Color is one of the most important design details during the flooring decision making process. Floor color is pre-determined when choosing pre-finished factory flooring. You simply choose floor type and choose from offered colors. Each brand offers different proprietary colors which are chosen special by the manufacturer.
If you choose site-finished products and service. Floor stain color is best decided on after the first sanding of you existing or new installation project. ProSand can sit mix any of our 50 colors to match personal or existing home design subtle needs. This process begins with looking over our wood swatch samples and then narrowing your choices then applying the stain color to (raw-sanded) floors this will insure our customers “see what they get” exactly. This extra step insures the desired color is perfect, just like you want it. Every time site-finish is truly custom your shine choice also can be customized from flat matte to satin – semi gloss, to perfectly compliment stain color.
Business flooring has special needs and problems that occur because of the high traffic from customers and employee’s. Whether a restaurant or office, your floors must be ready for the outside environment being brought in to your work space. Ceramic or natural stone entry way’s work best as well as laminate and luxe vinyl. These floor products hold up under demanding traffic patterns.
Cleaning regularly by vacuuming or sweeping dirty sand and small rocks off your surfaces will remove a major cause of wear. Walking over these kind of substances will cause them to act like sand paper wearing premature wear patterns into your surfaces. Cleaner and scheduling maintenance should be followed as recommended by manufacturer, this also will insure the warranty is not compromised.
Carpet and wood floors are the most challenging flooring surfaces to keep looking like new. Moisture and water combine to damage these kinds of flooring. Daily maintenance such as vacuuming and cleaning and scotch guarding in the case of carpet is a must to offset discoloration and wear. A knock off matt is also great to catch snow – rain – salt and all other forms of derby brought in during the…
With today’s modern sanding systems you owe it to yourself – family and home to seek out a dust free refinishing company. Refinishing can be relatively painless with today’s new technology. ProSand has been in the fore front of dust containment in Indiana. High power vacuum assisted sanders have been a huge improvement over old fashion traditional sanding. With today’s systems placing plastic on doorway’s is not necessary. Hiring a cleaning company is also a thing of the past. The average cost for the premium service generally is in the 10% to 15% up charge range. Well worth the price to eliminate all the headaches caused by flooring wood dust. Contact ProSand today to learn more about our dust free sanding containment systems.
Don’t wait until your floors are completely worn-out and damaged when sanding and refinishing is your only alternative to get your floors looking new again. Call ProSand for a free evaluation about our buff and re-coat maintenance system. This is a smart alternative to refinishing for a fraction of the cost. Generally buffing and re-coating is 80% – 50% less in cost than sanding and refinishing.
Contact ProSand for our buff and re-coat maintenance package’s, these package’s are affordable and a quick step to new looking floors. Most jobs can be completed in 3-4 hours. All our hardwood finished surfaces are dust free and warranted. Bring your solid, pre-finished or engineered floors back to life afford ably with ProSand’s buff and re-coat system.
With winter upon us, brings a change of climate inside as well as outside of your home. The humidity in your home drops from 70% to a dry 20% in most homes during the winter months. This is due to the dry forced air the furnace generates while heating your home. Wood Floors are especially vulnerable to humidity changes. Wood Floors will actually shrink in width leaving seasonal cracks between boards, this is especially noticeable near vent opening’s in the floor. The mid-west experiences 50% – 60% swings in relative humidity the opposite is noticeable in the summer with the notorious Indiana humidity reaches 80% – 90%. This moist air is transferred to your living environment, this added moisture is absorbed into the wood floors and expansion in width occurs which will raise the corners of the boards. This is commonly called cupping. These changes can be over come by keeping temperature and humidity levels constant at 70 degrees and 50% humidity, this will keep your floors stable, flat and trouble free for years to come.
