Comparing durability of 12 hardwood floor finishes for refinishing

I compare 12 popular hardwood floor polyurethane finishes, 4 oil-based and 8 water-based. With a controlled scratch and abrasion tests, I test how durable and how well they wear and see which is better between water based aka waterborne and oil based floor finishes for refinishing. Also, is commercial finish worth the extra cost? The twelve hardwood flooring finishes aka Varnishes I used are:

* Bona Traffic HD
* Bona Mega One
* Bona Mega
* Norton PolyWhey 2500
* Norton PolyWhey 3500
* Minwax Water-based Oil Modified
* Minwax Oil Polyurethane
* Masterline Water-based
* Masterline Oil Poly made by Duraseal
* Bona Woodline Oil Poly
* Varathane Diamond Wood Floor Finish
* Varathane Professional Oil

[Kushan_Patel]

2023 and still the underrated best video for deciding on flooring finish.

[ejjacksoncach]

My God... this is the single most useful piece of information on the internet for choosing a flooring finish; you need more views!!! I have spent hours already trying to compare reviews and endorsements to make a choice. Going with the PolyWhey 3500 for VOCs and performance in your test. The effort you put into this video is greatly appreciated!

[jrphillips]

I’m a custom hardwood flooring manufacturer and this is the most extensive test I have seen I mean look at the scratching machine they painted a logo on it. And good choice of product comparison from the readily available to more professional poly and the breakdown of cost per sq ft per coat you are a very detailed person. My suggestion to anyone if you have this guy do your floors he’s not skipping steps . Great job !

[hink]

You put a LOT, LOT, LOT into this. Not only everything that went into the testing but in editing the video so it wasn't three hours long. Thanks for all your work.

[harryjoshmoskowitz]

The world needs more of this quality of content. As a person who works with lots of clinical study designs, I can say this is probably the best designed product comparison test i've ever seen on youtube. You have a head for this kind of video and I'd like to see you make more product comparison videos please!

[Digitalphantom]

You should be a scientist. Actually you are!!! Amazing controls for unbiased testing!!!

[weinspiremommy]

I hardly write comments but for the amount of effort you put in to educate people, I just wanted to say Thank you. That seemed like a lot of work but you explained so well and thanks for just stating the facts and not be biased.

[Nanoutzi]

Finally a real review made by a real genuine craftsman!
Not one of those useless product review made by people that should not be allowed to post!
Congratulations to you sir, extremely well done!
Other wanna be reviewers, take note.

[mikemel]

"... not sure if that matters but just in case it did, I built this..." (pans to impressively engineered pulley) This video is amazing and insightful. Thank you!

[mikepayne]

Bro I am a new homeowner and diyer.... Thanks so much for the info I follow you for a year now. Keep up the good work. Thanks

[DHClapp]

Holy hell this is the single best thing I've ever seen. This is gold. Pure gold. It's like Project Farm but for floor finishes.

[chrisdiprose]

You did the tests every home renovator wants to know the answers to !! Thanks heaps!

[lrussell]

I’ve been stressing over which finish to use. This is the best, most helpful video I’ve watched. Thank you for your time and efforts!

[Glockkwalker]

Been in the industry for 10 years now and traffic HD and pallmann gold are the only two that I ever use. I can safely say they will last and also won’t run my customers out of their homes for too long due to quick dry/cure times and low VOCs. Your video is awesome and I will recommended to my customers if they are ever curious to know!

[rd]

Wow ! That was amazing . I'm impressed by how you approached and executed the entire question. Bravo !!

[peachesdarling]

What a scientific approach! Thank you Seth and wife for sharing this useful video.

[davidnelson]

I couldn't have asked for a better review. Thank you for being so thorough. I think you just took hours out of my search, and now I have some knowledge when I speak with a service to redo my floors.

[rachel.sekuras]

making my first youtube comment to say this was the most thought out, compact and helpful video I've ever seen!

[MHDTW]

I was entertained by how conscientious you were with your methods of experiment.

[IC.]

This has nothing to do with what I was searching for yet I still watched the whole thing - awesome job👍👍