But after reading on your sites of fire hazard with these product makes me really concerned. Like the other two finish systems we recommend, these finishes are highly water resistant, very durable and they’re easy to look after and maintain. When I installed these I put min wax stain and several coats of polyurethane. Hi Tadas! It offer 67% greater performance over Traditional Traffic. 4. Discussion Starter • #1 • Aug 12, 2011. Bona Traffic Hd Used In Art Gallery You; 2. FREE Shipping. Privacy Policy, How to Choose a Hardwood Floor Finish – Part 3, Rescuing a Botched Rubio Monocoat Fumed Floor, Hardwood Floors After a Clean, Screen and Recoat, Hardwax Oil Experiment – Part 1 OSMO Polyx Oil [2020 UPDATE], Hardwax Oil Experiment – Part 2 Rubio Monocoat [2020 UPDATE], The Hardwax Oil Experiment – Part 3 Bona Indoor Oil, The Hardwax Oil Experiment – Part 4 Pallmann Magic Oil, How to Choose a Hardwood Floor Finish – Part 1, How to Choose a Hardwood Floor Finish – Part 2, Pre-Finished Vs Site-Finished Hardwood Floors. $116.96 $ 116. In your opinion, can red oak be stained grey? Which I also love. 4 coats will give you a nice strong finish. This is by far the best sealer on the market with the best durability and yet still brings out the woods characteristics as customers’ demand. Yes you can buy it from floor supply distributors here in the States. Our black oak and white oak areas are in open and ajoining areas. A finish combination that is sub par will last 5 years while a top quality one will last to 15 years. Is there a good way to closely match the floors? Copyright 2016 A-Max Hardwood Floors, LLC | All Rights Reserved | RCE-36517 |. I am so lost when picking out a floor sealer for our new common #2 red oak wide plank floor. These are among the most expensive finishes. If properly applied and cared for, either one will wear well. Loba manufactures extremely good finishes though and come very recommended. Bona Traffic HD is the world’s toughest and fastest drying lacquer. Bona’s commercial-grade waterborne finishes, like Bona Traffic HD®, outperform all waterborne competitor finishes in durability tests and are used on hardwood floors in malls, airports, restaurants, bars and other high-traffic commercial spaces worldwide. (I am a native Chicagoan, though, by the way!) They had a nice amber color, a deep, thick build and were relatively easy to apply. Ps, our flooring contractor recommended Bona Traffic HD. We recommend that our customers get a Satin finish since it will hide scratches and other flaws in the floor created by foot traffic to be hidden. Oil or WS Easy? Bona Traffic Hd; 3. Hi Lisa. The only concern I have is your contractor who doesn’t have much experience with water-based finishes. BonaSeal – A water-based sealer made by Bona. We have used it in the past but don’t particularly like it. 2. 445 Posts . -JP. There are people that love it though. The professional we hired told us to pick a water-based stain from Minwax, but their “charcoal grey” reads blue to me. (208) 724-3827 || info@a-maxhardwood.com For our finish we are using Bona Traffic, Traffic is by far the best product on the market giving customers the same qualities as Glitsa Green of durability and looks. Do I buy a power fan to blow hot air? It’s very different to Magic Oil though so make sure you read up on the differences between them to see what would be the best for your family. We use other Loba products and they are a very reputable brand. Another downside to high-end water based finishes is the price. We wanted to use the clearest and most durable water-based poly on the market and Bona was the number one recommended by many online professionals as well as our contractor. You can have other issues if there are too many coats of finish on a floor. Would I expect to get all of the benefits of a finish-in-place floor with the hardwax oil finish using a pre-finished flooring system? Open Monday-Friday – 8:00am-5:00pm. Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip. and wondered what you’d recommend for a finish? Do you know if the Loba is as easily spot-sanded and refinished as the Rubio? I am from the Kansas City area and wish you were too! We are looking to refinish the exiting floors and add matching site-finished white oak in the kitchen. Any recommendations would be appreciated. This was a very large house, we want last finish. Get it as soon as Wed, Dec 23. We like the HD best because it is the only member of the Traffic family that comes in the Matte sheen level. Finishes are the part of the floor you will actually be walking on and cleaning. If different, what sealing product will go with above. Thank you for all the great information, this is one of the best hardwood floor resources on the internet! I would really