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Green hardwood floor refinishing Questions

We are refinishing our white oak floors and want to use the safest and most durable materials. Street Shoe? Bonakemi? Rubio monocoat?

— shmuel Takoma Park, MD

Joel Hirshberg

Answered by Joel Hirshberg

Green Building Supply - your eco-friendly home center

March 6, 2013

I just had floors refinished (2 of 3 coats are done) and am disappointed refinishers used oil based poly. What can I do to rectify?

— Bill Rietmann San Francisco, CA

Answered by Jason Kliwinski on May 10, 2013

We are refinishing our white oak floors and want to use the safest and most durable materials. Street Shoe? Bonakemi? Rubio monocoat?

— shmuel Takoma Park, MD

Answered by Joel Hirshberg on March 6, 2013

What least toxic finishes do you recommend for flooring?

— Ali Lemaitre Reading, MA

Answered by Bill Bradbury on December 31, 2012

When is it safe to live in our home? We had a company refinish ours wood floors. They used two coats of polyurethane.

— Eric Feldmann Elmhurst, IL

Answered by Joel Hirshberg on April 13, 2012

Against our wishes, our decorator has stained our pine floorboards with a high-VOC wood dye. Help!

— Kate Holtsville, NY

Answered by Liberty Phoenix Lord on June 10, 2011

Is Waterlox considered a low-VOC product? After the initial application, is there anything in Waterlox that would offgas over time?

— Jessica Etna, NY

Answered by Florian Speier on May 6, 2011

What's more sustainable: a longer-lasting floor finish, or one with lower VOC content?

— Tom Leland, Beachwood, OH

Answered by J Neufeld on December 4, 2008

 
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