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Can You Put Resinous Flooring Over a Wood Substrate?

Can You Put Resinous Flooring Over a Wood Substrate? As downtowns are revitalized, it is becoming more common to renovate older buildings. These often become restaurants, bars, or breweries. Since older buildings typically have a wooden subfloor, many people wonder what type of flooring is best. Do you keep the old wood for character and risk the potential for staining or damage? Or do you put in flooring that will be more durable over time? And what can you confidently put over the top of the hardwood or plywood? This is a question we get a lot, so we thought it best to address it head on. With proper planning, you generally can put resinous flooring over a wood substrate. However, you don’t want just anyone handling this project. It’s not as easy as some might think. But first, let’s talk about why you might want a resinous system in the first place. Seamless,

What is Resinous Flooring?

By Joe Lasko|2022-03-27T00:02:51+00:00June 30th, 2021|Epoxy, MMA, Resinous Flooring|

Resinous flooring, otherwise known as fluid-applied or poured flooring, is very common in industrial and commercial environments. Some of the benefits of resinous flooring are that its properties allow for a smooth, non-porous, easily cleanable surface that you cannot achieve with any material having grout or seams. In this post, we’ll cover the basics of resinous flooring, as well as a few of the different types of chemistries that can be used in commercial flooring applications, depending on the needs of the facility. Resins can be a natural or synthetic liquid substance and sometimes have a yellowish or brown color. Resinous flooring consists of specific resin formulas applied in several layers that bond together either adhesively or chemically. Once “cured” the layers form a hard surface which has various performance properties such as UV stability, abrasion resistance, or chemical resistance, among others. Let’s explore four of the most commonly used chemistries in resinous flooring and coatings along with