[Greenbuilding] Bamboo Floor, Radiant Heat and Thermal Mass

[Jason Holstine]

Hmmm. An artist problem more than a problem with the canvas.  If you haven¹t
already, you can try EcoEtch to safely ³etch² off the old sealer and
possibly some of the stain‹whether it gets it clean is a guess. You should
also do some testing/playing to see if you can mix new stain with old stain
to make a nice finish‹so can avoid grinding out stain again. Between color
mixing and application methods the finished product may rock.

Obvious option B: ceramic or porcelain tile to make a nice finish and lend
some thermal mass.




On 2/27/11 8:36 PM, "Lynelle Hamilton" <lynelle at lahamilton.com> wrote:

> That's the problem.  We've stained and polished 2 times now, with
> problems each time.  The colour (water/soy product) first took
> beautifully, but an overzealous tech rep (came with a new polishing
> machine) burned the finish by over buffing. When the damaged finish was
> removed, the floor reground and restained, the colour was off, blotchy
> and quite honestly, ugly.
> 
> There are 3 rooms that are fine and the floor is a beautiful tone,
> almost like onyx.
> The living/dining/kitchen room is the one with the problem.  Makes me
> want to cry.  We don't know if we can get enough of the sealer out to
> get stain to take properly.
> 
> Lynelle
> 
> On 27/02/2011 8:18 PM, Ron Cascio wrote:
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynelle Hamilton"
>> > <lynelle at lahamilton.com>
>> > To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:10 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Bamboo Floor, Radiant Heat and Thermal Mass
>> >
>> >
>>> >> It looks dicey that the mass would be sufficient if I used the
>>> >> bamboo.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks, Frank!
>>> >>
>>> >> Lynelle
>> >
>> >
>> > I've always had a difficult time understanding why someone would cover
>> > a perfectly good exposed thermal mas floor with a thermal break.
>> > That's assuming your existing floor is perfectly good.
>> >
>> > Ron
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