I looked at the bona product and it states it contains a small amount of white pigment? It's hard to tell how deep those scratches are. Natural came in too natural or raw (though thats what I thought I wanted). @Renee Czeryba, my advice: when you test put sealer and finish on top to see how it is really going to look. We are wrapping up our new build and the floor stain choice was today. There is a haze to the floors as someone posted its most likely due to the matte finish. Watching them put it on, it doesnt look like the work applying it would be more than other finish products. I hope these help someone! I bought a cleaner made for the finish (similar to m quartz) and touch up is easy if needed. Traditionally you will ask for QUOTES and then VIEW their work (photos or in person if they have clients who offer their home as a 'show piece' = very rare) and THEN you hire the person who as the best "fit" for your needs. If others have experience with this product would love them to chime in. If that's OK to do (ie I remember hearing it's a problem when you apply more layers like poly but I'm not sure) it might work for you. I do have a lot of experience with these stones because I own a Granite, Quartz and Quartzite company. I would rather find a cabinet line that carries white oak in this stain than go with a cabinet maker. You should be able to try to scrape it (drag it hard across at any angle), dent it (press your nail in), etc, and nothing visible *at all* should happen. @Ryan Danielson, I just told my cabinet maker to go ahead and order my cabinet doors in the rift oak so I've only got a couple of weeks to get this figured out. wipe down a 1ft x 1ft section with a lightly water damp cloth to see what I mean). No scrape, no scratch, no nothing. They don't like doing it - because they go through SOOO many screening discs (I've heard of more than 12 discs being used in one home). You have a special floor. 1 coat in the morning and 1 coat in the afternoon. Use Bona Naturaseal for the look you want. Christina check out Rubio monocoat Gris belge Havana Slate grey These greys are very popular and with the matte sheen you will absolutely love them. Get the third coat of sealer. The picture I attached is with one coat of Bona Mega using no stain. Can they be easily buffed out with a non-scratch sponge? Red oak floors look horrible, help with light stain colors needed! (Thank you @Joseph Corlett for giving me the confidence to use Corian and to Heartwood Solid Surfaces for doing the work.) In real life, they look lighter and more uniform in color than shows up on my iPhone. Also, the guy said they usually apply the sealer one day, then one or two finish coats the next day (running into the 3rd day depending on how it dries). Here are some of my samples. Your floor looks amazing. My guess would be red oak since they have gone more orange. It's a installer issue. W Spray Mop Kit EJD1462712 See the before and afters and why we chose this color. Don't test just with sealer. Yours in Floors Zach Liske Floor Huggers. Held off on final coat until project finished.. which will be done in a few days. Nordic seal has white pigments. The Corian fabricator came back and polished them just like new. I have read through almost every post here looking to see how to get the most natural finish without yellowing. @Moran Blueshtein, We are having about 3500 sq feet of the wood installed and finished plus stairs. Are light white oak wire brushed floors hard to keep clean? I think the choice will be between the Natural and the Classic Seal. I had some 2 x 2 Corian samples that kept calling my name. She lucked out and her floors look pretty good. The floors are super dusty in this photo as the soffits were just removed. Now green is having a moment in the kitchen, Understand how sunlight affects your rooms and get tips on choosing paint colors for each type of exposure, Do you love perfection or patina? Can they be easily buffed out with a non-scratch sponge? I am actually in the process of having a quart sample of the Milesi Natural Effect 2k finish sent my way. My contractor said that I will probably need to use the renew oil every few year which I am fine with. Hd and Supra extra matte does not. I can reject non-essential cookies by clicking Manage Preferences. Are light white oak wire brushed floors hard to keep clean? I was thinking Bona Natural and then Bona Extra Matte finish? Thanks so much! They just don't get any DARKER over time. (We dont know for sure what our on site finish will be either but felt we had a little more control this way.). If that does something, it's busted, you don't need to test further. But that's just a quick guess. I asked for, but he never did, an all country white one. A 2 minute