We have decided to go with a mix of white and light wood for the cabinets. And like all things "time is money". So due to budget going to have to give this a go on my own. Bona Traffic (original) is two steps up from Mega. Cant decide! I am posting some final outcome pictures in different rooms and lighting. My builders subs didnt handle either material and just about everyone except @Joseph Corlett (who regularly comments on Houzz) grimaced when I mentioned Corian. Hi everyone! By the way, did you use any fillers to fill the knots and gaps between the planks? Training costs money. The cost is nothing compared to the durability it will give. Hd and Supra extra matte does not. For a clean-shiny person there is NOTHING that will make them happy in the matte or satin range. 1 coat per day, buffing every coat for extra smoothness. And the Nordic seal was beautiful but it was a little cold and it didnt look as good next to a warmer paint color we plan to use. Absolutely love the matte finish. But that's all it does. San and finish guys come in next. But they did just complete a project with Bona NordicSeal. I could also put hot pots on the stainless. We peeked through the windows and the floors are covered with brown paper. It could be as low as $2/sf. @tkgriff Thanks for sharing the photos. If you want a bit of "yellow depth" to the floor, then work with an oil modified. It is 3/4 x 5 solid white oak hardwood. Dream Spaces: 12 Beautiful White Kitchens, White Cabinets Remain at the Top of Kitchen Wish Lists, Kitchen of the Week: Brick, Wood and Clean White Lines, Kitchen of the Week: A Designer's Budget Wood-and-White Makeover, New This Week: 3 Beautifully Balanced White Kitchens, Kitchen of the Week: White, Wood, Gray and a Backsplash Surprise, 5 Countertops That Look Beautiful in a White Kitchen, Kitchen of the Week: Fans of Traditional Style Go For a Mad Men Look. I hope they hold up to daily use. Yes. William Smith, D.D., was Wow sounds beautiful! I am interested to Nordic seal on my project as well. WebBona - WM710013496 - 16.5 in. It would have been better to ASK if they put on all 3 coats in one day. The 3 coats of finish (the expensive HD stuff) is the Gold Standardbut 2 coats + sealant is still very good. So it comes in at 1025 or 1.25 X 820 sf (amount of flooring ordered with sufficient for waste/scrap. He said mitering the edges is a nightmare (if you dont mitre, there is a white edge because the color doesnt go all the way through - at least the marble design I chose). Bona Intense Seal Bona Classic Seal Bona Neutral Seal DuraSeal Weathered Oak Stain DuraSeal Silvered Gray Stain Bona Drifast Stain The Finish We Chose You may not be aware of the fact that white oak floors do not need to be stained. I absolutely love the floors. I knew this was IT. They look closer to the raw wood tone. I havent figured out if Im going to use any window coverings yet. NordicSeal is going to give you a white frosting. Although, it can be used as a stand alone sealer. The floors are super dusty in this photo as the soffits were just removed. They were super rich! I think the choice will be between the Natural and the Classic Seal. I've seen professionals with 40 years experience ruin a water based applicationtwice. If that does something, it's busted, you don't need to test further. We sell stone, fabricate and install countertops so we're there every step of the way which keeps me up to date on pretty much every stone that is used today. The training may be 'free' but the cost to fly there, rent hotel room + food for 3 days (and lose 3 days worth of income) and fly back take money. You will save a little compared to Traffic HD, perhaps $0.25 psf. Of course, none of this is more than 3 foot square sampleand not my kitchen floor, but we are hopeful that we have an answer. I guess it could help but honestly unless someone has your exact home with your ecxat light it is still just a guess . Yes they can be 'walked on' after 3 daysbut moving furniture in is not ideal until 5 days have passed. We got to see snippets of the finished floor today, and we love what we see. Haven't made decisions on flooring yet, but I love white oak. I love your wall and cabinet paint too. We went with the Bona Nordic and Traffic HD. The problem is that at this point my trust level is quite low. No scrape, no scratch, no nothing. Great photos and beautiful floors! Some people complain that is hard to live with finish, because for example foot