A client of mine has just had maple flooring installed in the addition of their older home.It was integrated with existing flooring in the adjoining rooms.The whole area was sanded, stained and given 3 coats of a polyurathane topcoat.The older area looks fine but the new area topcoat was left with a somewhat uneven,rippled look.Apparently this is “normal” for new maple flooring.It dosn’t look all that normal to me.The empty cans are labelled “gymnasium” floor finish.I don`t know what the condtions were during the work but they used a roller to apply the finish.I wonder if it was applied thickly and then dried too fast.Any ideas?
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Greetings Mc,
As a first time poster Welcome to Breaktime.
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
a picture would be nice...... hmmm...... a roller would screw up a stain job pretty bad but i think it would look blotchy. i use rags or sponge or a swift it type applicator. But 90 percent of the flooring i install comes prefinished.... AHh the world of sliced bread!
Oh and by the way sometimes maple does have a bit of a rippley look, but it is the grain of the wood and not the finish... at least in my experience
The rippled affect you describe sounds like "chatter'. It's caused by either the drum machine or the operator. Chatter resembles waves, usually spread evenly at intervals of between 1 and 2 inches across the entire floor.
The older floors may have been oak. Or maple that's already had a few sandings...making them an easier sand job than the new floors, which would have required a more thorough (agressive) sanding to remove overwood.
When a floor machine is out of balance, or not being run with adequate drum pressure, or the operator is walking too fast 'chatter' can happen.
Edited 12/3/2006 7:48 pm ET by ditch