working time is EXTREME. That doesn't sound like what you are after. Source: elsesun.com. That's what I ended up doing. Every client after that training will pay extra for his/her expertise. Based on the research I've done, Nordic Seal has a tendency to show white streaks on the floor. So hand rail and newl postadvice would be appreciated! We got select I think its 3/4 thick and 7 wide. The coating should not come up. @ Moran.now I see where this has come up. Ryan Danielson and Angela Watkins did either of you find a solution to achieve the natural white oak finish you were looking for? Maybe I will just buy new bathrobes for me and DH instead. We learned a lot from seeing the color and pattern differences between the American white oak and Norwegian white oak (and white oak from other areas). They held up to move in with no major scratches. @mtpo did you use a satin or matte finish? We did samples on floor and two coats looks significantly different. It is slightly better than a oil base polyurethane system. Imagine if that would have been quartz? I am sorry , Thank you!! One coat Bona Natural Seal A very slight natural stain similar to the white oak color of our floors. Thank you so much! My sister has Neolith and loves it (clean up a breeze but she does have nicks near her sink after 1 year). I"m just assuming you don't want to cut up your floor. I think we can make Traffic HD work in our budget if we hold off on a few things and I can convince my husband. True Quartzite is higher on the mohl's scale of hardness then granite. And this will continue to occur until the finish is "done right". Could my response be taken incorrectly? You can use Poloplaz Pearl sealer with Endure or Pallmann's Pall-x white seal and Pall-x Pure. Nice when a risk pays off . WebApplication of the sealer will alter the chemical structure of the porous sandstone or natural stone providing a excellent water repellent and stain resistant surface. There are MANY people who do NOT know they are 'clean-shiny' people until they purchase matte floors. Looking at your photos, I love the look of your kitchen. It won't be cheap but it will be fast. Their attention to detail. Did you put your deposit down on a charge card? I know this is a flooring product but the color was almost perfect. 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The floors are being installed and finished by Brazilian Floors (they have several locations in the D.C. metro area). I've tested their smoke reactive and their Baro reactive Both can be adjusted with water or their "clear" so that you can get varying tones. It may come in other thicknesses too. Same price as Barker, but more choices for color (I'm doing white uppers/rift oak lowers) and lots of help with my kitchen design. , So your final finish was 1 coat of Nordic Seal with 3 coats of Bona Traffic HD satin? We have 4 inch white oak installed, but I was reading through your post and have no clue where they are from. It is a work of art. And the Nordic seal was beautiful but it was a little cold and it didnt look as good next to a warmer paint color we plan to use. Our floors were recently finished I havent seen them yet. It sounds like this does a really good job at what we are both after. Did you use one or two coats of the Nordic seal? If they are not able to confirm to you what material it is, then look elsewhere for your countertop fabrication. Buyer beware, you should be nervous. Of the Bona sealers, NordicSeal looks to white to me and AmberSeal - well the name says it all, trying to stay away from the amber look. Good luck! It shouldn't if it's in good shape, but don't know what shape it's in, so figure i'd warn you. It offers a bigger margin of profit. No scrape, no scratch, no nothing. He just did coat #2, not sure how much he used. I told the contractor, if he could remove the first-coat finish, I would purchase the right finish for him to use. I love your base molding, where do you buy that from? Please contact us if we can be of further help. He said my sister was lucky ((so far) he said its really not supposed to be used for countertops. I plan to call the Bona company tomorrow to get their assistance. I am posting some final outcome pictures in different rooms and lighting. Is the haze from the white that is in the sealer or the matte finish, or both? @Abigail Barber Burgum you can just go to their website to find the nearest dealer to you. New This Week: 3 Knockout Kitchens With Natural Wood Cabinets, Trending Now: 11 Popular Kitchens That Rock Not-White Cabinets, New This Week: 3 Welcoming White-Cabinet Kitchens, New This Week: 6 Stylish Not-White Kitchen Cabinet Colors, 4 Kitchens With White Cabinets and a Wood Island. And the professional you spoke to is correct: the 