From: wwindig@frontiernet.net (willem)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Wax or polyurethane?
Date: 28 Jan 2004 06:18:04 -0800

We need to refinish the hardwood floors. The sanding has been done. I
am wondering  about using wax instead of polyurethane for the
following reasons.
One can redo a high traffic area and other problematic areas easily by
applying wax and buffing instead of redoing the whole floor with
polyurethane. It seems that it will require more regular maintaince
with wax, but it is less disruptive than getting all the furniture out
every 7 years to redo the whole floor. Besides, wax looks nice.
So, my requests are:
a) Opinions pro and contra wax.
b) What kind of wax?
c) Stain the floor first or apply the wax to unstained wood? If stain
is desirable, what stain? Minwax Woodsheen?
d) Where do you get wax? It seems that Johnson paste wax is not made
anymore.