When i pulled it up it pulled off some of the varnish.
Can tape pull up the finish on hardwood floors.
I have some masking tape down on a hardwood floor.
This isn t something that only occurs with our finish but is a problem across the entire industry.
It shouldn t have pulled off the finish.
Different brands of tape are notorious for removing the finish off a hardwood floor.
With hardwood floor finishes being so durable you have to.
The flooring contractor applied masking tape to the walls to hang plastic for dust containment.
Tape applied on walls and the wood floor had pulled off the paint and the floor finish.
A proper finish on a floor is never removed by tape.
The industry rule is to tape only paper to paper or paper to trim.
It is impossible for me to use any stain regardless of its viscosity and put a finish coat of lacquer with an airless sprayer without protecting the surrounds.
More and more manufacturers are adding this as an exclusion in their warranty.
Aging floors will start to peel and flake leaving unsightly cracks that you will need to fill in or patch.
It s the best way to insure that tape won t pull the finish or leave a residue behind.
Try to sand the affected board with fine abrasive.
By extension it can also affect the integrity of the floor itself.
How do i repair it.
Be thorough without cutting through to bare wood.
After the finish dried he used masking tape to protect the floor with red rosin paper while workers completed additional remodeling over the weekend.
Also lower quality tapes will leave more residue behind after you pull it up.
You should not use blue tape or any other tape on your wood floor when painting.
Tape is kryptonite on hardwood flooring in the past few years we have experienced issues with painters tape removing the finish from hardwood flooring.
The main problem with this kind of tape is that it can damage the finish of your wood floors.
He then sanded and finished the floor with a urethane finish.
If you have encountered the issue of tape removing the finish on your ha.