Help! Hardwood flooring issue. Color!

First off; Welcome to Lumberjocks. You’ve asked a tough question and I’m curious too. I’ve done a lot of finishing over the years with all types of finishes, but I really don’t have any experience with finishing floors. Since most furniture and cabinets don’t get high traffic being walked on, (lol) I would be afraid to recommend anything. I hope we have some LJ’s that have experience working with floors and different type finishes that hold up well under those conditions and can help you with your situation.
If we don’t have any LJ’s here with that type experience, you may need to check with a number of different companies that do hardwood floors and get their different ideas that would work best. Each of us usually find a finish that we like and pretty much stick to that. It depends on the type woodworking we do,what kind of look we are going for, what we’re comfortable working with and how we apply it. Like I said, over the years I’ve used a lot of different finishes, but now I’ve settled on a couple that I really like, but they certainly wouldn’t work in your case.
Good luck and I’ll be watching too. I would love to learn more about finishes for floors.

-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com

if you have some of the finish left
do a sample the way the floor is now
(better make a few)
and then try out your paint finish
over it (might scuff first)
and see how it goes

try mixing a little
then more
till you get it the way you like it

good luck

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Adrienne, I will suggest that you call Jeff Jewitt @ 216-631-5309 . He is a nationally recognized finishing/re-finishing expert and a really good person. He is also a Buckeye, but I won’t hold that against either of you. ;) Let us know how you make out.

-- Art