Subtleties of the choice of putty for parquet

Parquet cover the floor in many apartments and houses. But its service life is not very long, and after a while it requires repair. This can help putty, which is available both in liquid form and in the form of a special paste.

Putty parquet is the cheapest way to repair the floor with your own hands. With this process, you can completely recreate the original appearance of the floor. If necessary, remove the old coating layer or perform scraping. After drying, the putty will become completely invisible and will smoothly cover the wooden floor. The mixture is mostly colorless, but from any chips is quite effective.

The tool is used for parquet flooring in order to eliminate cracksthat appear due to poor installation of floor material or due to changes in humidity and temperature in the room. The reconstruction process can be carried out simultaneously with the grinding: at the time when the lacquer layer is applied. The main purpose of the filler is to reduce surface defects: various cracks and other flaws. At the beginning of work, the parquet is covered with a special compound to protect it, and then a mixture is applied, which repeats the shade of the floor.

Such a mixture for flooring can be prepared with his own hands or purchased in a hardware store already in finished form.

According to the method of application, putty is divided into several types:

• Basic or starting grout. This option is used to eliminate significant deficiencies in the parquet.
• The second group is the finish. She completes the floor treatment.
• The third type includes universal compounds that can be applied on wooden surfaces. They combine the characteristics of the previous two groups.

Also putty is divided into sub-species, depending on the composition.

Below are some of these subspecies options:

• Plaster mix. It is very popular because of its versatility, it combines perfectly with the flooring and has a low cost. Used as a base and finish grout.
• Oil based putty is suitable for parquet of different types of wood. Its disadvantage is a long drying time. This is due to its oily composition.
• An acrylic-based product is used to eliminate and mask small floor defects. The mixture is environmentally friendly, so its base is water. It is elastic and tolerates mechanical damage. Its disadvantages include poor adhesion to the edges of cracks after drying. After some time, the crack increases, and because of this, the putty may fall off of it.

• The next type, alkyd, is made from soybean and linseed oil resins.The mixture is very viscous, elastic, great for grinding.
• Latex-based putty similar to the previous type, is also the finish. It is used depending on the unevenness of the parquet flooring in order to avoid cracks. Perfectly fixed on a smooth surface and has the property of vapor impermeability. Its cost is many times more than the plaster type.
• Dispersion is a selection of all the necessary components for the self-made preparation of putty.

First you need to choose the desired tone to match the color of the flooring. The composition is fairly easy to prepare. It is necessary to mix the dust particles remaining after grinding with the purchased foundation. Due to this, the color will be the same as that of wooden boards of parquet flooring. You can putty even layer, causing the substance to cracks and irregularities of up to six millimeters.

The most budgetary primer recipe as a base has PVA glue. Due to low costs, this method is widely used.

There is a separation according to the type of the main substance of the mixture:

• Parquet grout, having water as the main substance, dries quickly.It also does not produce toxic fumes if the temperature is high, therefore it is an environmentally friendly material and is completely harmless. But it is not recommended to be used for grouting hard wood: chestnut, oak, cedar and other surfaces.
• Another view is a parquet blend. For example, Kiilto Gap. This option has a solvent as a base. It is universal and suitable for any type of flooring. This putty is more durable than a mixture with a water base.

On the building materials market there are a huge number of options for putty for parquet, so when choosing it you must adhere to some tips.

Plastic mixture allows to achieve the greatest effect when applied to the floor. It also dries very quickly and is perfectly handled during grinding. The tool must be safe for the environment and humans, as it will constantly be in contact with the surface.In addition, the putty for parquet, some time after drying, should not come out of cracks, crack, break, shred, crack and shrink, decreasing in volume.

In addition to the finished composition, you can use a special dry mix to create your own hand putty. In this case, it is best to choose the means that will contain many small particles at their core, which will allow to obtain the most uniform surface of the parquet after applying the grout itself.

Before using the flooring it is necessary to prepare the flooring: clean it of dirt and polish it - and only then can the wooden floor be primed. Adhesive primers are ideal for this. They contribute to the excellent adhesion of the grout with the entire surface of the parquet.

The main criteria for the choice of parquet putty are the following positions:

• Comfort of use. When applied to the parquet surface to be treated, comfort is ensured by the plasticity of the mixture purchased or prepared independently.
• The composition must be safe and be environmentally friendly. Among its main substances should not be harmful and toxic components, because the person will always be in close proximity to the floor covering.
• In addition, the dried layers of the applied grout should not dry out and decay, as shrinkage deformation inevitably leads to the formation of various kinds of fractures, cracks, cracks. Do not forget that the operating time directly depends on the quality of the connection and fixing the grout with the parquet flooring itself.

• The following rule for using a primer is applicable not only when it is used for parquet flooring, but is also an important criterion when applying the mixture to coatings of a different kind. It is very important to clean the treated area of ​​the floor: it is necessary to make grinding and priming with a tool that will be ideally chosen and suitable for this type of wood flooring.

All this must be taken into account when choosing a quality and suitable putty for parquet. Her right choice will directly affect the life and appearance of the wooden surface.

In the next video you will find a demonstration of parquet puttying with the help of a mixture of the binder Synteko Sealer.