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Why do people install expensive hardwood flooring in their kitchens, the place where you are most likely to drop food, cutlery, spill liquids, etc? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seems like a terrible idea to me.

You make one mistake one time and bingo, you cost yourself a few grand to have it sanded, leveled, varnished, and polished.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What the fuck are you doing to your floors?? Hardwood is easy to clean and doesn't crack like tile.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Wasn't my floor, friend dropped a steak knife which landed tip down, took a big ass chip out of it. Guess they didn't varnish/seal it, they just stained it?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago

You might look for more competent flooring people.

When I was working with a 3rd generation hardwood master, we would glue in a replacement chip or swap the board if the chip was huge. And stain to match (if appropriate). And refinish.

Always, ALWAYS make the finished product an even, flat floor.

Stained potholes? Wtf ever. Fire that team.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it chipped, then it is likely some kind of vinyl or composite made to look like wood. Nowadays the fake wood looks realistic enough to fool people! But real wood doesn't chip like that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Yah. Mine just has full on knife wounds from that.