<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I'm emailing this listserv as recommended by Ben Fast at the BC Museums Association.</div><div><br></div><div>I am looking for recommendations from those in the preservation world of any professional contractors in Victoria BC who are familiar and willing to work with historically-appropriate finishes for Douglas fir floors.<br></div><div><br></div><div>
<span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">My 100 year old house in Victoria has Douglas fir floors that I want refinished with a historically-appropriate finish but I am having trouble finding floor refinishing contractors who are willing to use these types of materials (e.g. shellac and wax), rather than the usual polyurethane.</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">If you know anyone or can offer any directions or suggestions, please email me at <a href="mailto:scott.bhs@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">scott.bhs@gmail.com</a>.</span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thank you very much,</span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Ben</span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">
<span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">--<span> </span></span><br style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="m_-1301075068860086447m_103984155098611538gmail-m_-6317949986634617962m_7892389811680338243gmail_signature" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">1(250) 686-1680<br><a href="mailto:scott.bhs@gmail.com" style="" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">scott.bhs@gmail.com</a></div></span></div></div>
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