natural looking and very fast drying wood stains from some of the most well established brands. Between Chimiver Wood Stains, Tover Wood Stains, Bona Craft Oil 2K and Junckers Rustic Oils, we have about 50 different colours of wood stains to satisfy everyone.

 

Flexible Gap Fillers 

 

Filling up the gaps between the floorboards is not a luxury any longer but is more of a necessity. With the price of electricity nowadays you do not want to lose any heat through the gaps. The gaps are also great for collecting dust and in the case of spill, great at staining the lower part ceilings. Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire uses highly flexible gap fillers from Chimiver, Tover and Bona. The dust generated within the process of sanding the floor will be mixed up with the gap filler and used to fill up the gaps. 100% natural looking. 

 

Water Based Floor Lacquers

 

Our business has increased year on year over the past 20 years for a good reason. We do not use cheap lacquers. Your floors are likely to be sealed with Chimiver Ecostar 2K, Tover Idrolak DR 97 or Bona Traffic HD. These three floor lacquers are 100% polyurethane based, non yellowing, two pack and suitable for intense use. With the right maintenance routine in place, you should not have to worry about floor sanding again for at least 10 years.

 

Call Floor Sanding Dun Laoghaire today and book a site survey.