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Wendy Rubin
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G & S Floor Service

@Rachel Britts, Unfortunately, Loba do not have their own equivalent to Red Out. You can use Berger's Pinkqualizer with Loba finishes. As for a new Fav product? I like Berger's Ceramic Star product line. Fast 2 hour dry with a 12 hour cure. The faster the better for me. Product goes down easy, levels great, maybe the best leveling of all products that i have used. It's a ceramic finish so durability is comparable to Loba's Supra AT. The viscosity is thicker compared to all other finishes in it's class: Supra AT & Traffic HD. Berger is a newer brand to the states compared to the other two. Not as many suppliers will stock their product, unlike Bona. You can pickup Bona products at paint stores, along with the regular suppliers, all within 5-10 miles of each other, in my area. There are only a few locations that carries Berger and Loba products all within 20 miles of each other. Accessibility will deter a lot of buyers, but that does not mean it is not a good product. Raw, Invisible and Wood look sheens have cleaning challenges compared to matte, satin, semi and hi gloss. Raw, Invisible and wood look have a near zero sheen similar to egg shell paint sheens. Dirt and oil will stick to the texture of the finish, which can become challenging to remove. You need to use a cleaner with a good degreaser. Otherwise, the shinier the finish the easier the cleaning. For a modern look you want to use raw, invisible, wood look or ultra/extra matte. Satin, semi and gloss will give you a traditional look.

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Reply to: @Rachel Britts, Unfortunately, Loba do not have their own equivalent to Red Out. You can use Berger's Pinkqualizer with Loba finishes. As for a new Fav product? I like Berger's Ceramic Star product line. Fast 2 hour dry with a 12 hour cure. The faster the better for me. Product goes down easy, levels great, maybe the best leveling of all products that i have used. It's a ceramic finish so durability is comparable to Loba's Supra AT. The viscosity is thicker compared to all other finishes in it's class: Supra AT & Traffic HD. Berger is a newer brand to the states compared to the other two. Not as many suppliers will stock their product, unlike Bona. You can pickup Bona products at paint stores, along with the regular suppliers, all within 5-10 miles of each other, in my area. There are only a few locations that carries Berger and Loba products all within 20 miles of each other. Accessibility will deter a lot of buyers, but that does not mean it is not a good product. Raw, Invisible and Wood look sheens have cleaning challenges compared to matte, satin, semi and hi gloss. Raw, Invisible and wood look have a near zero sheen similar to egg shell paint sheens. Dirt and oil will stick to the texture of the finish, which can become challenging to remove. You need to use a cleaner with a good degreaser. Otherwise, the shinier the finish the easier the cleaning. For a modern look you want to use raw, invisible, wood look or ultra/extra matte. Satin, semi and gloss will give you a traditional look.

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Arda Cole

Just got mine done, they came out beyond expectations. Red out x2 Nordic x 1 Traffic hd satin x2

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Reply to: Just got mine done, they came out beyond expectations. Red out x2 Nordic x 1 Traffic hd satin x2

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Jocelyn Hartman

Laura- here is a photo of a finished floor. It is so hard to get an accurate photo. It's a bit lighter and has no pink tones in person. Natural late afternoon light in a Southeast facing exposure. This is 1 coat Berger-Seidel Pinkqualizer, 1 coat of their Nordic White, and 2 coats of their Royal Mat. I absolutely love how they have turned out. Lots of color and grain variation in our 12 year old red oak, but it just adds to the charm of the floors in our coastal home.

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Reply to: Laura- here is a photo of a finished floor. It is so hard to get an accurate photo. It's a bit lighter and has no pink tones in person. Natural late afternoon light in a Southeast facing exposure. This is 1 coat Berger-Seidel Pinkqualizer, 1 coat of their Nordic White, and 2 coats of their Royal Mat. I absolutely love how they have turned out. Lots of color and grain variation in our 12 year old red oak, but it just adds to the charm of the floors in our coastal home.

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Jocelyn Hartman

Laura, the pinkqualizer is very new as it came out just this year I believe. I'll be happy to upload some more photos when the floors are finished. The room you can see at the bottom is now filled with a bunch of furniture from the other rooms. So, hopefully by the end of the week I should be able to take some full floor photos. My floor refinisher is a perfectionist, so we are on his timeline. He finishes floors like furniture-not your average, run of the mill, get the floors done as fast as possible type. I will say they are coming along beautifully! We tried different amounts of Nordic White over the pinkqualizer, from 1 to 4 coats, but really loved just the hint of white of 1 coat.

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Reply to: Laura, the pinkqualizer is very new as it came out just this year I believe. I'll be happy to upload some more photos when the floors are finished. The room you can see at the bottom is now filled with a bunch of furniture from the other rooms. So, hopefully by the end of the week I should be able to take some full floor photos. My floor refinisher is a perfectionist, so we are on his timeline. He finishes floors like furniture-not your average, run of the mill, get the floors done as fast as possible type. I will say they are coming along beautifully! We tried different amounts of Nordic White over the pinkqualizer, from 1 to 4 coats, but really loved just the hint of white of 1 coat.

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Jocelyn Hartman

Love how my floors are turning out! Here is a photo showing the newly sanded red oak which is very pink and the other side is 1 coat of Berger-Seidel Pinkqualizer plus one coat of their Nordic white plus 1 coat of Royal Matte. There will be one to two more coats of royal matt applied. the rooms are looking so light and airy now

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Reply to: Love how my floors are turning out! Here is a photo showing the newly sanded red oak which is very pink and the other side is 1 coat of Berger-Seidel Pinkqualizer plus one coat of their Nordic white plus 1 coat of Royal Matte. There will be one to two more coats of royal matt applied. the rooms are looking so light and airy now

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Jen M

Andrew, we ended up going with Loba’s white stain - our floor guy didn’t use Bona products often so I didn’t want to chance it since I know they can be difficult to use. He wasn’t a fan of bleaching either since it can change the texture of the wood. There is definitely slight pink that comes through but we’re happy with the overall results. I’m just excited our floors aren’t bright orange anymore.

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Reply to: Andrew, we ended up going with Loba’s white stain - our floor guy didn’t use Bona products often so I didn’t want to chance it since I know they can be difficult to use. He wasn’t a fan of bleaching either since it can change the texture of the wood. There is definitely slight pink that comes through but we’re happy with the overall results. I’m just excited our floors aren’t bright orange anymore.

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