Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Recoomendations for Water based Polyurethane (MinWax?)

Hi - does anyone have a suggestion for a Waterbased Polyurethane for hardwood floors? Drying time is of the essence as I'm in a hurry :) I found something called MinWax, http://www.minwax.com/products/protective/floor-poly.cfm, but don't know anything about this subject to know good from bad.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
Matz

I've used Minwax stains and polyurethanes on cabinet and furniture projects for several years and recommend them completely. The water based poly dries quickly (unless it's really cold) and looks great.

How much experience do you have staining and finishing wood?........lots of wood! A hardwood floor is a lot of surface and has to be done right or the mistakes will show up big time. My neighbor was in a hurry and (rather than wait another week for the flooring contractor) let the GC stain and finish her new hardwood kitchen and family room floor. She almost cried when I told her what needed to be done to fix it.

Like the fella says, "Speed, Quality, Price.........pick any two":D

I have no experience other than a lot of reading at DoItYourself etc. :) I don't have any high expectations on this "my first go".

The floors are old and not in great condition, but since the boneheads who laid the carpeting used GLUE and staples to lay the form pads down on the wood, I have to scrape the glue off, and leaving obvious traces of where I scraped it.

My hope is just to sand the floor lightly (fine grit) to even out the scrape lines with the rest of the floor, leaving the original stain (no additional staining), then finish with water based poly.

I expect no miracles, just trying to hide the scrape lines from the glue. The old weathered, countrybarn/stable feel of the old floors I can live with.

I'm I nuts to think I'm gonna accomplish this?

Thanks,
Matz

If you have a Home Depot nearby, see if they have a seminar on refinishing hardwood floors. You might pick up some pointers that will be useful. If the flooring is in decent shape (no broken or missing boards, etc) a good sanding would be the way to start rather than trying to just scrape and sand the bad spots.

Your call, of course. :)

I have also used the Minwax on furniture finishing, and love it. I did some tables over 2 years ago, (and have a husband who can't seem to find the coaster) and everything gets placed directly on the table, and after all of this time, the tables look brand new! I would suggest this product very much. It's very easy to use, and beautiful when done. Very smooth...

Stacy

Coaster?? What's a coaster?? When I was a kid (shortly after the earth cooled), I had a coaster wagon. Is that what you're talking about? :D

I'm laughing at this only because I'm glad to know that my husband isn't the only one who doesn't know what a coater is!! A coaster is that little round thing that you place condensating drinks on so as not to leave a ring on your table. You've made my day thank you

So THAT'S what "she-who-must-be-obeyed" was yelling about. Why would you set a drink down, anyway? If you're drinking, drink! If you need to set it down, you're finished drinking, right??:D

AH! The light has shineth down upon him! Now conquer the toilet seat!!

That's a no-brainer. Once the kids quit using the front door like a revolving door, we had his-and-her bathrooms. Now ask which one gets cleaned more often. (Dare ya!! :D )

I'll have to pass on that one--SCARY!! Only because our daughter, who is 5, has a bathroom in her bedroom. I get frightfully nervous when I go in to "check it out". This is where she gets inspiration to experiment with things-like glue. This is her laboratory (how funny to revert back to the original meaning). Nevermind the real purpose of this room-it's her research area...she has learned however, that glueing her rug to the floor is not something that she wants to do again!! That day was the day that she learned the expression "elbow grease". How cute these situations are long after they pass...