So we bought a house that has all real oak hardwoods in it. Are the cats nails going to destroy our beautiful floors? We keep their front nails trimmed on a bi-weekly basis. We close the end of Sept.
Thanks
Leslie
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Leslie
You don't strip and wax certain finishes, only if it has been sealed with wax originally. Anything passed mid 60s will be polyurethane. In which case you sand and reapply - and yes, that does need to be redone every few years too depending on the type of polyurethane used. You cannot use wax or oil on a poly sealed floor, it will not penetrate and if it does you risk causing problems later when that floor needs to be refinished. (you'd have to sand more to remove those oils otherwise the polyurethane will not apply properly)Originally Posted by Arlyn
Hardwood does have to be stripped and refinished occasionaly , but the regular floor waxing/buffing should suffice between refinishes.
No damage here either, and my cats play hard and run heaps. They also slide sometimesOriginally Posted by mews2much
My cats have not doe any damage to our hardwood floors but when they play chase they will slide across the floor.
A very thick polyurethane. Probably overkill. It wouldn't only be the cats sliding about - imagine if you wore socks on that finish!Originally Posted by darlili
In one of Dusty Rainbolt's books, she mentioned a friend who had her floors finished with whatever they use in bowling alleys (name escapes me now, and book is at home). Now that ought to be tough! I would think a local floor covering professional could also give you some advice re finishing, but i would bet keeping the nails short would definitely help.
I think it may or may not be optional, and if you redo them yourself it's up to you, of course. But that's a good choice for future refinishing.Originally Posted by mschauer
Most, all now I think, newly installed hardwood floors have an aluminum oxide coating in the top layer of polyurethane. It's *very* tough. That's what my recently installed (about 1 1/2 years ago) floors have.
Due to the quicks always being long in Sho's back claws I can't trim them as short as I like. So he click-taps across the floor like a dog would.Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45
Nope - cats nails are retracted when walking. As long as the nails are kept short you won't have a problem. Our lab was not allowed on the hardwood floors in our other house because she would have scratched them up.
Roughly every two weeks for 6 years and 8 months. (Sho kitty turns 7 soonOriginally Posted by GoldenKitty45
The more often you trim them the further back the quick will receed. How often are you trimming ALL 4 paws?