What Do I Apply To a Newly Sanded Floor ?

Hello and Welcome to another WFR Blog Post.

Today I'll talk about a question which was emailed to us from a Gentleman who perhaps should of done a little more homework before embarking on a Wood Floor Renovation project.

Todays question is "What Seal Do I Apply To a Newly Sanded Floor ? "

Alot of consumers get confused with the word Seal....there are many different types of seal on the Wood flooring market, such as an Oil Based Primer, Solvent Based Primer, Water Based Primer, I'll quickly comment on these three basic types of sealer so you get an idea of what they are about.

An Oil Based Sealer, such as say Junckers Proseal Primer is ideal if say you are on a project and you are looking to enhance the depth of colour into the material you are working with, for examples sake in this instance we'll say Oak Strip Flooring, the product [Junckers Proseal] is easy to apply and seals the grains of the timber, but it does have a long drying time, this product is nearly always best left overnight to go off properly.

Solvent Based Primers such as Junckers Baseprime [not too many of them on the market now]  are very quick drying and rapidly seal the grain of the timber, the primer will also enrich the natural colour of the material you are working with and also help to minimize grain raise in the wood. Being a solvent based product it will have a strong odour so make sure you have good ventilation available.

Water based primers/sealers are very popular these days, all the big manufacturers have them in their product line ups, they are all pretty similar to use, i've used many but certainly not all of them so I can only comment on the products i've used. Recently  I used a product from the Lecol stable the product is a water based primer and is called 'Lobadur WS Easyprime' it really is a nice product to use and ticked all the boxes for a professional with many good properties, I wrote a full appraisal of the product and its available for viewing on our website Here 


So there you have it, pick a product that's right for your project and away you go.


Remember to properly read the manufacturers product instructions and if you are unsure then contact a professional.


Thanks For Reading.

Using a Primer and How Many Coats ?

Welcome to another WFR Blog Post


This post is a question I've been asked several times, and although not earth shatteringly important its still nice to know the correct way to do things....knowledge is power....


The question in point is "Do I need to use a Wood Floor Primer before I use Bona Mega "


The very short answer is YES, use a Primer before applying subsequent coats of Bona Mega or any other Lacquer product, but as usual with Floor Sanding related issues things are not quite what they seem....


**Remember**....you only ever apply 1 COAT of flooring primer, wait for it to properly dry, then add the subsequent coats of Floor Lacquer to your floor.


There are many primers out there in the world of Floor Sanding, but if you are applying Bona Mega as your top coats then you should use the correct primer from the same manufacturer....in this case Bona....the primer being Bona Prime.


There are a number of different Primers in the Bona stable, i would advise doing your homework and finding out which Primer will best suit your projects needs before parting with your hard earned cash....


Have a look at The Bona Website for all the technical info on their excellent range of Flooring Lacquers and related products.


Thanks for Reading......Regards Gary