Read more: How (And When) To Paint Wood Floors Oil-based polyurethane is a versatile and durable floor finish. (It's also used on furniture and cabinetry.) It's available in various sheens and ...

Why: To restore the wood’s original appearance and shine, change its color or finish ... floors, consider having them rescreened. In this process a machine roughs up the existing polyurethane ...

Wax will smudge the rag; polyurethane won’t. A smaller group of people will have varnish or shellac finishes, which are usually orange in tone. But if you have a floor with wax, varnish or ...

However, polyurethane floor finishes with petrochemical additives were shunned until they were made water-soluble and off-gassing was reduced. Now, Carnegie, a 60-year-old Manhattan company famous ...

“Chemicals applied to the finish will create hazing.” Floors with a polyurethane finish can actually look more cloudy because of wax buildup. To treat hazing, a clean cloth dipped in warm ...

In one high-traffic area, the floor is showing wear from frequent use. In another area, a wheeled office chair has rubbed away an area of polyurethane finish. I can relate. My home's heart pine ...

Q–When I was applying a polyurethane finish to my bedroom floor, some of the urethane spilled onto a marble slab that separates this floor from an adjoining bathroom floor. This has hardened ...