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Author Message   marinab Citizen Username: Marinab Post Number: 88 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 1:17 pm:        We recently had the oil paint stripped off the floor of an attic room, sanded and stained. (3 coats) Unfortunately, two weeks later and it's still not dry--touch it and the stain comes off on your fingers and you leave a print. The guys who did it are our all around carpenter-tilers-painters, great work on other things, but I think they were not that experienced with floors. Any suggestions?   blackcat Citizen Username: Blackcat Post Number: 282 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 3:14 pm:        From what I remember when Claudio did our floors 2 years ago, the room temperature needs to be fairly high to allow the chemicals to penetrate and "cure". How cold is your attic? Temperature was also a factor when doing driveway repaving.   Michael K. Mc Kell Citizen Username: Greenerose Post Number: 551 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 5:41 pm:        It's too cold. Put a portable heater in the door way with a fan to blow it in. (Set on low)It would also help if you turned up the heat in the house. Good luck.   marinab Citizen Username: Marinab Post Number: 91 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 6:34 pm:        Okay, we've had problems with our heat recently, so that may be slowing things down. Will do.