marks while walking barefoot. My suggestion is to figure out what type of 'cleaning' person you are. The coating should not come up. I am on info overload. These are the LVP samples and my unfinished white oak stair parts. @Jessica Lirag what did you end up with? It looks like the grain is *very* deep on the board to the left. We told the company to put 3 coats of the Bona product on the floors. Part of me wishes we went satin finish bc I realized I do like a little sheen on a floor (just washed look). Several dollars per square foot would be expectedthen you add the $4-$5/sf for the finish. @Ryan Danielson, I just told my cabinet maker to go ahead and order my cabinet doors in the rift oak so I've only got a couple of weeks to get this figured out. Absolutely, I can see that. We elected to go with rift sawn white oak cabinets. This is Bona Natural Seal and Bona Nordic Seal on sanded white oak. @mtpo your floors are SO beautiful, do you know where they were ordered from and cost per sq ft? But, my husband and I are closer in agreement. Stand up to the effects of UV on the oak over time, 3. I am very picky with the stones I purchase. They are one of my very favorite things in my (soon to be) new house. I forgot to take a photo of the hand made air vent the installers made for the floor vent. @Bongo. I'm thinking of using HI-MACS LG Hausys solid surface countertops, which I think is similar to Corian. He told me that the floor would look the same, which was obviously a lie. The raw wood that was laid (almost the whole house) looks beautiful. Never make color selections off a computer screen or printed brochure. NO true Quartzite will etch. Forget prefinished. And rubio makes a treatment for acid stains. Those are STUNNING! We will use 3 coats of Bona Traffic HD on top of the sealer. (Just read the dog drool threads.) . WebBona AB is a family-owned, sustainably-driven company that supplies products for installing, renovating, maintaining and restoring premium floors. @J Sk did you use natural sealer or natural stain? Now green is having a moment in the kitchen, These design moves will add even more to white kitchen cabinets appeal, Find out the most popular countertop, flooring, cabinet, backsplash and paint picks among homeowners who are renovating, Neutrals still dominate cabinet color. It won't tell you what caused the scratching (glass particles in sand is the usual culprit. IntenSeal looked the best to me - darkening it enough to show the differences in the wood, but it seemed more tan/brown than yellow. NaturalSeal adds the LEAST amount of 'colour' (either white or yellowdoesn't matter) of all the sealants in the Bona line up. Thank you so much! , So your final finish was 1 coat of Nordic Seal with 3 coats of Bona Traffic HD satin? Many people would give their eyeteeth for floors of that quality. I read that Natural has a bit of white in it too to avoid the yellow, but unsure if that is fact. I will have to follow up. It is a work of art. The "real" professional-grade products view DuraSeal/Minwax (owned by the same company) to be 'DIY' level products. WebOur new build has white oak hardwoods & Id LOVE to have them look like these. Looking at pictures of finished jobs of all three, its difficult to tell the difference. Get ready for a LONG story! :), @bowmeister67 and @widdy23 I used exactly what bowmeister said , 1 coat of Bona Nordic seal and 3 coats of Bona Traffic HD satin. Please dont post again while I figure out how to delete this post. Thanks for taking the time to write all that! The 'big boys' of the finishing industry are 2-3 times more expensive than DuraSeal (and for good reason) which means the professionals will make less money. Just wondering if 2 coats of the Traffic HD is enough or should I add a 3rd coat of the finish even in rooms that arent used as heavily? Same price as Barker, but more choices for color (I'm doing white uppers/rift oak lowers) and lots of help with my kitchen design. It's a installer issue. We got our hardwood lumber from a lumber mill in Berryville, VA. Maybe instead of wanting it natural, I really wanted it lighter rather than a medium to darker stain. Show me your white oak floors w duraseal country white or Bona white! If you look for darker colors, you will see fewer color shades in the wood planks. We used 1 coat Bona Nordic and 2 coats Traffic HD in Satin. I would bet it would come in at the same price as a "buff and coat" (national average = $3/sf). Why would