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oh I just realised I never put up a photo, here is what my final product looked like after 2 or even 3 coats, its been a while so i cant rememebr as you can see, it is a rental but it doesnt look very good in my eyes, it looks dull, I wanted a look like half the ones people have posted...

ok, I assumed that by the 2nd coat things would start to look very glossy, I bought it from masters hardware so they didnt have any samples, all I could do is go off the salespersons word does the fact that it was water based make it less glossy? I can understand if I used a matt or satin...

hey tonka, can I ask you, so what what wrong in my job, obviously if we use the right stuff we will get the same look as the above just maybe not as skillful as someone like you, but ours are coming out dull, the only thing I can think of is either not enough coats (2 at the moment) and/or we...

thats teh EXACT loook I want for mine, we used a water based polyurethane , and it looks soo dull, ill see if I can get a photo up we did two coats, would a third coat make it look like yours??? im happy to admit that floorbaords and me were never meant to be

so would this be oil based, water based or polyurethane and yes I wrongly assumed polyurethane = oil based, having a look at the masters website, I think we used this one http://www.masters.com.au/product/900001446/minwax-water-based-oil-modified-polyurethane-gloss-3-78l which in...

yes DIY is quite cheap, but its quite a pain $100 for the equipment rental, $100 in pads,$400 in water/oil based plus 2 days labour say $320 is about $1000 all up for a handyman or about $2000 for a full profesional

So for 70 Sqm of floorboard in an average 3bdr home You are saying I could pay a pro to do it for 1400$! Wow that's cheap I thought it was about 2-2.5k

If I could get mine to look half like that I'd be happy

for the polish itself?? or is that sanded and polisehd?

Like this look

no idea what sort of timer, and yes I agree high maintenace is no good for rentals, just for reference, If I got it professionally done, can you say to the person "I want it super super glossy" can they guarnatee that it will turn out like that since they are professional, or did I just...

approx 70sqm, honestly, its not looking much different to what it was before, its a rental, but for the same/similar price and teh same amount of time, id rather have a super glossy "wow" look instead of "meh" non glossy look so is oil based the solution for next time?

Just wondering if any polishing FB experts here our current job, we could only find a water based one, we wanted one of those really really glossy ones for our cheap IP, we bought it from Masters, however, after 2 coats, 3 is recommended, it looks really dull, admittedly first coat...