How to Choose the Perfect Floor Finish For Your Interior

A floor finish is a liquid which is applied to a resilient tile floor and dries to a hard, durable and smooth film. This film is about the thickness of waxed paper and is expected to protect and extend the life of the floor while providing an attractive appearance and slip resistant surface.

This film is about the thickness of waxed paper and is expected to protect and extend the life of the floor while providing an attractive appearance and slip resistant surface.

How to select your floor covering?

  1. Appearance :

    • It has more visual effect than the furniture set upon it, so choose colours to harmonize with the rest of the room;
    • Colour & texture plays an important role in selection of floor covering;
    • Blue & green as well as shiny colours gives a cool appearance;
    • Red, orange etc. Give impression of warmth;
    • A pale or highly polished floor reflects more
    • light than a dark floor;
    • Patterned surfaces tend to make small room more smaller;
    • Patterned surfaces tend to make small room more smaller;

  2. COMFORT:

    • Warmth, quietness and softness of the tread are important factors to be considered when accessing comfort of flooring;
    • Soft & resilient floors are generally comfortable to walk on;
    • Harder floors are noisier & colder;

  3. DURABILITY:

    • Spillage of water & food is more likely in some places & will harm certain flooring more as compared to others;
    • Dragging of furniture is more in some areas;
    • Marble has indefinite life in terms of durability but it is subjected to staining;

  4. LIFE EXPECTANCY:

    • Life expectancy is not same for all areas;
    • In kitchen& hospitals, the decor does not change so often, so life expectancy of
    • flooring is quite high;
    • A guestroom floor is not expected to last more than 7 to 8 years;
    • A bar floor may not last more than 2-3 years;

  5. SAFETY:

    • Floor surfaces should have non-slippery qualities both when dry & wet;
    • Avoid over-polishing as it can cause slipperiness;

  6. EASE OF CLEANING:

    • Choose colour & pattern so as to maintain floor with less costs;

  7. COST:

    • The true cost of the flooring is the addition of initial cost plus laying cost plus maintenance cost;
      • True cost = Initial cost + Laying cost + Maintenance cost;