Easily seal a wood floor?
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01-26-16, 01:07 PM
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Easily seal a wood floor?
I recently moved into a new home. I have a bedroom that has a leftover cat pee smell in the carpet. It is not strong, you can only smell it when you get close to the carpet, so I am hoping it is not in the subfloor or anything.
My question is if I take the carpet up and wash the floor thoroughly, is there an easy "sealer" I can apply to the wood floor to seal any possible odor in the wood? I don't want to sand the floor or anything, just looking for some sort of topcoat. Thanks for any advice.
My question is if I take the carpet up and wash the floor thoroughly, is there an easy "sealer" I can apply to the wood floor to seal any possible odor in the wood? I don't want to sand the floor or anything, just looking for some sort of topcoat. Thanks for any advice.
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01-26-16, 01:17 PM
Pigmented shellac like Zinnser's BIN is the ultimate stain/odor blocking primer, an oil base primer might be sufficient. The main thing is to apply a full fluid coat of the primer to block all the odors. You shouldn't need to scrub the wood prior to applying the primer.
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01-26-16, 01:17 PM
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What is the wood? If it's just plywood, you can paint it with an oil based primer but clearly you wouldn't want to do that if it's a finished hardwood.
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01-27-16, 02:19 AM
Zinnser's BIN is a pigmented shellac primer [white] Since it is hardwood, I'd try to clean it well [there are pet odor products although I don't know much about them] and once clean/dry - sand lightly and apply a fresh coat of oil base poly.
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01-27-16, 07:03 AM
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Yep, a new coat of poly and not primer on the hardwood.
As long as the current finish on the wood is intact, I think any general cleaner would be fine as I don't think the urine would have penetrated it.
As long as the current finish on the wood is intact, I think any general cleaner would be fine as I don't think the urine would have penetrated it.
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01-27-16, 09:25 AM
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Yeah, maybe the enzyme products would make a difference in that case. Didn't think of that....
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01-27-16, 11:02 AM
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Thanks for the tips. Assuming i give a good clean, then reseal, wouldn't the new poly keep any residual smell sealed in the wood by "filling in the cracks", so to speak?
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01-27-16, 11:36 AM
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Theoretically, yes, but assuming you have poly now, there should be at least two or three coats and the cracks exist after that, so....
#11
01-27-16, 11:46 AM
The wood can expand/contract with heat/humidity changes so there is always the possibility of a crack now or later. The poly will help fill the cracks but no guarantee they will stay filled.
