Hardwood (ugghhh)

We're about worn out on the hardwood floors issue. The scratches (all caused by not sanding enough with an orbital sander originally), that turned into the patchwork refinishing and mis matched stain, that would "go away with the final coat, then go away in 2-3 weeks, then, 2-3 months, then 3-4 months...."

My worst fears were confirmed when I spoke to Craig at Hardwood Floorwerx (an extremely qualified hardwood company at 303-994-6336). I described the process and he said the floors would fade, but never match completely. He said that the process of scraping off the finish opens the grain differently and thus the wood absorbed the stain at a different rate. The floors would need to be refinished.

Votan finally agreed that refinishing is the best bet (how much easier this would have been if people would have listened to me last week before they did the final finish). Now we're backed up another 2 weeks (actually that'll be two months behind schedule if you're keeping track) behind schedule and will have a very rushed move.

I do credit Votan for wanting to make it right, but it's a shame that what was obvious to me as a lay person wasn't acted on sooner. An extra 8 hours of sanding the edges originally would have avoided another 100 hours of work re-doing everything (two times).