Green floor refinishing Questions

Can you give me information on low-VOC stains for hardwood floors?

— Claudia Pasadena, CA

Florian Speier

Answered by Florian Speier

Zeitgeist Sustainable Residential Design

March 21, 2011

Can you give me information on low-VOC stains for hardwood floors?

— Claudia Pasadena, CA

Answered by Florian Speier on March 21, 2011

Our wood floors are being refinished. I have three small children -- should I be worried about toxic fumes?

— Beth Brooklyn, NY

Answered by Randy Potter on January 18, 2011

I am looking to oil the floors in a house I rent. I believe it is pine wood, unvarnished and simply in bad need of oil.

— Stephen Cahill Portland, OR

Answered by Elizabeth DiSalvo on December 22, 2010

I have 4-yr.-old Brazil cherry factory-treated hardwood floors. Can I use Osmo Polyx Oil on them? I want shiny but not slippery.

— JOAN KUBRICKY Queensbury, NY

Answered by Molly McCabe, AKBD, CGP, CAPS on September 16, 2010

Can you please recommend a floor finish that is nontoxic and will not emit an odor the day after it is applied?

— Nagidarka San Francisco, CA

Answered by Gennaro Brooks-Church on July 19, 2010

Can my wood floors be refinished with a UV floor finish? How does it work? Is there a real health benefit?

— Heather Blue Springs, MO

Answered by David Edwards PhD on June 10, 2010

My floors were coated with oil-based polyurethane three years ago. Should I apply a low-VOC water-based coat over it or is offgassing done?

— Kim Stern Greenwich, CT

Answered by Bill Bradbury on March 15, 2010

When is it safe -- if ever -- to move back into a house where floors have been recoated with a solvent-based varnish or lacquer?

— Lali Parasuramar

Answered by Mary Cordaro on March 2, 2010

Is bamboo flooring with aluminum oxide finish considered a green choice?

— Liz Cohen

Answered by Mary Cordaro on January 28, 2010

Can you recommend a non-toxic finish for a concrete floor with radiant heat?

— ANNE MILLER

Answered by Polly Osborne, AIA, LEED AP on December 11, 2009

 

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