Can you use floor finish as glaze for Air dry clay?

Q. I was really wondering because I think floor finish is much cheaper. I hear you can use it for polymer and cold porcelain clay. But Im just not really sure if its okay for air dry! Thanks soooo much! the best answer and the most informative will be rewarded with 10 points. Thank you.

A. (First, cold porcelain clay is one of the air-dry clays, and any kind of clear finish can be used on air-dry clays --most will dry glossy but some kinds will come in gloss, satin and matte versions.)

If you're thinking of floor polish like Mop 'N Glo or Future (now renamed Pledge with Future Shine for vinyl or wood), it's cheap and pretty tough after drying. It's a little on the thin side though.

Many polymer clayers (and any others who want a tough clear gloss finish, which will also act as a sealer for porous surfaces like air-dry clay, and isn't thin like Future/etc) use gloss polyurethane as their primary finish. It's also cheap since you'd buy it in a can in a hardware store rather than a tiny bottle in a craft/art store.

You can read more about clear finishes and the two mentioned above in some of my previous answers if you're interested--there's a lot of overlap, but each answer has a bit more info you may be interested in:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120116100721AABpuV2
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110106174533AALl6iS
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100606134234AAlJaN0
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120323230957AADW6kU

And you might want to read my answer here too about the various kinds of "clay" there are these days, which are air-dry, etc:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100621051506AA53JtD (ignore the 2nd paragraph)

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What type of floor finishes would you recommend for the following cases?Justify your answer please...?

Q. What type of floor finishes would you recommend for the following cases?Justify your answer.
a) A chemical laboratory
b) A hospital
c) A garage
d) A bath room

A. a) Chemical resistant coating on a concrete floor.
This will allow for a variety of spills without degrading the concrete's strength

b) Jointed flooring system
This will allow for an easy installation on a large surface area. It will also allow spills to be cleaned up easily without any seeping through.

c) Concrete floor with a standard sealant
This will keep the dust down and allow for easy cleaning or such things as oil spills. It will help prevent permanent staining of the concrete,

d) Ceramic tiling
With the large amount of moisture that this flooring will be subjected tom you need a material that is impervious to moisture. Ceramic deters the growth of mold and mildew as it is a nonporous surface.


Hope this helps!

how do can i repair a deep scratch in my hardwood floor?

Q. we recently moved some furniture and scratched a long gouge in the hardwood floors right in the middle of living room. the floor finish is varathane. can i do a touch up job over the existing finish and if so, how do i do that or will i have to sand down the entire area and refinish the entire room?

are there any good quick fixes to this type of problem?

A. A quick fix is wood putty and sand paper, then use an Old English that matches the wood.

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