November 2010
Your hardwood floor cleaning schedule will depend on what type of flooring you have, whether it is factory finished or site finished is important to know for proper cleaning. For instance it is difficult to clean a wax floor with a water based cleaner. Liquid or paste wax should be buffed on with a buffer or by hand with a hand towel for the best looking shine. Pre-finished floors have the new ceramic coating which should be cleaned with water based cleaners. Site finished floors with polyurethane or oil based finishes should be maintained with water base cleaners. Older floors that have significant wear and not properly maintained require murphy’s oil type cleaner or acrylic based enhancer’s. This will help blend the high traffic areas and reduce the appearance of wear. The enhanced conditioning properties of the cleaner will blend and keep the floors color and shine uniform.
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Good well-maintained entrance matting can dramatically reduce the need for cleaning. For commercial or residential buildings about 80 to 90% of the dirt is tracked in from outside. By placing a rubber matte at the entrance of your home…
October 2010
Pet’s owner’s know how difficult it can be on hardwood floors. There are a few tips to help prevent damage to your hardwood floors. The first and most difficult to implement is to place booties on your pets feet. Although many people complain that their pets usually pull them off right away, this can help. If your lucky enough to have a pet that it doesn’t bother them, then having booties on all the time will prevent wood flooring damage. You can find these booties and pet sock’s at your local pet supply store. Another option is nail covering’s. Most pets are less annoyed by these and it can be very effective when trying to prevent flooring damage. But the overall best solution is to keep your pets nails trimmed and buffed as often as possible, even the little pets. Although bigger dog’s do more damage, the little dog’s can damage your wood floors also. Another great preventive measure is to place rug’s down near door opening’s; especially in winter and put rubber mat’s under their food and water bowls.
September 2010
1. Keep your carpet clean. Sand and dirt act little razor blades that cut carpet fibers. Damaged carpet stains more easily, and it’s harder to remove the stains from it as well. Vacuum often to remove dirt, and your carpet will last longer.
2. Use rugs. Put rugs outside and inside the front door, and any other entrances. They can catch much of the dirt that people bring in on their feet. That means less vacuuming and longer carpet life.
3. Remove shoes. This is a sure way to make carpet last longer. If you have a nice home with nice carpet, people usually aren’t offended by this policy.
4. Clean stains quickly and properly. If using a cleaning solvent other than water, apply it to a cloth first, and work it in from the outside of the stain to the center, so you don’t spread the spot. Apply the cleaner, extract (blot), rinse, extract, and repeat until you can’t get more of the stain out. Extract solvents completely, and dry the carpet quickly when you’re done. If there is any stain remaining deeper down in the carpet, quick drying prevents it from wicking up to…
August 2010
ProSand receives’ numerous calls every week from customers concerning sunlight damage. Discoloration to hardwood floors are a common problem with large window openings. Customers generally notice discoloration when a rug or large piece of furniture is moved. Yellowing or amber colors are common flooring problems whether pre-finished or site finished. Once the damage has occurred, the only solution is to sand the floors. A preventive measure is to filter out harsh sunlight by using a clear protective UV film on the windows. Surprisingly this is a very economical and affordable solution.
With widespread distribution of steam cleaners on the market, more and more people are taking the seemingly easy route of cleaning their hardwood floor with such cleaning tools. Science class and experience should have told us but many people aren’t aware that steam and wood are not compatible. Steam is, after all, nothing but water vapor.
When steam cleaning, vapors can and do recombine to form liquid water that sit on and wick into wood. With water wood floors naturally expand and contract. This expansion and contraction result in two major forms of wood deformation: “cupping” and “crowding.”
Cupping (The concave deformation of wood floor) and Crowding (the convex deformation of wood floors) are common issues that develop with high humidity. Both problems occur across the width of the flooring material.
Cupping is when the edges of a board are high and its center is lower. This occurs after water spills onto the floor and is absorbed by the wood. If the wood expands significantly, compression set can result as the boards are crushed together, deforming the boards at the edges.
Cupping is caused by a moisture imbalance through the thickness of the wood: The wood is wetter on the…
