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.
Floor sticky after applying polyurethane.
The finish was oil based polyurethane duraseal.
Now you can let it dry and apply the polyurethane.
Polyurethane is better known as varnish.
Applying the finish outside the recommended temperature and humidity range.
Our house is in hawaii at the top of a mountain where the rainfall is very high but i do not know our relative humidity percentage.
Letting the lacquer there won t make it dry naturally.
Over time the finish of the varnish can start to peel become white and even feel tacky.
We just had our floors sanded and refinished and they still feel tacky after 12 days.
It will seal and dry quickly.
If the stain is still sticky after 12 hours you may have to remove it.
So light traffic and no heavy items should be placed on the flooring.
If this has happened to your varnished wood finish you can repair it.
That will take up to 30 days to do so underneath the seal coat and poly coatings.
The finish was oil based polyurethane duraseal.
The move will leave only the penetrated stain.
Keep in mind that although appearing dry the underlying stain is still not cured.
Applied cabothane water borne semi gloss polyurethane to pine floors.
When the solvent has evaporated the finish will still be sticky.
Cross linking is what makes polyurethane finishes more durable than other finishes.
You can then apply your polyurethane.