like to get an oil finish look under the Loba if possible. Pet Protection. Here are the application instructions (go to the download link): http://www.loba.de/us/products/waterborne-finishes/2-component-waterborne-finishes/product/2k-supra-at.html. Contractor tells me he will use lacquer finish (sprayed) for the stairs. This is the first stage of applying Rubio Monocoat…. Pets and floors can play together nicely. Should the stair components be water popped as well to match tone? It’s called 2 component because it’s made of two parts — the finish and a catalyst. We’re always happy to help. As all the others mentioned above, I wish you were in the NYC area so I could hire you for my home project! Bona Traffic HD is a two-component timber floor coating. I’m also considering the Osmo Polyx-oil. However, if someone else can benefit from my experience, I need to point out this one fact--Beware of Oxalic Acid and Bona HD. Any experience you can share to help choose between the two-component DuraSeal and Loba Supra finish. But, the difference in price is fairly insignificant. 1) Rubio is very durable and we have found it is not too sensitive for wet environments like kitchens and baths. We are looking for exactly what you look for in a finish: Has to look good, long-lasting, durable to traffic and resistant to spills and relative easy maintenance and repair, non “yellow” excessively over time. i.e. I would stay with the 3 coats. Thanks in advance! trying to decide between Loba Supra and Loba 2k – thoughts? Yes you can use the 2 component finish but it will be a LOT more work and cost a lot more to do as it can’t be sprayed. I would suggest using this product to do it though: https://napervillehardwood.com/blog/rubio-monocoat-pre-color-easy/. After reading this “One downside to water based finishes, if you have oak floors, is the color. How long should the stain dry before the oil? We have applied Magic Oil in a busy commercial/restaurant space and it has held up extremely well. (She mentioned how she had her contractor buy 25 little quarts of the older high voc Fabulon oil poly, since it was illegal to buy it in gallons in NYC, to redo her floor!). Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip Tech Data Sheet Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip Finish Safety Data Sheet Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip Hardener Safety Data Sheet Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip Resistance Certificate Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip Specifier Paragraphs Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip Overcoating Specifier Paragraphs Used in hotels, restaurants and airports worldwide, where short downtime is essential, it … Invaluable! Anyway- after rereading your article above, I now remember why I was originally leaning toward using a good quality water based poly. In this case you will want to protect what flooring you have left with the best finish available. In this article we will talk about the good and bad points of these 3 finish systems and reveal our recommendations for what we feel are the current top finishes in each category from our hands on, real world experience. Thanks in advance! Sorry to hear about your floor troubles. So your floor will need to be stained first — either natural or in a color of your choice. As far as finishes, whether it is a 2 component or single won’t matter as far as the color. A good floor refinisher will be able to work with you on this. As for durability, both will scratch but I found Traffic in a satin to show scuffing less. So there you have it. Yesterday, I had a massive flood in my NYC condo from my neighbor above me. In certain parts of the country you can still get the higher VOC stuff in quarts, they will be able to tell you if that’s an option. Many thanks for all the information you provide! One is a clear coating and the other has an amber hue due to the oil in it. Or should we look at 2-part water finish? A large section of my engineered Brazilian cherry wood floor was damaged. You should be able to match the sheens pretty closely though so that won’t be a concern. The floor has become yellow and there are dents and scratches. The only one I have found so far is Stonewood products – they use the Rubio Monocoat. White Oak, on the other hand, can look great in it’s natural state with a waterborne finish on top and no stain. Loba only available from Germany. 