Luke
Wondering if you could help us chose our finish for the 83 x 12 mm spotted gum floors which are being laid end next week. We need to chose betw. oil and water based poly and the installer has priced water based at about $800 more than oil based. He has suggested a 3 coat system for both.
We've heard oil based tends to make the floors yellow and shows up scratches while water based offers less protection for denting. We also have a lot of natural light hitting the floors (although not mid summer). I'm not fussed either way about gloss/matt finish but I'm not a huge fan of yellow .
Would you recommend oil or water based poly for our application. We have 2 dogs + kids and wear our floors fairly hard.
Any thoughts?? Is water based worth the extra expense in our case and which application works better to reduce fading??