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Monday, June 24, 2013

Tips to Avoid Sanding Streaks; Nydree Enters Residential Wood Flooring Market

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Nydree Flooring Enters Residential Wood Flooring Market
Nydree Flooring (Alpharetta, Ga.) has introduced Korus Wood Flooring, the company’s first residential wood floor subsidiary. Korus, like all Nydree wood floor …
Streaky Sanding: Advice to Eliminate Sanding Lines From Your Big Machine
Sanding a wood floor is an art. We labor many hours to achieve a final project deemed worthy. When...
Business Brief: Five Top Decision Pitfalls
Don’t make these five top decision-making statements that get in the way of success. 1) “We need to change, only not today.” We often avoid ...
NWFA Holds June Workshops at St. Louis HQ
The National Wood Flooring Association held its June Workshops June 20-22, covering Factory Finish Repair and Recoat, Intermediate Sand and Finish …
FSC Asks USGBC to Define “Approved Equivalent” in LEED v4
As the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED version 4 opens up to voting by its members, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) encourages its …
Intermountain Wood Flooring Adds Four Employees
As the result of an improving economy, Intermountain Wood Flooring has hired four new associates. William Margritz will serve as an inside salesman in the …
NAR: May Existing Home Sales Up 12.9%, Prices Up 15.4% from 2012
In May, total existing homes sales rose 12.9 percent from May 2012 to 5.18 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. This is a 4.2 percent …
Zillow: Strong Home Value Appreciation in May, But Slowdown Coming
In May home values were up 5.4 percent compared with May 2012, which is the second-highest annual rate of national appreciation in the past 12 months, …
Scientists Developing Wood-Based Battery for Large Scale Energy Storage
Tiny batteries—1,000 times thinner than a piece of paper—made from tin-coated slivers of wood could offer a long-lasting, efficient, environmentally friendly energy …
First Global Timber Forum Focuses on Illegal Logging, More
The inaugural meeting of the Global Timber Forum sought to educate members of the timber industry about new regulations to combat illegal logging, the …
HF Briefs: New Job Postings; Schönox Partnering with CCA Global Partners
HPS Schönox will supply the independently owned members of CCA Global Partners Inc. with the full line of Schönox subfloor products. CCA Global Partners is …

HF Blogs:
Training the Next Generation of Installers
Technical education has historically been one of the most highly valued member benefits NWFA offers. It’s an opportunity for building and enhancing skill …
Installing Inlays into a Wood Floor Without Jigs, Step 2: Sand-Shading
Let’s continue walking through the making of the inlay. You’ve cut all your leaves and parts of branches. Now you’re ready for sand-shading. Sand-shading …

New Reader Comments:
 
Anderson Discontinues Appalachian, Biltmore Brands
I am looking for 800 square feet of Anderson Elm 5494. Does anyone know where I might find some?

Wood Floor of the Year Legend Opens New Showroom in Berlin
Pure talent. What a master.

Why Bamboo, Composite, Engineered & Prefinished Floors Are Not Green
Danny my friend, thank you for your input. It only took you way too long :-) To continue the discussion here are a few of my thoughts: The blog was …

Installing Inlays into a Wood Floor Without Jigs: Step 1
Thank you John. It should be on tomorrow.

Tips for Gluing Down Solids on Concrete
Basically everyone has their own preference due to their own benefits pastexperiences. But in the end, no one can convincely say it can or it can not …

Installing Inlays into a Wood Floor Without Jigs: Step 1
Great post Avi ! Keep it coming. I have started researching this kind of work and I now know what sand shading is! I can't wait for your next post. …

Bona Launches Certified Craftsman Program
@ Scott - Good question and that is why this is not a franchise - we didn't want to become the face of that local contractor; only to compliment what …

Big Winners: Wood Floor of the Year 2013
wow. i mean like, whoa. Incredible! Like,wonderful. Fantastic!!!! Do that again! Hooray for wood!

Thoughts from Memphis: Thank Your Mentors
That article is great for the 7r. However the b-2 adjustment is a bit more complex can you write an article or direct me to one that can explain it? …

Arboritec Names Gehl Flooring Midwest Distribution Hub
Nice concept in theory but other finish distributors will never buy this product from their competitor. Other flooring products might be sold that way but not …

On the HF Forum:
 
Bright yellow "highlighter" spots on newly refinis
I have had spots like this on a few of the floors I have done. I have no idea what causes it...it could be some sort of chemical damage, …

Hardwood over radiant?
Johannes, there is Convection and there is Conduction. Yes the latter is more efficient than the prior as convection does lose some heat transfer, yet doesn't …

Hardwood over radiant?
My opinion is that a floated floor defeats the purpose of having floor heating. The layer of underlayment will not be good for transfer efficiency of the …

Dry cupping
Roy! Avi is relying on a issue you and many do not understand!! We are regulated by CSLB,.. California State Licensing Board.. We Must be Licensed …

Dry cupping
If there are no records or anything in writing the person with the smallest pockets will have to pay. Usually the contractor. The question is when did the …

Chesapeake Hardwood- Kempas problem
I have the same issue with Chesapeake Brazilian Cherry I was told that nobody ever wins and to give up. My floor has 4 different board lengths. All of my …

I'm sick of black floors!
I had a customer who wanted a black floor we used black floor enamel paint rolled on two coats use very good rollers, we then padded the floors with blue …

Ongoing Poly Bead/BB issues - help with drying
Karmac, In my experience this typically takes about a week before it eases. In CT I assume he uses 350 VOC OMU, make sure to apply thin coats. …

Uneven Sheen. Floor Not Level - Need Your Opinion
You are right.....when you are doing nail down over & over....you tend to loose focus on detail.. ( if you have ever watched "Brain Games" on TV it …

Firecracker floors
Just from the sound of it(yes, pun intended) It seems that the flooring has acquired additional moisture since the day it was installed. Swings in …

TRIO
Adding another 180 lb machine to my arsenal? I don't know if that makes sense to me. And then finding space for it? I guess if I …

Bleaching
I have a customer who wants his new white oak floors bleached with KL two part and then stained. I've never done it does anyone have any experiance doing this …

TRIO
Modern tech is right about the multi disc slowing down on uneven floors. I have used the multi disc on uneven floors when it hits an uneven spot it slows …

natural oil vs hardwax oil
The most important thing to remember is this: oil finishes may be coated with more of the same oil, waterborne urethane or oil modified. An oil and wax finish means …

TRIO
I agree w/ Scott that the weight of the Trio puts it in a different class. We have used Trios for over 15 years and find them a versatile …
 
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