3. I don’t want to stain and I don’t want dull floor. I’ve been on a bit of a break. AT or WB easier to apply if never used the product? A-Max Hardwood guarantees to only use the very best sealer and finish on the market, this is why we have chosen to use Glitza Green and Bona Traffic the combination is bar-none the best on the market. I have a question about using the newer, water-based finishes when you are trying to match the appearance of an older oil-based poly. I am also getting stairs (including handrails & post) done along with this. If it is going over a stained oak floor, will the top-coats’ appearances be noticeably different from one another? DuraSeal is a great company. 10 Ideeën Over Bona Traffic Hd Matte Or Satin Vloeren Parket Woonkamer Makeover; 5. Hope that helps and your project goes well. Thank you! You are obviously an expert in the industry which is evident by your detailed and educated blog articles and comments. 43. Bona Traffic; 4. ), Now, after some delays, we are finally about to get our hardwood floors refinished. I live in Oregon so i unfortunately cant hire you here to refinish our floors. Our floors in the various rooms are white oak, black oak and maple. Easy of maintenance is its best quality. Bona wants you to apply Traffic HEAVY but one risks puddles that way. Sorry I couldn’t be of more specific help. With certain systems (particularly Rubio Monocoat), the custom colors and mixes you can achieve is incredible. Sounds like a good choice for the type of floors you have, Brazilian Cherry is beautiful and water based finishes work extremely well with them. THANK YOU for your detailed and easy to understand guide for choosing a hardwood floor finish! I’m leaning towards the Loba Supra as this is what the company I am leaning towards uses. We have seen repeat business only in the last few years and on average our customers have been getting 12-14 years out of their finish that we put on their floor. It has some surface build and can be restored every six months with a new maintenance coat. I want a matte finish that will handle wear and tear. We are looking at 20 gallons to do our white oak reclaimed barn wood floors. The 2 component versions of waterborne finishes usually have much better UV and sunlight inhibitors as well, compared to their single component counterparts. If we were doing it, we would make a sample close to the stairs to get as close a match as possible. We had the oak on the stairs stained a “gunstock” color and finished with 3 coats of a satin/semi-gloss oil-based poly. As can water popping the floor. Hi Tadas, Thanks for the great info. Bona Traffic Finishes Questions For People That Have Used It; 7. Bona Traffic HD's 125 VOC is a 40% reduction compared to the regular Bona Traffic, and is less than half of the most strict laws that regulate floor finishes (Southern California's CARB). to have provincial windows with oak cabinets and railings or should the windows stay golden oak and only have the provincial (darker) color on the floor. Yes red oak can be turned grey. Floors are white oak finished with a loba oyster impact oil. Maple without a sheen may be a bit blah. Thanks so much! There is a clear winner for which to use. If you have a high traffic home with lots of dogs or children, or you’re always walking across your wood floors with your dirty shoes, then you might want to consider this commercial grade option. Thanks so much for your time and expertise! Hi Tadas, Excellent article, excellent site, thanks for sharing your experience! Any info you have will be greatly appreciated! Where we went wrong is using the highly recommended Bona Traffic HD as our finish coat poly. If your contractor has experience with water based finishes he should be fine. Yes we use Universal Maintenance Oil for this. Or will the 3 coats be enough? Did you like the higher VOC oil based finishes better than the 2 component water base ones before they were banned? We use their stains almost every day. Things like a small percentage of neutral stain added to the original color, or a percentage of a darker stain added, can make up the difference. (BTW, our prefinished flooring is by Bruce, and is a “natural” red oak strip with square edges (no bevels at all) and a low gloss finish. 5. You have a choice between matte, satin, semi-gloss and gloss with most finish systems. I have approx. Supra AT or WB. Sealers protect the floor from moisture and other elements. I apologize for overlooking your post. These products are designed to be applied with a roller, painters pad or t-bar. Glitsa Waterborne TruSeal – A mixture that is only 1 component and has low voc’s. Love the information you have provided, as it has helped me immensely. It is very generous of you to share your time and expertise – much appreciated. During our latest testing in 2020 the new reformulated Pallmann finishes came out ahead and is what we are using going forward. Either would be good but yes the Supra is more durable with the ceramic in it. They should be able to match the sheen for you too. I’m interested in using either loba invisible