Will the black marks on my parquet floor sand out ?

Hello and welcome to another Woodfloor-Renovations Blog Post.

Today the question asked is one which we come across quite alot, and can affect many different types of wood floors in many different ways.

The question is "Will the black marks i've got on my parquet floor sand out ??"

In this particular case the black marks are made by a cat litter tray...the floor in question is a Rustic Oak Parquet block floor, and you've guessed it ... the marks are pretty bad.

In this case the black marks on the parquet blocks didn't sand out, we did try very hard and used quite harsh abrasives [24 grit] to try and remove the said marks, unfortunately in this case circumstances dictated that the marks could not be removed...i'll explain why.

The Rustic Oak floor in this case had an Oiled finish, which had been in place for at least four years and wasn't applied particularly well in the first place, the cat litter tray for whatever reason had small holes in the bottom [like a plant tray] and let out the combination of cat urine and the litter mixture gradually over a long period of time.

When a mixture like this settles and permeates into an Oiled floor there is only going to be one result and that is a nasty black mark that just cannot be sanded out, the only other option would be to take out and replace [with new blocks] the effected area.

 In our scenario the clients understood the issues and as the area was out of the main living space they decided to live with it and buy a better cat litter tray...

Hope that helps - thanks for reading.

Junckers Ultra Matt Flooring Lacquer.....Before and After Pictures

Hello and Welcome to another WFR Blog post.


Today I'm going to do a 'Show & Tell' blog, that is to show you the pictures from a recently completed project, and to tell you how good the finished article looked.


The seal system we used on this project was 1 x Coat of Junckers base Prime followed by 2 x Coats of Junckers Pro Finish Ultra Matt.


We have used Junckers Pro Finish Ultra Matt lacquer quite a few times before, but for some reason the product looked just fantastic when it was applied to the Oak Strip floor we completed for one of our regular clients this week.


 Wendy [our client] was over the moon with the finished floor, it did look really good i must say, i know i may be slightly biased but come on....how good do the pictures look....Whats that old saying......... 'A picture speaks a thousand words'

I shall say no more on this one....enjoy the pictures.....let me know what you think.

Saicos Hardwax Oil Sand and Seal Job

Hello and welcome again to another WFR Blog Post.


Today's offering isn't the usual Q&A type of Blog we've been doing of late, I thought a slight change of format is in order so I've put in 3 short video clips of a Sand and Refinish job we recently completed for one of our clients.


The floor in the videos is an Oak Strip Floor, 150mm wide x random lengths and 20mm in thickness.


The Dining room area was 21 m2 and the client supplied the Saicos Hardwax Oil for us to apply to the Oak Flooring so it would match other area's of her house. The 3 short clips are basically 'Before. During & After' so you can see for yourselves the transformation we effected....

Thanks for looking.....