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We have some Feburary rental incentives!
Because you can
install, sand and finish and be romantic all at the
same time
Dates and details at the end of the
column!
Petes gives free
lessons?
How does that work?
Here at Petes Hardwood Floors, we rent all kinds floor
installation and refinishing machines that can cause a lot
of damage when they arent used correctly, so we are
committed to offering a free, hands-on, one-on-one lesson
with every rental. But there is one small catch. We only
have one training floor, so we only promise to give you a
lesson if you make an appointment in advance. Sure, you can
try your luck as a walk-in, but you might end up staring longingly, at our already-occupied practice room.
But you can avoid disappointment like this with a simple
phone call to 651-698-5888 to make a reservation of your
very own.
Not sure youre actually ready to commit to renting
machines, but you still want to learn the process? In
that case, well charge you $30 for the lesson, but take $30
off your future rental.
Pete's also teaches
Community
Education Classes
Six times a year, Pete's takes
their show on the road to teach community education classes
around the Twin Cities. If you aren't sure if you want to
sand that floor yourself, this class will help you off the
fence. Learn how to identify when a floor should be sanded
by a professional and why we hate those flat-pad sanders. And plenty of
other useful stuff.
Why in the
world does Pete's care about educating people about floor
sanding? Thats a longer story.
Click here to
read the whole philosophy behind
our unique business.
February Specials
If you pick up rent
machines over the weekend of Feb 25, you can have
Monday for free!
Operators are standing
by, so call to reserve your machines
today:
651-698-5888.
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February 2012 |
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thur |
Fri |
Sat |
19
closed |
20
8:30-5
Open for President's day! |
21
8:30-5 |
22
8:30-5 |
23
8:30-5 |
24
8:30-6 |
25
8:30-3 |
26
closed |
27
8:30-5
Monday rental is free if you picked
up Fri or Sat! |
28
8:30-5 |
29
8:30-5 |
1
8:30-5 |
2
8:30-6 |
3
8:3-3 |
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We are an accredited member of the Better
 Business Bureau!
Use the link below to hop over to the BBB of Minnesota and
South Dakota to check our record:
minnesota.bbb.org
Open
Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5:00pm
Friday 8:30am to 6:00pm
Saturday 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Closed Sunday
651-698-5888
we
Yquestions!
186 N. Fairview (right on
the corner at Selby Ave.)
St. Paul, MN 55104
And the DIRT DRAGON is (still) here!
Have
you ever noticed that you can't get your floor really clean
in winter? That's because regular mopping just spreads the
grime around. Enter the Dirt Dragon! It deep cleans wood or
grouted tile floors, rinses and vacuums up excess water all in
one pass. And it only allows clean water and solution to
touch the floor - a recovery tank holds all wastewater. We
love using it on the store floor - you cannot believe how
grotty our white oak floors get during the winter.
The folks who opened the Cheeky Monkey Deli rented it to
remove all the construction grime from their floors before
they opened. But you don't need have a big space to make it
worthwhile - it's maneuverable and easy to use in
regular-size kitchens and dining rooms.
Mention that you read it here and get
1/2 off the daily rental
(25 bucks instead of the usual $50- hubba-hubba).
Is your flooring contractor
EPA-certified to conduct lead-based activities and
renovations? We are!
You may not realize this, but
paint isn't the only source of lead poisoning; even clear
floor coatings manufactured before 1978 can contain lead.
Sanding a lead-bearing floor can fill your home with enormous quantities
of lead dust, a major source of lead contamination.
A new, federal law
took effect in April 2010 that requires all
contractors who perform renovations for compensation in
residential dwellings built before 1978 to be trained and
certified in the use of lead-safe work practices. Pete's
is now a certified Renovation, Repair and Painting
contractor. If you hire us, you can (and should) ask to see our shiny
new EPA
certificate.
Read more about this law!
The PDF is here:
Compliance
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Come to the store!
Located at
186 Fairview Ave. in St. Paul
(the
corner
of
Fairview and
Selby)
It's just the cutest
sander rental shop you'll
ever visit.
Mon-Thur 8:30- 5
Fri 8:30-6 Sat 8:30-3
651-698-5888
(map at the end of left
column)
We
♥ questions!
