Sealing timber floors – a best practice guide to floor preparation and the selection, application and maintenance of floor lacquers

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Sealing timber floors – A best practice guide to floor preparation and the selection,application and maintenance of floor lacquers.

Sealing timber floors – A best practice guide to floor preparation and the selection,application and maintenance of floor lacquers.
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Sealing timber floors – A best practice guide to floor preparation and the selection,application and maintenance of floor lacquers.

TRADA Techmology Report 1/2001 by P M Kaczmar. Published 2001.

Table of Contents

1. Floor seals

1 Floor seals

1.1 Types of seals

1.2 Factors influencing choice

1.2.1.Trafficking regime
1.2.2 Substrate condition
1.2.3 Other considerations

1.3 Schedule specification

1.3.1 Product systems and specification variations
1.3.2 Variations to schedules

1.4 Floor preparation

1.4.1 Preliminary repairs and examination
1.4.2 Moisture checks
1.4.3 Sanding

1.5 Seal application

1.5.1 Technique
1.5.2 Coverage
1.5.3 Drying time
1.5.4 Intercoat de-nibbing
1.4.5 Time to service considerations

1.6 Common faults & their prevention

Score marks
Long scratches
Lines of unevenness or “chatter marks”
Uneven depth of colour around the edges
Grain raising
Swirl marks
Iron staining
Protracted drying and poor adhesion
Red colour cast
Lightning strike/ Side bonding

1.7 Keeping records

Suggested contract and application record

2. Floor seals: polishing & maintenance

2.1 Polishing

2.2 Maintenance

2.2.1 Commercial
2.2.2 Domestic
2.2.3 Surface dressing

2.3 Preventive measures

Entrance matting
Furniture
Equipment and staffing

2.4 Refurbishment

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Sealing timber floors: A best practice guide

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Author: P Kaczmar
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