Floor Sticky After Applying Polyurethane

Applied cabothane water borne semi gloss polyurethane to pine floors.

Floor sticky after applying polyurethane.

So light traffic and no heavy items should be placed on the flooring. Polyurethane is better known as varnish. Kids did great job in making a pong table out of beer bottle tops 1st coat of poly dried fine second coat is still tacky after several days please give a suggestion of how we can save the table. That will take up to 30 days to do so underneath the seal coat and poly coatings.

Letting the lacquer there won t make it dry naturally. Cross linking is what makes polyurethane finishes more durable than other finishes. Applying the finish outside the recommended temperature and humidity range. Varnish is used to protect and add a shiny finish to wooden surfaces.

The finish was oil based polyurethane duraseal. If this has happened to your varnished wood finish you can repair it. The second stage of drying is cross linking where the molecules react in the presence of oxygen to bond with one another. The move will leave only the penetrated stain.

To get rid of the excess stain apply another coat and let it soak for some minute then wipe the surface. The finish was oil based polyurethane duraseal. When the solvent has evaporated the finish will still be sticky. We just had our floors sanded and refinished and they still feel tacky after 12 days.

It will seal and dry quickly. You can then apply your polyurethane. If the stain is still sticky after 12 hours you may have to remove it. Over time the finish of the varnish can start to peel become white and even feel tacky.