you use Bona Nordic Seal (Bona productobviously) and then go with LOBA??? Below Jack and Jill bath with Corian countertop AND Corian integrated sinks. Directly before me was one of the mirrors I have mentioned, in which I saw reflected the tall shape of my friend, Mr. Jennings, leaning over my shoulder, and reading the page at which I was Cochrans offers this wood in different thicknesses and grades which also impacts the price. Taj Mahal is an example of a crystalline Quartzite. We got select I think its 3/4 thick and 7 wide. Ha. The main thing to worry about when it comes to Quartzite is if it is actually a true Quartzite. I have some anxiety he didn't apply the poly in the correct thickness. The Corian fabricator came back and polished them just like new. Did 4 coats of nordic and 3 traffic hd on 1 dollar a sq foot utility 4 inch white oak but some was red oak as well but still my dog likes it. "1 coat seal and 2 coats finish. WebWhite oak refinish- Bona NaturalSeal. WebSome 5 white oak with Bona Natural Seal and Hd traffic extra matte. Any help appreciated! 3 coats of HD.I am OOT so will post photos when I get home. Anything over 700 square feet for me is done in multiple days. There is a haze to the floors as someone posted its most likely due to the matte finish. Not change the raw color much, 2. It is the single most abused/used FINISH ('finish' means 'pretty) in your home. skip to main content Sale ON SALE - UP TO 75% OFF Bathroom Vanities Chandeliers Bar Stools Pendant Lights Rugs Living Room Chairs Dining Room Furniture Wall Lighting Coffee Tables Side & End Tables Home Office Furniture Sofas Bedroom Furniture Lamps Mirrors FURNITURE @mtpo Your floors are beautiful. We did samples on floor and two coats looks significantly different. LOVE, Blizzard fierce or butter soft, white can highlight shapes, unify a room and perform miracles on the cheap, Its typically the primary color in gardens. @Moran Blueshtein. (It looks a little pink on my IPad - its not in real life. If you look at my photos above, the wood sample with one coat of Bona Natural sealer and one coat of Matte Traffic HD looked nice too but looked horrible with one coat of Natural and 3 coats of satin Traffic HD. And this will continue to occur until the finish is "done right". If so, they are normal surface marking, nothing to worry about. Why did you decide to go with Corian? WebMy new white oak floors have 1 coat of Bona Natural Seal and 2 coats of Bona Traffic HD satin. New This Week: 3 Knockout Kitchens With Natural Wood Cabinets, Trending Now: 11 Popular Kitchens That Rock Not-White Cabinets, New This Week: 3 Welcoming White-Cabinet Kitchens, New This Week: 6 Stylish Not-White Kitchen Cabinet Colors, 4 Kitchens With White Cabinets and a Wood Island. Unless you're certain the gaps developed AFTER installation, I'd suggest the possibility they may have been present all along. Thank you for your feedback. If you search my other discussions on this site, youll see how I flip-flopped so many times Corian, stainless, Neolith, D e k t o n, Quartz, wood (for the island top) and finally back to Corian. It may not be the same price you would get if you buy it yourself from Cochrans. Thank you! The solid white D e k t o n didnt clean up as well as Neolithic or Corian. D Debra Travis Red Oak Hardwood Floors Installing Hardwood Floors Natural Wood Flooring Decoration We refinishing the floor and apply natural seal from bona and top coat bona mega one satin D It was one coat of seal. Yours looks so light and bright. Heres a photo of our family room. 3 coats in one day. I need to see the seal samples still but Ill post a picture of the finished floors in a week! From all Ive read, it seems Bona Traffic HD is the way to go on the finish coats. WebBona DriFast Stain is a premium quick-drying stain for interior hardwood floors. Get the third coat of sealer. We planned to wait 6 days to move in and will use felts and place furniture down gently. I"m just assuming you don't want to cut up your floor. Intense seal will cast yellowing. Let's see how long this finish last. I bought a cleaner made for the finish (similar to m quartz) and touch up is easy if needed. And using Bona Traffic HD is a MASSIVE upgrade over Mega. It's hard to tell how deep those scratches are. That means you relate clean with shiny. Maybe a snick less because they won't be using any product. I can see the installer has the ABILITY to do make this finish workhe just ran out of