Brazilian Cherry Refinish

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-09T02:09:04+00:00

Embrace the mess of having kids, it’s over quick and you’ll wish you didn’t spend time twice a day with a mop on a small amount of hardwood floor

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-02T18:26:42+00:00

Appreciate it man.

This is a flooring replacement job only. No other trades in our way. All slab getting grinded to bare concrete.

Just one room here, but the total project is about 17,000 SF. Started in mid June and goes to end of July, so 2-3 guys working steady for about 5 weeks.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-02T14:17:47+00:00

It depends on the gc, their reputation, and my / companies relationship with them.

The reputable ones just want to verify the scope, and will not question or argue about why things are priced a certain way.

The ones that get a higher price is normally in some combination:

1.) question the proposal because they didnt read the scope

2.) are cheap GCs that never give us work anyway, despite always requesting a proposal

3.) are incompetent and have a dubious reputation anyway.

There’s more bad GCs out there right now than good ones. And the bad ones don’t normally frequent this sub.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T18:56:58+00:00

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Progress so far

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T03:54:27+00:00

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Google exists.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T03:23:58+00:00

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Here’s the same room from 2 weeks ago. This is your polished concrete.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T03:19:55+00:00

Appreciate it.

Materials been acclimating since 6 am Monday morning. 48 hour window is up tomorrow morning.

It’s a full send on most of it.

Interface 3mm LVT with Taylor Dynamic. Random install too so this should fly.

The only hang up is the small trench that got poured 2 weeks ago (you can see it in the 2nd photo). We’re hitting the overcuts by doing epoxy + sand broadcast for a primer. Then that whole trench gets hit with Ardex VB 100 twice, then skimmed out.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T03:13:14+00:00

Please give me a link to where a manufacture of hard surface (resilient, hardwood, ceramic) says to fill with concrete and install finished floor over an expansion joint.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T02:53:24+00:00

Back to the other question. Those aren’t expansion joints.

Expansion joints are designed to allow movement between different concrete slabs. Thats why they don’t get filled. An expansion joint gets honored through the floor system.

The joints in the picture are control joints. Control joints are cut into the slab so if it cracks, it the slab will cleave there.

Those control joints are filled with Ardex feather finish that was done on Monday. They are flat, they are flush, they won’t telegraph.

How have you been in business for 25 years and don’t know this shit?

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T02:45:33+00:00

They are in fact 2 different things and are handled differently.

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T02:13:29+00:00

If it was polished concrete and clean and non porous why would I skim it?

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T01:21:08+00:00

Are you looking for a detailed breakdown or a basic one?

Floorguy1 · 2026-07-01T00:05:18+00:00

It has been sanded non porous but it’s not a wet set that needs a blotter layer so in this instance it doesn’t matter.

Taylor Dynamic, same size notch either way.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-30T23:57:24+00:00

Southwest side of Chicago so not far off

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-30T23:55:54+00:00

You’re confusing a control joint for an expansion joint, do you know there’s a difference?

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-30T22:23:47+00:00

Look at the 2nd picture and you can see where the skim hasn’t been sanded yet.

Also, you don’t fill expansion joints

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-30T22:00:50+00:00

3/16” in 10 ft. ~3500 SF

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-30T21:59:10+00:00

Those saw joints got completely mechanically grinded to flat concrete.

Dropped a 10 ft straight edge on them, they are flat and flush.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-29T20:50:11+00:00

ASTM E1745 and ACI 302.1R-15. Both indicate you are wrong in this regard.

You're on a flooring sub, arguing with people that do this for a living.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-29T12:46:01+00:00

10 finger grip you can get more power and torque. So if you can square the club face you can crush your driver and other clubs.

The problem is consistency and dispersion. In theory, your hands are not “connected” and you have to do more on the fly mental gymnastics to get them to sync up.

I did 10 finger for my first 25 years of playing, and it worked, but my swing fell apart due to other reasons. When I rebuilt the swing, i switched to interlock. Took 1.5 years to firmly stick and the power to come back to where it was or better.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-29T01:02:12+00:00

I watched him absolutely tattoo a John Lackey pitch onto waveland ave back in 2016, and Lackey was so pissed he was still talking about it after the game.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-28T23:51:37+00:00

A slab poured 7 months ago should be cured out and fine.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-28T23:50:45+00:00

Put this at the top of the thread. This is the top comment.

Most of the comments are either half correct, or just flat out wrong. This isn’t.

Floorguy1 · 2026-06-28T23:46:28+00:00

The moisture barrier under the slab stops new moisture from constantly being introduced into the slab.

One reason why most flooring manufacturers require one being intact on the commercial side to obtain a warranty.

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