Peeling Polyurethane Hardwood Floors

Mix with a wooden stir stick scraping into the mixture any lacquer from the base and sides of the can.

Peeling polyurethane hardwood floors.

This often leads to some head scratching trying to figure out how it happened. The best way to fix a peeling floor is to sand it down to bare wood and restart the finishing process. I cleaned all the floors with ammonia and that took the water dirt and wax off of them. Nobody likes to see polyurethane peel especially just after refinishing the floor.

Pour equal parts of lacquer thinner and denatured alcohol into a small empty paint can. So the idea of refinishing a hardwood floor did not scare me. They can typically determine the number of coats within the sample the scratch patterns which finishes are on the floor and whether contamination or stain residual is present all of which can give you the. I am having issues with polyurethane peeling off my hardwood floors.

The mix will serve as your polyurethane stripper strong enough to remove the finish but unable to penetrate the wood and disturb the stain if quickly. Without resanding waxes oils and furniture polishes used to clean wood floors seep into the pores of the finish and can prevent the new finish from bonding. A floor that is peeling usually has to be resanded. Continue reading finish didn t chemically bond and is lifting off.

So far i have made one huge mistake. I have 2000 square feet of hardwood floors and in some areas the poly looks like it is peeling off. If you re not sure why the floor is peeling you can send peelings into a finish lab. I used an oil based stain and followed that with an oil based poly.

I have refinished multiple dressers tables chairs beds etc. Sometimes the coats will lay down flat and smooth and look good after the floor finisher has left only to receive a call later that the finish is separating from the floor. I ve even heard of floors smoking when two finishes have been mixed scares the snot out of homeowners. Then i used an.

For example it s not uncommon for old floors to start peeling as the old polyurethane topcoat starts to deteriorate. Ultimately you will most likely have to refinish the floor if the polyurethane won t stop peeling. Simply abrading the floor and applying a new top coat might not fix the problem. Your floor will look like an orange peel.

Bubbling and peeling will follow. The cure time will then be observed once more.