time and money because of his bid (which was too low for full glue). I don't want shine either - so do I do the sealer of Natural and then do an extra matte finish? Our contractor informed me that it is significantly more expensive, $2500 more expensive. Use natural seal. The only design mistake in the house (IMHO) is this floor - the sample and photos looked so different!). * I didn't know that Classic Sealer added yellow that Natural Sealer did not but I didn't have anything to compare it to. Erfahren Sie hierzu mehr in der Houzz Cookie-Richtlinie. Is there a really hidden section (you only need about 1 inch square) that you don't mind possibly damaging? Heres how to keep them that way, Let the sunshine in. Any suggestions on deciding one over the other? Here are our raw floors right now. Our cabinet maker hasn't been able to match what we are hoping for. How did you retained the natural color of the wood? I did a lot of research and planned to try Bona NaturalSeal, Bona ClassicSeal and Bona NordicSeal on this round of samples. Sigh. Held off on final coat until project finished.. which will be done in a few days. They make their final grit-pass and then they will place the colour samples down with a coat of finish. Do you think there is any major issue with this? Also hope this helps .. colors hard to see on monitor, I tested classic seal, white stain and Nordic seal as well. I love the natural, light color of the hardwood. He did know his stains and how it would finishI will give him that. I think over the years, they learned how to avoid distressed clients who hate the finished floor color. But I miss a slightly shiny floor. The correct answer should be "nothing at all". Thank you, I don't know the specific name of it. Sigh. A new color true black is introduced by Duraseal. I asked for, but he never did, an all country white one. Dark floors are pretty popular with clients but as you mention usually going with white or painted cabinets. Thanks. I talked to the contractor and told him that I had to figure out a different finish. The coating should not come up. Sigh. Your floor looks amazing. I will post pictures. Im happy with the color. I was asked two separate questions. This looks to be pretty natural with a very matte finish. Attached is a photo of the hardwood unfinished without stain. I am often surprised at how it feels to open/close off certain areas. Some comments that NaturalSeal has a slight white cloudiness? The fabricator was really nice and pulled whole Quartz slabs from his warehouse into the parking lot for me to see. The cost of the floors and Bona sealer plus 3 protective coats was almost twice the price that my parents paid for the house I grew up in so be prepared to gasp and clutch your wallet. Dry finish. Your floors are beautiful. Thanks for sharing these pictures - they look great! Milesi Natural 2k? We will have 3500 sq of wood and certainly dont want problems. DuraSeal is light on the wallet (of the contractor) so they like to use it. If the floor looks as good as this little exposed area, Ill be really HAPPY. I have a small house and should have maximized flow but didn't realize just how much planning that would take at once. My installer did 2 coats of Nordic Seal today. its been so long since I posted - Id have to read through my old posts to recall the sealer we used. I used no filter on the photos, on an overcast morning from different angles. I think we found a good match. I believe you can put Titan on top of Pullman's and then Fortico on top of Titanif you like Pallman's colors. That means a coat of Sealant and two coats of finish. He is a small shop and me and one other of his clients are the first to ask him for a "raw look" rift sawn white oak door. They have little to no chemical resistance. Which one did you end up going with? Contact your Bona rep to understand all the options with the Bona System or view our catalog here: https://bit.ly/3eqqhSK. The info is helpful and Im discerning enough to sort out immature comments. Sie knnen nicht notwendige Cookies ber Einstellungen verwalten ablehnen. The tub area is ok -but Im glad I didnt get it in the kitchen. Or is Minwax and Duraseal the same thing? Bona Traffic HD is 10 times EASIER to find (but a snick harder to work with). They should be able to get the job done for you. And dont go forward unless they are willing to give you samples with ALL the finished coats.
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