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If you are thinking of purchasing prefinished wood floors for a your new or existing home in Broward County, Florida, you should first seek assistance from Morwood Flooring Inc. for the most qualified and up to date information. Prefinished wood flooring when first introduced was very different than the products produced today in a number of different ways. Number one was the type of finish used way back when which was primarily a baked in seal a wax type of coating system. Today’s finishes are almost exclusively an Ultra-Violet Cured Urethane finish. The most obvious difference in the two methods is that the seal and wax type finished floors were soaked into the pours of the wood and laid on and beneath the surface of the wood flooring. UV Cured urethanes have the majority of the finish coatings laying on top of the surface as more of a protective coating.
Morwood Flooring Inc. who has been in the wood flooring industry for a number of years knows very well the pro’s and con’s of how each product wears and how each is maintained. Baked in seal and wax products do have a certain advantage over surface coated finishes in that almost regardless of the condition they are in, by utilizing restoration products the floors can usually be brought back to an acceptable level of appearance and actually look better than they did when they were brand new. A qualified wood floor mechanic with the proper products and equipment should be able to strip and restore a seal and wax finish and bring it to a fine luster with a final wax and polishing process without sanding and refinishing. Ongoing maintenance of these types of floors requires dusting vacuuming and an occasional buffing to restore the sheen.
Most consumers today however including, Morwood Flooring Inc. , probably agree that the surface coatings of today look better, wear better, are easier to maintain and last longer before any type of major maintenance is needed. to restore them to their original look. Maintenance of these types of floors are simply dusting vacuuming and a light damp mopping. The only intermediate restoration process when the floors become scratched and worn is to buff the floors down to remove scratches and marks and then recoat the floors with a job site applied type of urethane finish. If your wood flooring however is worn down through the finish to a point that bare wood is actually exposed, you may then have to have the floors completely sanded down to bare wood and completely refinished. This should not happen for a good number of years under normal circumstances and normal household traffic. In fact if you keep your floors clean and grit free, they may last a lifetime as many of today’s products even have 50 year’s or more as a product warranty.
Because of the technology now available, most would agree that today’s prefinished wood flooring products are far superior to the original prefinished floors first introduced decades ago. Wood Flooring today is an investment that will add value to your home and require very little upkeep. Your best bet when seeking information of which wood flooring would best suit your particular project in Broward County, Florida, would be to contact Morwood Flooring Inc. who will be able to help you sort through the numerous variety of choices available in prefinished wood flooring today!
