Sealing Prefinished Bamboo Flooring

How to clean and maintain engineered prefinished hardwood floors.

Sealing prefinished bamboo flooring.

There are low maintenance requirements for prefinished strand bamboo floors. And that is the reason experts will highly advise you to consider adding a seal. In 24 years i have never had a manufacterer replace a floor because of flaws in the floor. For one thing bamboo grows faster so it is easier to replenish bamboo nurseries than hardwood tree nurseries.

Pre finished means urethane. The chief feature of pre finished flooring is its thick multiple layers over 5 of urethane coating. Cut the tip of a tube of silicone or latex based prefinished wood flooring gap filler at a slight angle with a utility knife which helps you apply the filler more evenly and fit the tube. Proper care and maintenence are what keep a wood floor looking good.

But the pre finished is quite something else. Bamboo flooring is a safe and effective. Installation overall is much faster compared to site finished flooring. With prefinished flooring you get all of the advantages of the factory applied extra durable surface seal plus the look beauty and feel of natural hardwood.

Whether you can seal a prefinished floor with polyurethane depends on your circumstances and the condition of the hardwood floor. The way they are worded is if the flooring is flawed don t install it. Before you attempt to apply polyurethane to a prefinished floor contact the flooring. One of the advantages of prefinished hardwood flooring is that the factory applied finish is baked on making it more durable and.

Bamboo also gives rooms a lighter feel than other hardwood floors. At the same time you also always have the option later on of sanding down past the factory applied coat to reveal the natural wood. Prefinished floors often come with an extended warranty. Just like concrete floors the beauty in engineered hardwood floors installation can be ruined by a minor spill a leak or over mopping that might lead to unnecessary water damage repair costs.

The urethane used in sealing wood surfaces is more commonly known as polyurethane. If you install it your e responsible. Bamboo has become a popular alternative to hardwood flooring. A bamboo floor will last a long time with the proper application of floor sealant.

How you will benefit by having your engineered wood floors sealed.