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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Oh what a difference a coat of Varathane makes!

 Yes, the floor finishing is in process. The first two coats are done and cured, the third coat is pending. I slipped in to take some photos of the results, sliding around in my socks on the slick, faintly fragrant floor... which bears only a passing resemblance to the dusty-soft grout-flecked floor of three days ago!

See for yourself: here is the dining room floor being laid...
dining room, laying

and here it is FINISHED!
dining room floor DONE

Here is the living room floor, sanded but unfinished...
living room sanded

Here is the living room floor, finished!
living room floor DONE

You're looking at Cinnamon Mix flooring, by the way.

Most of the rest of the house is Hevea flooring (orchard salvaged trees from rubber plantations). Here it is, all sanded and prepped...
sanded floor

Here it is, finished!
finished floor!

We are using Varathane water-based low-VOC "DiamondCoat" floor finish. It beat out Minwax on a test piece of Hevea, imparting virtually none of its own color and drying to a clear smooth finish. Good stuff.
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