Bubbles In Hardwood Floor Finish

This happens to floor finishers who drag the finish applicator aggressively and then must stay off the floor until the finish dries.

Bubbles in hardwood floor finish.

One place you should never find bubbles is in your hardwood floors. Step 1 remove everything within the room where you will be working on the floors. When there are air bubbles in the polyurethane finish on a newly refinished oak wood floor. Bathtubs champagne ocean foam to name a few.

If you missed the bubbles while the varnish was fresh you may find the finish mottled with tiny craters or hardened bubbles. We had our floors sanded and poly d. Bubbles belong in plenty of places. Similar to what a blister looks like on human skin.

The dust from the floor buffer can land and attach onto surfaces such as fabric furniture. The process is called screening and it s one you can use on any existing finish not just a new one. A wood floor blisters when swelled areas of varnish take on the appearance of small bubbles. Repairing bubbles within the finish of a hardwood floor requires removal of the old finish with floor screening pads and applying a new polyurethane finish.

Pinpoint holes in finish that was not properly applied can cause blistering. Extreme temperatures especially in warm southern climates and lack of varnish causes blisters. The company came back buffed and reapplied the poly. After 2 coats we had air bubbles in finish.

After the floor finish has hardened enough to sand it refinishers pass over it with a floor buffer fitted with a 120 or 150 grit sanding screen to remove bubbles before applying another coat.