If you want to improve the interior of your home, refinishing or resurfacing your floors is your first step. Midwest Hardwood Flooring can make your floors look new again, saving you time and money. Money that you would have spent on new flooring unnecessarily. Any professional improvements for your floors are an investment. Hardwood floor refinishing allows you to update the style of your floors too. By changing from a high-gloss finish to a satin or matte finish, it’s like getting new hardwood flooring all over again.
Hardwood finishes
Hardwood floor finishes are manufactured to specific VOC standards, which means they abide by environmental regulations. If odor is a concern, there are many water-based and non-toxic natural finishes available for you to consider. We can offer a wide variety of stains and finishes that are durable, safe, and easy to maintain. Hardwood floor finishes are now manufactured to specific required VOC standards, meaning they abide by environmental regulations. If odor is a concern, there are many water-based and non-toxic natural finishes available for you to consider. Different finishes on your floors will change the whole look and feel of your home. We can show you the differences between finishes like gloss, satin, semi-gloss, or matte.
“Marian is superb, both in his guidance for choices, his explanation of materials and processes, his follow-through with a superb result, and his responsiveness throughout every detail of the project. Tremendously passionate about what he does, and incredibly professional. Marian is in the Must Hire category if you are refinishing floors: wonderful results. Marian came through on an incredibly tight timeline, including finding a way to keep up with changes to the work description. Fantastic!” — MJ Chicago, Il 5/2019
Our expertise is in all aspects of professional hardwood flooring. Additionally, we use different techniques for stripping, sanding, and re-staining floors made from different materials based on that experience. Each species of hardwood requires its own level of humidity to thrive in your home. Attempting to do this job yourself may lead to damaging your floors beyond repair. This is also true for new floors. Additionally, we use professional equipment and years of experience to determine the right way to do each project we undertake.
Is Hardwood Floor Refinishing Going to be Messy?
Dust is the biggest annoyance of every hardwood homeowner who’s thinking about repairs or refinishing. Refinishing is not as messy as resurfacing hardwood floors. Because we are only sanding the topmost layer of finish and stain, and not sawing and cutting away sections of your flooring for replacement, we can. work quickly, efficiently, and neatly to sand, repair, and restore the beauty of your hardwood. With our virtually dustless containment system, the dust problem is no problem.
There’s no need to replace your wood floors – have them refinished by our experts. Refinish high-traffic areas and those areas that get faded by direct sun exposure. No matter how long it’s been since your floors were installed, it’s important to take care of them. Follow these basic guidelines to prolong the life of your hardwood floors:
- Never let moisture sit.
- Never drag heavy items like furniture or appliances across your hardwood floors.
- Use protector pads under furniture legs.
- Watch the humidity in your home. Ideally, it should stay between 35% and 55%.
- If possible, shield the floor from direct sunlight.
- Never use harsh chemicals like ammonia, bleach, or acidic cleaners on hardwood floors.
- Never use abrasive cleaning supplies or tools on your floors.
A few hardwood refinishing tips :
- The space needs to be empty
- Remember to have propane or natural gas appliances disconnected, then reconnected by a licensed professional.
- Keep children and pets away from the work area until the floors have cured for the amount of time recommended by the finish’s manufacturer
