There were some scratches my metal boot loops made. I thought they were just in the poly and I could sand them out. The wood got much lighter in the spots I sanded. Why'd this happen? How do you fix it? Do I have to refinish the entire area? It's just a small foyer, but I'd still rather avoid that.
Take a rag wet with mineral spirits and wipe across it. If it looks ok while still wet, it will be fine once the poly is applied. While it would be best to poly the entire foyer you can get by just doing individual boards.
Thanks for the response! I should have been more thorough in my initial post, I left some things out.
Honestly, it's been like this for about 5 years now, and I finally want to fix it.
I did put poly over these spots hoping it would fix it, but it didn't. Unfortunately I don't remember what type of poly I used. I think I might have used water based poly. Is that my issue? I wonder if oil based poly would darken it up a bit and make better, or a little better?
Oil base poly over raw wood will deepen the colors naturally in the wood. Water based poly will not. For oil poly to deepen the wood color now you'd need to first remove the waterbased poly - assuming that is what you used.
This is a tiny (6x6) bathroom in a rental, that had cracked tile and rotted joists from decades of leaks/tenants. I hired someone to remove the floor, repair the joists, and install subfloor/LVP. They did a great job with the joists and waterproofing the subfloor, but when they added self leveler, one half of the room was quite a bit higher than the other. I thought they would grind it down to even (or build up), but they didn't. I walked on it after the LVP was in place, and it was immediately apparent. We talked it over, and they were very willing to take the flooring out and build up the low side.
They did, and it is way better than it was before, but it is still unlevel. At the door, for 2 feet, it is almost perfectly level, then it dips down. If I put the level on the flat part, it takes 8 quarters on the low side to make the bubble level. Basically a 1/2" and a bit more as you go the last few inches to the tub.
I'm I overreacting or should it be more level than that? It's a bathroom, so I'm not sure if there are issues with using 1/2" more of leveler, but what I looked up says that this leveler (Henry Levelpro 555) can go 3-5". This is an old house, and it could be a structural issue causing the slope in the middle of the room, but isn't the self level product supposed to solve that?
These are really nice guys and I hate to go back a 2nd time about it, but if it can be improved, now is the time to do it. My problem is that I have no reference point about what is and isn't acceptable. Structurally I'm sure there is zero issue as is, but the slope is noticeable, although not massively.
Tenants may never notice it, but if $10-20 more of leveler could get the floor level, it seems like that should be the way to go.
What do you think? Am I overreacting? Is this an acceptable result, and nothing to be concerned over?
The room:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/loa75hf.jpg[/img]
This is the amount of slope at the tub. At the door, the bubble is almost perfectly level:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/LGea7py.jpg[/img]
The level in the middle of room, with 8 quarters on the low side:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/iEf6I2o.png[/img]
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