or ciranova hard wax oil magic for sealing lightly stained white oak trim to obtain a non yellowing and low sheen look. Personal experience from a long time experienced refinisher that continually tests different products and has a different finish system in every room of his home as well as his friends homes is about the best data you can get for the time being – at least until we can afford a couple of scientists, a lab and years of free time :). Hi Tadas, Thank you so much for all your great info, testing and pictures you have so kindly shared here. I don't want to hurt the product ratings by giving them anything less. Bona Traffic and Bona Traffic HD cost two to four times most water-based polyurethane products from MinWax, Varathane, General Finishes and similar products. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, (Comments are moderated and may take a couple of days to be approved.). Would you recommend this and if so, which products? yikes! We have toddlers. I love the graphics, too! I’m interested in your thoughts on that also. We didn’t like the smell or fumes though. Hardwood Flooring is definitely gives great value to our homes. These finishes can be used in domestic as well as high traffic commercial applications. Please lend me your advice. We have an experienced refinisher lined up to do the job who has never used the product. He claims that this product does make the grain pop and I will like it. I just found (and fell in love with!) I have been researching oils and you seem to be the online expert of oil finishing. Have a look at WD Flooring. I built a log home myself 15 years ago, and I installed heart pine floors throughout the entire home, including kitchens and bathrooms. and If so, which one would you recommend? We are planning on installing hardwood floors one room at a time and would like to go darker. Can you tell me what you would recommend and how best to apply it? Additionally, Traffic HD is GreenGuard Gold Certified, with lower VOCs than the original Traffic finish, and it is also food safe. We are working with old red oak. Please help me clarify a few things: 1. To answer your question, yes there will be a difference between the look between waterbased and oil based finishes. You will get 2 coats of this. We have 3/4″ white oak in our home that is cupped, and just tested for up to 16% moisture content (we just bought the home so don’t know how long the cupping has been there or if it’s seasonal). If I had a choice I’d go with the two component one in the link above. Here’s a project we did not long ago with an ultra-matte water based finish over White Oak…. We recently refinished our red oak floors with a duraseal mix of true black and country white for what turned out to be a beautiful grey color. So the first estimate is right. 4 re-sands x 5 years is 20 year life – this is really low and gives you very little lifespan for your investment. 4) Again testing is a must. It kind of defeats the purpose of the Invisible Protect. Search “epoxy table top resin” in Google and have a look at that option. 2885 S Cole Rd, Boise, Idaho 83709 Now that kid are grown, the floor needs to be sanded and refinished. A good finish will last 15 years so, 4 re-sands x 15 = 60 years. 4.8 out of 5 stars 20. One that we use and recommend has zero VOC’s. Hi Devon. * We were previously using Loba waterborne finishes. Our kitchen is still a high traffic area, which product do you recommend? You will need to take your time and go through a few samples to get a good match though. Hi Friends Hope You Doing Well I Like Little Tree Bali Facebook; 6. PS It may be helpful to note that my floor has varied plank widths of 3″-5″ & 7″. Contractor says he will use DuraSeal for stain and finish. Is there a time limit in which this should be done? If you just apply a clear water base finish to red or white oak it looks terrible.”, I am now concerned that i need to stay with oil. Mixing Traffic part A with part B begins the hardening process of the finish. Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I think it will last much longer with constant bleaching vs a polyurethane finish. Nowadays, the majority of people want to avoid the yellow/amberizing effect that occurs over time (this is driven mainly by sunlight, but also interior light), and Bona Traffic provides much better protection for your floors. On an average floor you will get around 4-5 re-sands. That would depend on your budget. I’ve read bona traffic and traffic HD are amazing but they are very pricey. We’re convinced this is the best single component water based finish on the market today. I would definitely listen to them if all of them said the same thing. Some even have ultra-matte option like the photo of the White Oak above. comment? We