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   [email protected] | Mar 21, 2011 02:57pm | #1

   Automotive finishes come to mind for me. 

   Depending on what they want, the bedliner paint might work.

   If they want something that is smooth and flat, I'd talk to a real paint store.  They may be able to add a flattening agent to bring down the gloss on a poly floor paint.   

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   cussnu2 | Mar 22, 2011 07:41am | #2

   Did they really get an audio specialty company suggest they put in a hardwood floor?  Thats a huge surface that normally they want covered in an absorbant material like carpet so they don't end up with some nasty reverbs.  I know you don't wamt to lose the work but you might be doing them a favor if they you don't know and make sure the flooring has been recommended by the people who are goiing to design and install the home theater.

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   DanH | Mar 22, 2011 07:52am | #3

   It would be nice to know what kind of theatre this is and where the floor is.  Movie or stage?  How large?  Is this floor the seating area or the stage?

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   Wood1000 | Mar 22, 2011 10:00am | #4

   This is a stage floor at the college I graduated from.  The main floor is 30’x80’.  There is an extension out into the house seating that is 9’x50’.  The college is going with 3” hard maple due to the high traffic of carts being rolled on to the stage.  The floor is going to be milled at a local shop close to the job site less than 2 miles away.      

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   DanH | Mar 22, 2011 06:38pm | #5

   Well the classical finish is plain poly, though sometimes a dark laquer is used.  I would think you should just want to sample 2-3 different flat poly finishes, unless they indicate they want a dark finish.

   I recall that there are additives that can be used to flatten some polys, but I don't recall the details.