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 Post subject: sometimes traffic or water base curls the edges of boards
PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:41 pm 
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Ive noticed on sertain jobs waterbase jobs with traffic after 2 coats are down the edges of boards curl/cup. is the water base adding moisture and cupping the boards? Im guessing they will lay doen in the future

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 Post subject: Re: sometimes traffic or water base curls the edges of boards
PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:58 am 
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If the second coat is applied before the floor returns to its normal MC (which was elevated by the first coat) that is exactly what will happen. ALWAYS use a non-destructive moisture meter to determine MC before first coat, and allow the floor to return to that level before the second coat is applied. Dont rely on instinct.

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 Post subject: Re: sometimes traffic or water base curls the edges of boards
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the floor was traffic and it had 6hrs dry time i oil sealed the floor and buffed that and stacked the 2 waterbase will it lay down over time?

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 Post subject: Re: sometimes traffic or water base curls the edges of boards
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:51 am 
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It will depend on what degree of distortion the floor has undergone. I have seen some pretty badly cupped floors lay down flat and pretty within a few days. If it remains distorted too long however, it may remain that way.
Try running some fans across the floor to speed up the drying process.

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