![]() Is this our liability?Ī: My opinion: Painters tape is meant to release within so many days without causing any damage. We know the floors had been refinished, but we’re unsure how long ago. The customer now wants us to refinish the stairs. ![]() When we pulled the tape up the urethane finish came up with the tape in some areas. We used floor runners on the steps, and we used painters tape to hold the runner down for safety. Related Q: We delivered a customer’s household items. You were just the unfortunate person to expose the existing problem. This particularly happens around the edges of rooms near the quarter round because some guys don’t like to get on their hands and knees and abrade the finish right up to the trim, so the finish coats are really just sitting there waiting for someone to put tape down in preparation for painting and they end up with what you have. The Bona finish coats did not gain good adhesion. No issues because I thoroughly sanded and prepped the previous coat of finish before applying another. I left the tape in place for a week before removing. Green painters tape, grey duck tape, and even the black gorilla tape. I applied several types of tape to the boards, pressing it down hard. Some had solvent/oil based polyurethane and some had water born. I had several oak boards which I had stained and finished. There has been much talk about this over the years, so clearly your issue is not the first time it’s happened. ![]() I absolutely agree with you the finish, if properly done will not pull off with tape. A solvent stain would have to be 100% dry with all solvents evaporated to apply a water born finish such as Bona. Had this been done correctly, we would not have this issue.Ī: I’m not sure what stain was used but apparently it is not a semi-transparent, penetrating stain to pull off the floor. This floor was improperly finished, with improper products. The homeowners had their flooring finisher back in and he gave them a quote for an attempted repair, an entire re-coat, as well as re-sanding and refinishing. It is impossible for me to use any stain, regardless of its viscosity, and put a finish coat of lacquer with an airless sprayer without protecting the surrounds. A proper finish on a floor is never removed by tape. However, I have taped literally hundreds and hundreds of floors. The homeowners would like to hold me accountable. It is an oil/solvent base product with a specified dry/curing time. Further inquiry into the products used reveals the use of a stain that is not sold as a flooring product. Further inspection of the floor reveals a finish full of debris or dust like contaminants. After completing the railing and removing the masking it was noticed that there are two different ‘strips’ where the tape pulled the finish as well as some of the stain from the floor.
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