Helps to reduce sanding marks.
Water popping oak floors.
Allows for a more even application of the stain.
If the flooring is going to be kept natural without a stain color the water popping step isn t necessary.
The purpose of water popping is to raise the grain by swelling the wood fibers and opening of the pores in the wood.
Generally you would do a water pop on an oak floor when you are staining it.
How to water pop a hardwood floor for a perfect stain.
The drawbacks to doing a water pop are first and foremost it costs more.
The water popping process helps ensure your newly finished floors produce a beautiful rich color and most importantly an even coverage.
The end result was gorgeous.
Helps the stain penetrate the wood.
To make sure that the floor looked its best we water popped the floor to open up the pores and raise the wood s grains then applied four coats on top the owner wanted an extra coat because he had a big dog.
Learning about the difference in applying stain to dry floors versus the water pop technique.
The water popping process also makes sanding marks blend into the rest of the wood grain helping to reduce swirl marks and other marks from the big machine.
Water popping is usually done before using a water based finish.
When the floor is water popped properly all of the hardwood floors grain is evened out and becomes equal.
After the water evaporates the fibers stay in the swelled position and the cleared pores take stain much more evenly.
Benefit 2 it makes the stain color darker and richer.
How to water pop a hardwood floor for a perfect stain.