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Storing Wood Floor Finishes

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Storing Wood Floor Finishes

Let's face it: everyone's storeroom for their sanding kit and finishes are different. Cupboards in the home, garages in the garden, lockups, containers, and industrial units. Things like abrasives and tooling are robust in different conditions as long as they are not wet or damp. With finishes oils, lacquers, and...

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What is water popping for wood flooring?

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What is water popping for wood flooring?

Ever felt like your wood floors are holding back secrets? Imagine each plank whispering tales of a deeper beauty just beneath the surface, yearning for water popping to reveal its true character. Ever heard of **water popping for wood flooring**? And thought... What is water popping for wood flooring? Now,...

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Enhance Your Clients' Wood Floors with Pallmann Magic Oil 2K: A Contractor's Guide

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Enhance Your Clients' Wood Floors with Pallmann Magic Oil 2K: A Contractor's Guide

Welcome! Today, we have an extraordinary product to share with you that will take your clients' wood floors to new heights of beauty and durability. Say hello to Pallmann Magic Oil 2K! In this article, we will delve into the exceptional benefits of this remarkable product, explore how it works,...

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Bona Craft Oil 2K – Adding charm to your wood floor!

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Bona Craft Oil 2K – Adding charm to your wood floor!

Are you looking at protecting that newly installed wood floor? Then the Bona Craft Oil 2K could help you to bring that gorgeous charm out in your wood floor!  Every homeowner wants their new wood floor to look perfect… and wants that look to last. I mean, who doesn't? These...

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Colour Enhancing Primers what is available.

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Colour Enhancing Primers what is available.

Before we get into this amazing product and what this can offer in terms of the effect on wooden flooring, I’m going to go through the basic reasons for using a primer on wooden flooring. These are five main reasons, but there are many other advantages. - Reduces side bonding....

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The Pallmann Cobra Belt Sanders

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The Pallmann Cobra Belt Sanders

The belt sanders in this blog are the Pallmann Cobra Classic belt sanders and the Pallmann Cobra 09 belt sanders. Before we get into the difference between the 2 machines that we offer here at ultimate floor care let’s hear more about the belt sander in general and what its...

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How to create an eco-friendly matt finish on your floor

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How to create an eco-friendly matt finish on your floor

With today's focus on sustainable and environmentally friendly products, its good to have an awareness of the waterborne finishes that are available. We come to you today with a product that ensures the best possible air quality coming from your Wooden floor. The simple fact of having a wooden floor...

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Why you should always use a primer on wooden floors

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Why you should always use a primer on wooden floors

When you are finishing off a freshly sanded floor, having spent all that time going through the grit changes and taking care of sanding the edges and corners, the last thing you may want to think about is applying primers and finishes. But primers make all the difference! Here, we...

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Pallmann Pall-X 98 Gold: What, Where and How!

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Pallmann Pall-X 98 Gold: What, Where and How!

  The Pallmann Pall- X 98 Gold is a water-based two component wood floor lacquer, for heavy wear wood flooring. In this blog, we explore what goes into the product, the careful steps that are taken by the manufacturers to make the product, and the process to take when using these finishes and...

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Recoating your wooden floors without sanding

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Recoating your wooden floors without sanding

The Pall-x 350 bonding agent has been brought onto the market by Pallmann, to make life easier for Floor Sanding contractors. A floor can now be finished without the need for sanding. The product can be used as a part of your arsenal of tackling the refinishing of old or new...

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Why you Should Choose the Ultimate Matt finish

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Why you Should Choose the Ultimate Matt finish

Are you planning on refurbishing your room or have a customer looking to freshen up their floor? When it comes to choosing the finish of the flooring, it is always important to choose something that will match the overall theme of the room. In the flooring industry, trends often appear for what the...

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