AboutDave Coil Expertise I can help. I have installed wood, laminates, tile, marble, ceramics, vinyl, and painted applications. I have done some stone work, but that is seldom used anymore.
Experience My first work was in flooring and interior designs. My first job... every room of the house was a different color of walls and carpet. It can work...
Question Dave,
We have recently installed Brazilian Cherrywood -- hardwood (not engineered)that has a 25 year warranty. After installation (about 2-3 months ago) we put our Turkish rugs back in place to "protect" the floor. Today, we lifted the largest and the flooring is now considerably lighter where this round rug is. NOW I read the rug tag and in REALLY small writting it suggests a pad to "protect surfaces." I am guessing we will be re-finishing to match the color again, but in the mean time: 1) Is there ANYTHING we might do short of refinish; 2) Since we have identical rugs on the same floor (one now shows miniumal lightening... the other none (don't know why that is!), what type/brand of padding can we add so that we don't have this problem (now and after we refinish... assuming we must). Thanks in advance... Don Marshall
Answer I will hazzard a guess to your problem. It may have been pure friction of the rug to the floor that has marred the finish on the floor. Could it be a layer of fine dust that is appearing to be lighter in color? If this was prefinished hardwood...you may want to contact the manufacture and get a recommendation of the fix. That warrantee should also cover NORMAL use. This would be considered normal...as alot of areas of hardwood get floor ammenities to accent. You may be able to use a spray on application and save refinishing the entire floor. You may also try using something such a Pledge floor or furniture polish....it works on TV.
