Lacquer thinner should never be used on finished flooring because it will strip the top coat and there really isn t a way to get the poly urethane top coat back to match the other wood planks once it s gone.
Is paint thinner safe on prefinished floors.
The only way to fix this is to replace the damaged planks with new ones.
Take steps to protect hardwoods in areas with high risk of water damage such as a kitchen or outside of a bathroom.
The floors come prefinished with 7 layers of polyurethane aluminum oxide.
Is this safe or is this completely stripping the finish off my new floors.
I hope you have enjoyed this series about painting hardwood flooring.
Using mineral spirits can be a safe and effective way to remove the stains from your engineered hardwood floors without damaging the finish.
Never use water or liquid cleaners to clean your hardwood floors.
He is glueing them down to my concrete slab with bostik and has been using trace amounts of paint thinner to remove the glue residue.
The easiest way to get dried paint off of hardwood floors.
How to paint prefinished hardwood floors.
The best time to remove paint from a floor is when it s still wet.
We have lived with these floors for a couple of weeks now and everyday we love them more.
Once the paint has dried you have to either scrape it or dissolve it.