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Did you rent
floor sanders from somebody else, but they don't
have sandpaper coarse enough for your job? Pete's
always carries plenty of 24 and 16 grit
(we even carry 12grit for the edger)!
But you'd have saved yourself a trip if you'd
just
rented from us in the first place... |
What's new at Pete's?
We're Installing New Oak on the Shop Floor!
 We
bought ourselves an early Valentine's Day present
and are putting in a sweet section of 4" quartersawn
white oak onto our display floor. We didn't
pick it just because it's pretty; quartersawn oak is
one of the stablest woods choices. The
direction in which the logs are sawn minimize the
amount of swelling and shrinkage the floor will
experience through our crazy Minnesota seasons.
This means the floor stays tight and homeowners stay
happy. The beautiful medullary ray fleck in
the grain, well that's just gravy.
We've Been Published!
 If
you pick up a copy of this month's Family
Handyman magazine you'll find Pete's
Hardwood Floors inside! Check out page 50 for our
article on "Flawless Floor Sanding." Yeah, we
know stuff.
Preserve Your
Finish
 With the
price of finishes today, you can't afford to have an unused
half-gallon sitting in the basement: it will continue to cure, using
just the air in the can. Enter Bloxygen: it's simply the
noble gas, Argon, in a spray can. Squirt some into
your finish container and stop evaporation and the
interaction with oxygen that causes most finish to cure. 75
uses per can! Buy it in the store for $27.50
May: The
Green Monster
 One of our Bostitch staplers needed a makeover, so we sent
it to the powder-coating spa. They call this color 'Monster
Green' so we renamed the nailer to match. Now it's so pretty
you'll be looking around for a project,
just for an excuse to rent the Monster.
Yes,
Steam Cleaners are Bad for Hardwood Floors!
Yes, we
know, you just luuvvvvv your new floor steamer-mop. And
while it is true that it doesn't use any strange or harsh
cleaners, it is still BAD for your hardwood floor.
Steam is water and water damages wood. Steam-cleaning your
floor is the same as leaving your floor out in the rain!
It will cause the finish to delaminate and the wood to swell .
So, don't use steam-mops on hardwood floors. But don't
just take our word for it: check out this article in
Hardwood Floors Magazine (the publication of the National
Wood Flooring Association)
Clear Up Confusion About Maintenance.
We've got even more
reclaimed flooring!
2" maple has been scarce lately, but we now have
300
square feet of it for all of your 2" maple-patching needs.
Yes, it has been de-nailed and bundled and is still
available "open stock" which means you can buy it by the
board and can
even return opened bundles!
$5.50 sqft
Using
Rubio Monocoat on
Counters and Tabletops
Over the last three
months we've noticed that more customers are coming to
Pete's for Rubio Monocoat for their countertops. We
also
know that the Restoration Hardware website recommends
Monocoat for coating their unfinished, antique pine dining
tables. So, it's a trend! Monocoat recommends their
two-component oil (Rubio Monocoat 2C) for countertops
because it cures to water-resistance in 6 days (full water
resistance takes 3 weeks for the regular oil). They
also recommend using Refresh annually on countertops and
tables to keep the finish from being compromised by water
and constant wiping. Get Monocoat's technical
instructions for interior furniture application
here .
An Open Love Letter
to St. Paul in Winter:
"You
dont even know me, but its time
for me to admit that I
adore you...."read
more
 Click
here to see photos of the most gorgeous American Elm floor
ever.
It may just be the
most
gorgeous floor ever, period.
Phil J. had Wood from the Hood mill a tree from his
backyard into flooring. Go look at these photos;
you'll never want to put oak in your house ever again.
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 Read
about our
contracting side:
The
Floor Whisperer
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We've Got Lots of Reclaimed
Flooring for Sale
 We
still have a large quantity of vintage 1"maple for
patching. It is denailed and the tongues and grooves
have been cleaned. This maple is available OPEN
STOCK, which means you don't have to buy whole bundles AND you can
return your unused pieces! $5.00 sqft.
Red oak 1"
also available, $5.50 sqft.
25%
off all GRK star-drive
Torx screws in stock!
 We love the
impossible-to-strip
star head and we include a FREE
star bit in every package!
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