Increasingly, the trend in wood flooring is towards the
use of exotic woods. The situiation was quite different only
a few years ago: Light coloured floors made of Oak, spruce,
or maple were in great de-mand, and are still today
preferred by many wood floor layers and contractors.
But what if you want to change the "look" of your floor,
without the need to purchase a completely new one? This new
wood floor staining system from Pallmann enables beautiful
and unique transfroma-tion of your existing floors to suit
your individual taste.
"Staining to Perfection" is the promise of the new Pallmann
Pall-X Colour wood floor and parquet stain system from
Pallmann. The product is unique for its outstanding
brilliance and "depth" of colour, its even coverage and ease
of use. The new Pallmann
Pall-X Colour wood floor stain was used to great effect
in the renovation of the floors of a house in
Villingen-Schwenningen in Swabia / Germany.
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Completely fashionable: The new Pall-X Colour parquet floor stain brings the modern style to the living room. |
Procedure
Before treatment of the wood flooring could be started,
a test board was treated with Pallmann
Pall-X Colour in black brown and inspected by the client.
Following approval the old oak mosaic wood flooring was belt
sanded with 36 grit, followed by 60 grit sandpaper. The
joints were then filled with Pallmann
Pall-X Kitt (joint filler) in order to achieve an even,
gap free, surface. Further belt sanding using 80 and 100grit
belts took place to remove the excess filler and to improve
the finish. Finally the floor was sanded with a rotary
machine with a Pallmann grade 120 multi hole pad to ensure a
perfect surface to accept the stain system.
Pallmann
Pall-X Kitt was then applied evenly to the floor and the
edges using the specially designed Pallmann Colour
application roller, ensuring that the overlap and edge areas
were carefully rolled out to avoid any traces of application
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The old oak parquet flooring with its new stain. |
After being left to dry overnight the stained floor was
treated again with a vacuumated rotary machine using a white
pad in order to remove the excess stain. The floor was then
vacuumed again to ensure a completely dust free surface.
Pallmann
Allbase primer was applied evenly and generally with a
Pallmann solvent application roller, quickly followed by a
second coat laid at 90 degrees to the first. (Consumption
per coat approx. 100 gms/psqm).
The primed surface was then treated after approximately
three hours drying with the unique 1 component, water-based
Pallmann
Pall-X Nano wood floor lacquer. Pallmann
Pall-X Nano is particularly suitable for heavy wear wood
floors due to its high durability and excellent scratch and
dirt resistant qualities. It was applied with a Pallmann
roller for water-based coatings (at a consumption of approx
120 gms/psqm per coat). After approximately 4 hours drying
time, the surface was sanded with a rotary machine with a
Pallmann 120 grit multi hole pad, then vacuumed before
applying the final coat of Pallmann
Pall-X Nano wood floor seal.
The client was extremely pleased with the resulting
renovated floor surface and particularly with its new,
modern style. A perfect balance has been achieved between
the depth and intensity of colour and the natural wood
texture.
Installer: Ganter GmbH Schwenningen
The treatment of the parquet flooring was carried out by the
company of Ganter GmbH, a specialist in floor coverings, curtains
and upholstery from Schwenningen. This family company with 16
employees has since its foundation at the beginning of the 1960’s
specialised in the laying of parquet flooring, continually expanding
the company over recent years thanks to the outstanding quality of
its work.
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