Hi there,

I just had someone resand my floors, and put on 2 coats of poly. It seems ok but a friend suggested that I put on 2 more. I'm all up for it and I'm a sort of a DIY kind of a guy but how hard is it? Someone told me to scuff up the floors a bit, vacuum and put down a thin coat. Would it be easy to just goto Home Depot, pick up a 5 gallon of clear poly and put on the coat? Please help this newbie. Thank you....

Andrew

It's not as easy as it appears. I usually recommend a pro does this because we pros can get better finishes than what is available at the big box stores and if it goes bad, you can get them back to fix it. If you do it yourself, you will void any warranty by the guy that did the work originally. Suppose for a minute that the finish he put on fails to adhere well down the road (starts to peel) He could say that is was what you did or the products you used and you be hard-pressed to prove him wrong. But if you're bound to do it yourself, read this:
http://www.hardwoodinstaller.com/hardwo ... screen.htm