EverWood Flooring Project Profiles: Rivier University Yellow Birch Refinish- Nashua, NH

For this project we are grateful to have been selected by Rivier University to refinish the floors in one of the campus offices. We were on-site working on the floors as part of a Chapel renovation and were asked to complete this project as well (more on the Chapel reno in a later profile!).

Floor Prior to Refinish

This 2 1/4" yellow birch floor had not been sanded and finished for many years, so it was very worn in certain areas. We used Bona Traffic HD (high durability) commercial-grade, water-based polyurethane as the floor finish.

Our Dustless Floor Sanding System in Action

This polyurethane uses a two-part, catalyzed finished with an acrylic resin hardening component that is mixed and then applied to the floor. This may seem extreme, but there will be a lot of foot traffic (pardon the pun) in and out of the office, and the folks at Rivier University wanted to use a finish that would last the longest.

Bona has performed countless research and testing on their products. Their findings in the Taber Abrasion Test state that it takes about twice as many steps to wear through this Bona Traffic HD product than it does to wear through a water-based finish without a cross link acrylic hardener. Bona Traffic HD also offer low VOC and extremely low odor, which is another great benefit of this product.