[Tango-L] floor finishings

[Thorsten Zörner]

Hi Rosalia,

very briefly my ideas for a great tango dance floor:
In my studio I have planks of soft red Pine wood on battens.
The planks have tongue and grooves all around and
are fixed to the battens trough the grooves, such that all screws  
disappear.

The surface was sanded once and then oiled/let dry tree times,
building up a great surface for tango:
It is soft, but not bouncy, it allows to pivot but it's not slippery.
It's been three years now, that I had this floor installed
and I mainly only vacuum-cleaned it in the meanwhile - no more wax,  
oil or such was added.
It works great!

However in general, you don't want to have too soft a wood in your  
living room,
because you get marks from furniture easily...

Cheers,
Thorsten, Düsseldorf.


On 03.03.08, at 18:16, Rosalia Galassi wrote:

> I have recently installed a new wood floor in my living room. I then
> called a professional to sand  it and finish it, specifying that I
> would be using it for dancing and that I wanted a very hard street
> finish. I got instead a very beautiful gloss finish that needless to
> say is not  hard  enough  and unsuitable as a dance floor.
> The guy admitted that he made a mistake and is going to sand and
> finish it again.
> I was wondering if anyone has any advice on the latest finishes for
> dance floors.
>
> I know this has been discusses before, but it has been a while, and
> new and better products may have come on the market.
>
> Since this topic will probably not be of widespread interest, feel
> free to reply to me privately.
>
> Thanks, Rosalia
>
>
>
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