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The hardwood floor finish is a very important step regarding the protection of your newly acquired floor. As you know, wood is not an invulnerable material, and needs to be treated in order to guarantee a long life while maintaining its visual appeal. Several types of surface finishes are available in order to accomplish this.
Wooden floors fall under two major categories: the prefinished ones and the job-site finished. The prefinished ones refer to the wood floors that were factory finished – they need no special treatment once installed. The others need to be sanded, stained, and finished at your place. Adding to that, there are several types of finish that can be used: from the acrylic impregnation used in prefinished floors, to the urethane based finishes, to the traditional wax. For each type of floor there’s a suitable finish which should suggested by a professional.
Whatever the finish, your floor will now be covered by a nearly invisible protective layer. Requiring minimal maintenance, you can now spend your time enjoying your floor instead of having to worry about it. Your floor is now ready to face all those daily activities like kids running around dragging toys and dirty shoes stomping on it.
