laminated floating floor sealer?

[jlake1998]

I am lookin for input from those who have coated laminated click together (smooth top and bottom) floating floor with a sealer such as polyurathane floor covering or epoxy.

I have read that poly is not a hard enough finish and it wont work, But i dont know if they actually tried it and what the results were. Also here at BT3 a few members have used poly on benchtops and at least one in a kitchen with good results.

I have put poly on left over scraps and it seems to work well (semi-gloss) gets into the seams and leaves a nice finish. Followed up by scraping it with a screw driver causing the poly to be scraped up some leaving the white flakes that wipe off. The scuff or scratch which is not much more detectable than a scratch on a area with no poly at all.

As i have read the seams are the most vulnerable area. So i want to protect them and ensure they dont get moisture in them causing the edges swell.

I appreciate your input here at BT3.

[JSCOOK]

Seems like a lot of hassle to poly when all we did when installing 2000sqft of laminate flooring was to use a waterproof glue such as titlebond III along the joints before clicking them together ... that's what the store installers recommended and so far it's worked great, especially when someone left a window open during a rain storm ... wiped up the standing water and absolutely no damage or swelling ... YMMV

[crokett]

We have two dogs and 2 kids and all the accidents that go with them. All I did was install the floor, no gluing of the seams. As long as the mess is wiped up no worries.

[Salty]

It is my understanding that the newer laminate flooring has a more stable core that will not swell in most cases. However, prolonged soaking of the core will cause some distortion.

[JSCOOK]

IMO in the end it really comes down to you get what you pay for ... the better and more expensive laminates will resist moisture damage much better than the cheap ones ...