will use the 4 re-sand number for this example. To answer your second question, at the time we liked the look of the old oil base finishes. I’m sure he wants the same as his name will be attached to your floor. This will open the room more… the darker things are above the floors the smaller the room will feel. Hope it goes well for you and you get what you want Phyllis. Bona Traffic HD is for hardwood floor owners with an uncompromising attitude towards durability, being green and looking beautiful. You can be assured their 2 component finish is good. Unfortunately we don’t deal with fir here in the greater Chicago area so I couldn’t give an expert opinion on that sorry. Would love to know if you’ve ever used this combo! After the third coat didn’t have great protection, I ended up with the worst case option of re-sanding everything down to bare wood and going with an oil based finish. You can repair the damage in the middle of a room and it will be virtually impossible to see if you didn’t know it was there. Bona Traffic is a 2-component waterbased wood floor finish. We are replacing carpet with hardwood in our family room, dining room and hallway. They come with the option of multiple sheen levels. Below is a water based finish in satin sheen.. Another huge benefit they have is they don’t have the horrible fumes all the other solvent and oil based finishes have (although the stain and sealer will have a slight odor to them if they’re used). Hi, Thanks for taking the time to provide this information. No Waterlox is not classified as a hardwax oil finish. They have great professional high-end finish systems too. I’ve been on the search for a Rubio-finished engineered floor to use over hydronic heat in our rehabbed farmhouse for several months. Wood flooring tips from Greenpointe: Watch Todd from Greenpointe reviewing Bona's highest performance floor finish, Bona Traffic HD. Contractor says he will do 2 coats of finish and one coat sealer, are they the same or sealer is different from finish. I will also rebuff everything and add a third coat. Your email address will not be published. I hope you have the time and are able to answer soon as I can not seem to get many solid answers from Rubio. I am trying to decide between Rubio Monocoat vs. Pallman’s Magic Oil, with no stain. You can use Natural colored stain too which will give you the look of oil with the benefits of water base. Unfortunately a fan blowing hot air won’t cut it. They have the specialized equipment needed to deal with this situation. Like we’ve already discussed, these high-end finishes are very durable, they provides a very nice build layer and they’re very easy to clean and look after. system should you choose for your floors? They have a lot of things going for them over conventional surface finishes. What Color Should I Stain My Wood Floors? When the wood matters - Bona Traffic HD Extra Matte.This product comes with both the A and B parts. Foot Traffic Considerations. Six of my wood floor panels popped up as much as 3 inches. I am installer quarter sawn white oak floor through out my house. Is this a good choice? I am in a panic since I spent alot of money to have it installed and don’t have condo insurance. But like you, I do wish it was available too. Yes Pallmann Magic Oil is a great finish and we highly recommend it. Where we went wrong is using the highly recommended Bona Traffic HD as our finish coat poly. We had new red oak floors installed and existing red oak refinished. Would a 4th coat of easy finish look ok, and wear better? Required fields are marked *, Please answer the question below before submitting your comment: three  +   =  ten .hide-if-no-js{display:none!important}. Hello, Tadas! Hardwax oils have definitely added viable options to the hardwood finish mix. Our flooring guy plans to use this product for our floors. I came across your blog while researching floor finishes. My questions to you are: 1) What is your experience of the durability of Rubio in water prone areas like kitchen and bath? I have a natural maple Mirage floor in my kitchen that is now 20 years old. Sealer is different than finish. Bona Traffic HD comes with hardener that you mix in for even stronger durability. Sealers are what protect your wood from moisture and other harmful elements. What do you think of Loba 2K? You can see our latest update of it here: https://napervillehardwood.com/blog/revisited-pallmann-magic-oil/. Thanks for your help. It would look great on those floors. Our methods have been tested and proven for over 15 years. After considerable time and expense spent testing of dozens of two component finishes we have decided on a product from the same German company—Pallmann. Thank you so much, Tadas. Regarding the stain, I love