'hand sanding' is NO WHERE NEAR the same finish/product as the machine with 'final-grit' sanding. We have one big space kitchen, then dining area with doors to exterior, then the family room. Absolutely, I can see that. Quartzite is a metamorphic stone.. Sandstone converts to Quartzite from extreme heat and pressure. Skip the 'money saving'. I got a quartz remnant for the tub area (a kinda white) in my hideaway bathroom and Ocean Jasper Quartz for the master ADA bathroom. Past techniques to achieve a natural floor look relied on harsh chemicals like bleach, two-part peroxide-based strippers or oxalic acid. The correct answer should be "nothing at all". (Side shower walls are white). Im happy with the color. Just found out distributors only sale in gallon sizeso its not going to be an option for metoo expensive to pay for gallons in seal and finish just to test it. So due to budget going to have to give this a go on my own. However, as you can see from the photo, after the first coat, yellow dominated the room. The cabinets and a new layout transform a once-dark New Jersey kitchen into a light and bright space, Its typically the primary color in gardens. Thanks for taking the time to write all that! Quartzite gets a bad name due to companies mislabeling marbles, dolomites and sandstone. After looking into the flooring situation I found that if a wood floor person says "it won't hold up in Florida" theirs won't! If neither does anything to your floor, the floor coating is at least in reasonable shape. Bona Traffic HD is 10 times EASIER to find (but a snick harder to work with). The use of water based is VASTLY different from oil based. Yours looks so light and bright. You should be able to try to scrape it (drag it hard across at any angle), dent it (press your nail in), etc, and nothing visible *at all* should happen. Granite and Quartzite have completely different make-ups. I dont recall the price of the lumber / the price our builder charged us (he ordered it on his account). I will ask him about Poloplaz Pearl and Pallman products as well.Would you suggest a satin or matte finish? Just just had solid white oak #2 flooring installed in my den. How to best deal with prominent railings in split level home, Durability of white macabus quartzite vs. quartz. It could be as low as $2/sf. Titan and Fortico can go on top of the waxes and reactives. Anything over 700 square feet for me is done in multiple days. I have a dog that has an occasional accident. Getting gloomy from cool gray? I used a custom color mix of about 2/3 mist and 1/3 white stain. Color we like the Bona Nordic best and the Bona Natural second, but they both have a muddy haze when you see them in real life. The wood Is white oak from Norway (from Cochrans in Virginia). thanks, All! Founded in 1919, Bona offers products for most premium floor surfaces including I did a lot of research before deciding on what product to use and how many top coats to use. Thank you for suggesting Bona Mega One. Or Loba 2K + their stain lineyou get the idea. Oil wax floor finishes are poor choices for cabnet finishes. Do you know if Duraseal is found in home stores? Yes they can be 'walked on' after 3 daysbut moving furniture in is not ideal until 5 days have passed. Haven't made decisions on flooring yet, but I love white oak. A unique way of customizing your floor from a light whitewash to successive coats, providing a truly Scandinavian look. We told the company to put 3 coats of the Bona product on the floors. I'd love to know what finishes you ended up selecting as well. I just had four rooms of 30-year-old white oak floors sanded down to the raw wood and refinished with Bona products. Some people complain that is hard to live with finish, because for example foot marks while walking barefoot. Different painters proposing different solutions to calcimine ceiling. Wow sounds beautiful! The edge is not as nicely finished as the Corian. Web$55.00 Mainstays Farmhouse Oversized Floral Cream Area Rug, 7x10 for sale in Murray, UT on KSL Classifieds. I prefer to see 3 coats of the finishbut the Bona sealants are designed to be 'film building' sealants so they will add to the performance. I wasnt wild about any of the patterns. The refinisher must take the time and the money to go to a Bona 3-day training work shop. Someone posted on here that if you like a just washed look reconsider using matte. When he did the sample with a white stain (Duraseal) and my red oak floor turned pink, I stopped the work and started searching for a new guy. How are things holding up a ~year later? I thought I was going with Pallman's white, because it was gorgeous on the 15"X8" sample but on the larger sample with a new bundle of wood it pulled way too pink, even on white oak.