The Wood Floor Waxing and Oiling Specialists
WoodMaster are your local floor waxing and oiling experts based in Hertford, providing dustless wood restoration, sanding, deep cleaning, scratch removal and sealing of all natural and engineered wood floors at extremely competitive price points. We clean and restore all wooden floors, including oak, pine, maple, birch, walnut and many more.
WoodMaster is a locally-run restoration company, and we’ve been providing our services in Hertford for many years, working with our valued customers to ensure all work is tailored to their individual and unique needs.
How to tell if your wood floors need waxing and oiling
- Has your floor become dull or faded?
- Is there any damage from foot traffic or when furniture’s been moved?
- Has the old lacquer or oil started to degenerate, making it more challenging to maintain?
- Are you tired up of mopping and cleaning the floor, only for the shine to quickly fade?
Benefits of the service
- We’ll bring your wood floor back to near new condition
- Maximise the lifespan of your floor with our hard wearing seal and protection
- Floors become smooth and pleasant again under foot
- Our tough protection makes it simpler to maintain in the future
- Our system is 98.7% dust free and we always aim to cause minimum disruption
WoodMaster’s wood floor restoration process:
- Step 1 – Free site survey and full written estimate to agree on the best approach with your floor. We’ll determine the full costs of the project and book suitable dates to complete our work. We pride ourselves on always arriving punctually and completing the job in good time, with minimum disruption to you.
- Step 2 – On the day we’ll start with a complete sanding of boards to strip old oils and bring back virgin boards. We have large industrial belt and planetary sanding machines, making your boards smooth and flat for the best finish. We have also invested in a new 3 head machine designed for newer engineered boards where belt sanders cannot be used.
- Step 3 – Next we strip old sealers around all edges right to the skirting boards with our dust free edging machines, then treat floor with our 3 head finishing machine to polish out micro fine scratches from sanding process, leaving the floor smooth and primed for the application of sealer.
- Step 4 – Demonstrate samples of finishes / stain options in situ so you can what it’ll look like when we’ve finished. Here we can apply a natural lacquer which gives a beautiful but tough and long lasting finish. We could even use a stain to change the colour and alter the look of the floor completely.
- Step 5 – Apply a base coat to fill up the wood and build up the first stage of protection.
- Step 6 – Once the base coat is dry, we gently sand the floor to remove any areas that spike up from the base coat of sealer, preparing the floor for the finish.
- Step 7 – Application of 2 coats of top finish. This can be a 1 or 2 pack lacquer depending on the type of wood or we can also apply oils when a colour change or premium level for smoothness is requested.
- Step 8 – Once dry, the floor is now finished and ready for final hand over. Furniture can now be replaced. Floors are normally ready for walking on with socks and slippers after a few hours.
We can also provide full maintenance advice and after care products where requested.
Why choose us?
- We’re fully insured for domestic and commercial wood floor restoration
- Health and safety trained staff
- Our team boasts years of experience and training
- You can save money on expensive replacements
- Minimum disruption to you or your business
- Friendly, personal service
- We’re happy to move furniture
FAQs
Yes, no problem. The sanding process will be selected so that we cut deep enough to remove the scratches and damage that is present. Also if Some holes and grooves are too deep to sand we can advise on a filing method that will improve the appearance of these areas.
We are happy to give a ballpark figure from pictures and room sizes, as this can help customer budgeting on renovation projects if they are unsure whether to restore or replace, but ultimately we would need to carry out a full survey and demo before any work can take place.
Yes, we are happy to carry out a free demo on your wooden floor. The best way for us to do this is to bring one of the smaller dustless edging machines and sand 1 board x 1m of linear length. This will show the natural colour the wood returns to and we can then discuss which product is best to return the wood to the colour or look of your preference. The demo is also great as it can allow us to work out how many sanding grits and processes are required, which also helps with firming up a fixed cost for the project.
The length of time required for the floor to dry depends on the type of product that is used. We will advise you once work is complete.
Depending on the level of damage and thickness of old surface finishes, most household projects under 50 sqm take 1.5 days. On the first day we can sand the areas and get the base coat on. This is left to dry and then we return the following morning to start applying the 2 top coats. Again, smaller rooms with furniture take longer, whereas bigger open spaces which are completely clear can be completed in a timely fashion.
Every job is different but during the free survey we measure up, do a free demonstration clean to show the results we can achieve, and from this we send over a full proposal for you to browse at your own leisure. We do not give prices on the day or put you under any pressure for an answer there and then
All products used are within the manufacturer’s guidelines, and where applicable your flooring manufacture own brand products can be used.
Depending on the type of wood and condition, excellent results can be achieved with our restoration services as we are bringing back a fresh new layer of the wood. However, an old Victorian pine floor will always look aged and have patina but this is often seen as a positive with the character of a period property.
