I have a customer of mine who just moved into a new house that they are leasing. Thay have a pickled oak floor that runs throughout their dining room, foyer and kitchen. It’s in pretty rough shape, a lot of superficial scratches and marring. Their landlord says that it’s fine but they still want to clean it up. They had one contractor out their to look at refinishing it and he quoted them 6.00$ sq ft to refinish it (940 sq ft) to much to invest in a house they don’t yet own, and on top of that the floor matches the stain on their cabinets and he couldn’t guarantee that the color would match the cabinets after he refinished it. They are going to eventually buy this house but with a 700,000$ price tag they want things done right. But for now the flooring contractor told them that it may be able for them to polish the floor, I’m wondering if there are any techniques that you have heard of for increasing the look of the floor without paying the high price of refinishing. Again this is only a temporary,thing they do have every intention of refinishing the floor when they buy the house next year, but untill then they wan’t it to look presentable. Thanks Guys!
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Barnee:
They could look into a screen and recoat as it will take very minor scratches out and the marring you mention. Six bucks sounds really high unless they wanted a color change. You must be in California by the looks of that quote. If that's the case a screen/coat could be in the neighborhood of $2.00 but I'm guessing big time here.
By the way anyone seen or heard from Ian or Greg Warren? Those guys would know the real answers.
Try this site for some ideas...
http://www.nofma.org/finishing.htm
Ken Fisher