dynobadger t1_iy52nts wrote on November 28, 2022 at 8:28 PM Reply to comment by SummitWanderer in Removing mastic while preserving hardwood floors underneath? by SummitWanderer It's not great, but the varnish should resist water to some extent. And the flooring will dry out after the steaming. If you go this route, be careful scraping wet wood. It becomes very easy to start tearing fibers out of the wood. Permalink Parent 11
dynobadger t1_iy52nts wrote
Reply to comment by SummitWanderer in Removing mastic while preserving hardwood floors underneath? by SummitWanderer
It's not great, but the varnish should resist water to some extent. And the flooring will dry out after the steaming. If you go this route, be careful scraping wet wood. It becomes very easy to start tearing fibers out of the wood.