the grain in the floors but would really like to tone down the red, any brilliant ideas? Do they ship to US? If the color is very different it could be stained to match. Thanks again, in advance! Thanks, Cheryl. Catalyzed Glitsa Green – A catalyst (in easy to understand terms) is an agent that mixes with the main liquid and creates a bond, almost like an epoxy. It smells extremely bad, is too glossy (compared to low sheen hardwax oils) and ambers the wood too much. As you can see, there is a huge variety of colors and shades and mixes available with hardwax oils. Learn how at 0:35. After years of testing all the leading hardwax oil finishes we have decided to offer 2 options (depending on the look, color and sheen you are hoping for) — Pallmann Magic Oil (our #1 choice) followed by Rubio Monocoat. Currently thinking the Pallmann Magic Oil and wanted to know your thoughts? As far as you point on “objective wear data for different finishes that might be more conclusive than personal opinion or experience”… that would be nice but very difficult to obtain. Our goal is to provide the best customer service & quality craftsmanship to every customer. For Bona Traffic there are 3 sheen’s Gloss, Semi-gloss and Satin. However, it sounds like, from what you have explained, that the quality of the oil-based polys has really gone down since we originally did the stairs. Thank you for your site! Thanks in advance. You present your information in such a helpful and understandable way. Bona also claims that Traffic HD is stronger and more protective than regular Traffic, but they don’t provide any data or measurements to back that up, so we don’t know how verifiable that is. The single component finish we use and recommend to our clients is called Pallmann Pall-X Power. The best bet would be to use a stain over the sanded wood, before applying the finish. The other cost to consider is application. But we use Osmo Polyx-Oil. I want worn-looking floors, in fact I don’t want them to look new at all! Permite que o tráfego sem restrições seja retomado 12 horas após a aplicação e foi desenvolvido para aplicação em grandes superfícies. 3. Most of your displayed work and comparisons are on oak or very hard wood. I came here again to refresh my memory about floor finishes after reading, on a high-end interior designer’s blog, that the old oil-based poly finishes aren’t as durable anymore as the older, higher voc ones–just as you state. In our opinion, the durability is better than average polyurethane, but does that warrant the much-higher cost? Especially for a decision that will last for 14+ years. I am just at a loss as to what to use. Bona Traffic HD. No we haven’t. It’s about 35 2′ x 2′ tables. To get scientific testing data for all the finishes available (there are hundreds) and then compare them in every ‘wear’ situation would be a huge and very expensive undertaking. You can see the results of our months of testing and more detailed information about these finishes here: Pallmann Magic Oil original review and the 2020 update. These relatively new finishes have been a big welcoming surprise to us over the last decade. Yes it is a very good finish and would do well for where you want to use it. What do you think of it? That would be my preference. Bona Traffic HD is a waterborne wood floor finish that provides an exceptional level of durability and ease of use. For our finish we are using Bona Traffic, Traffic is by far the best product on the market giving customers the same qualities as Glitsa Green of durability and looks. You can see that top quality finishes can triple your floors life and why it is important to know what finish your contractor is using and if it will be the best for your floor. White oak reacts more then red oak, but I don’t know about black oak unfortunately. Bona Traffic HD Commercial Semi-Gloss. 3. No we haven’t had issues with white lines using Loba. The second one says stain then 3 coats of Easy Finish are required. From initial testing and use, it looks really good. Hello Tadas, I am having my floors re-finished next week and the highly rated company doing it is using Loba Ws easy Finish. As far as sealing and using a hardwax oil on the sample floor you saw – do you know what the product was? There are precautions you can take if using these products and you will need to decide with him if the risks are acceptable for the both of you. The downsides — if you love super glossy finishes then hardwax oils won’t make the cut. Have any of the oil-based polys improved enough since you originally wrote this article that you would now recommend them? For one thing, they are the most “green” and environmentally friendly finishes available at the moment. 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