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On The Floor with Wayne and Rob — 378 episodes

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1

Squeaky Floors

2

Tough jobs - Should I take it or not?

3

Five Years of Bona Innovation - Part 2

4

Five Years of Bona Innovation - Part 1

5

Revisit: Value of Education - Machine Maintenance with guest Careen Ricks

6

Revisit: Bona DriFast Stains

7

Revisit: Oiled Floors

8

Revisit: Maintenance

9

A Journeyman's Knowledge

10

Potpourri

11

Revisit: Subfloors - Part Deux

12

A conversation about Bona Traffic Go® and Finishes

13

Top consumer sand and finish complaints

14

Revisit: Subfloors

15

2026 Wood Floor Business State of the Industry

16

The Cost of Anxiety

17

Revisit: Random Orbital Sanding

18

Revisit: The Impossible Floor To Sand

19

Inspections, Engineered Floors, and Contracts

20

NWFA Expo Recap

21

On The Floor Live from NWFA Expo!

22

Revisit: What's Lurking Underneath

23

Another Member of the Bona Adhesive Family

24

The Nightwatch with Jakko Woudenberg

25

Electricity

26

1-10-100 Rule

27

Revisit: Happy Work Environments

28

Markups vs. Margins - Part 2

29

Markups vs. Margins - Part 1

30

Work Dreams

31

What a Winter!

32

Revisit: Bona ClearSeal®

33

Revisit: Why Do Homeowners Hire Professionals

34

Revisit: Important Bona TDS Information

35

Salute to Entrepreneurs

36

Checklist for the New Year

37

Prefinish Floor Issues and Repair

38

Happy New Year!

39

Happy Holidays!

40

Making a Boutique Experience of Hardwood Floors

41

Revisit: Moisture in Hardwood Flooring with Guest Adam Bissey

42

Revisit: Why I charge for estimates with guest Chris Frate with Pasquale Floors

43

Networking

44

Concrete Moisture Concerns

45

2026 Sand & Finish Schools

46

Revisit: Bona Net Abrasives

47

Slow Paying Customers

48

Fire Safety

49

New and Improved Bona NaturalSeal® and Bona NordicSeal®

50

Wayne and Rob's Excellent Adventure Part 2

51

Revisit: Discussing Acclimation with Lenny Hall

52

Revisit: Sandpaper

53

Wayne and Rob's Excellent Adventure

54

Revisit: Using Bondo for Repairs Feat. John Highlander

55

Sunfading

56

To Fill or Not to Fill

57

Revisit: Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

58

Camping

59

An Advocate for Hardwood Floors

60

7 Year Itch

61

Square foot pricing with guest Jason Ramsay

62

Revisit: Costly Mistakes

63

Revisit: Old Demented Circus Monkey

64

Colors

65

Scheduling

66

Don't let guilt get in the way

67

Social Media Tips with guest Madeleine Denebeim

68

Revisit: Bona QUANTUM FLOW™ Status Update

69

Social Media, Reviews and a Poem

70

Revisit: What to Talk Your Customers Out Of

71

Summer's Coming

72

NWFA Expo 2025 Recap

73

Revisit: Motivation

74

The New Bona Power Drive®

75

Embracing Innovation

76

Managing Pain at Work

77

Floor Professional Fantasy Draft

78

Sport Floor Discussion with guest Bill Price

79

Revisit: Bona DCS 50

80

Building a Business with 50 Grit

81

Herringbone wood floors reinvented with guest Matt Garcia

82

Say Goodbye to Gray

83

Updates to Bona Floor Treatments

84

Wintertime Cracks

85

Why People Quit

86

Recalibrate

87

Revisit: Habits

88

Revisit: Why Consistency is Important

89

Revisit: Happy New Year!

90

The NWFA with guest Michael Martin

91

Going Around the Block

92

Bosses

93

Maintenance

94

Trust

95

Revisit - Finishing play by play

96

New! Bona RollGuard™

97

The Subjectiveness of the Trade

98

Wood Floor Business Contractor Survey

99

Embracing the Craft

100

Revisit: Coating Difficult Areas

101

Revisit: Bona Power Drive®

102

Revisit: Bona Red Out™

103

Wayne and Rob Rate Themselves and Each Other

104

First Day on the Job

105

Wives in the Business

106

New Bona Training Schools Coming in 2025!

107

Revisit: Tell Me You're A Floor Guy

108

Revisit: Diamond Sanding Plates with Guest Robbie Smith

109

Bidding Jobs and Estimates

110

Revisit: The Dangers of LVP Flooring

111

Weather

112

A Wood Floor Craftsman Never Retires

113

GREENGUARD in Bidding

114

Bona CombiEdge Discussion with Guest Jeremiah Strong

115

A Deeper Dive into NWFA's US Wood Flooring Market Update

116

New Product! Bona Traffic GO™!

117

Revisit: Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

118

Working in the Trades vs Going to College

119

Subfloor Prep - An Industry Problem

120

Revisit: Introducing Bona Traffic HD RAW®

121

Taking another look at Bona Chroma and Bona DCS 50

122

Worst day we've had in business

123

Revisit: 5 Warning Signs of a Problem Wood Floor Customer

124

New! Bona Chroma Launch with Guest Robby Smith

125

Inspectors Top Reasons for Claims and NWFA Expo Wrap Up

126

Revisit: Bona QUANTUM® FLOW

127

Value of Education - Installs with guest Mike Dittmer

128

Value of Education - Machine Maintenance with guest Careen Ricks

129

What's Lurking Underneath

130

The Impossible Floor to Sand

131

Revisit: Bona Diamond Sanding Plates with guest Robby Smith

132

Revisit: Bona Domo & Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip

133

NWFA Expo discussion with Guest Brett Miller

134

New! Bona Net Abrasives with guest Zack Clavin

135

Bona Adhesive Talk

136

How not to be a Workaholic

137

Revisit: Skip Trowel Nail Glue Assist

138

The Value of Education - Hands-On Learning Part 2

139

The Value of Education - Hands-On Learning Part 1

140

The Most Important Episode

141

Bona ClearSeal 2.0 and 2024 Sand and Finish Schools

142

Revisit: The Bona Recoat System

143

What Does a Floor Man Really Want for Christmas?

144

Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits

145

Revisit: There's a hair in the finish!

146

Bona ClearSeal™

147

Bona QUANTUM FLOW® Update

148

Bona DCS® 50

149

Revisit: Tips and Advice Involving Contracts

150

Revisit: One Year Anniversary (Wives Episode)

151

Employee Retention with Guest Matt Garcia

152

Bona® Belt UX

153

Rob Got Screwed

154

Revisit - Wood Floor Myths

155

Scheduling

156

Laticrete Leveled Subfloors with Guest Joe Rizzo

157

Random Orbital Sanding

158

The Art of the Estimate

159

Inaugural Bona Install Class

160

Being PROductive

161

Revisit - The Bona Power Drive®

162

Revisit - Chasing Perfection

163

Revisit - Second Chances

164

Revisit - Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors

165

Tell me you are a floor guy - Revisit

166

Taking Care of Your Body (revisit)

167

It all starts with the setup

168

Then and Now

169

Vacations

170

Coping with pressure

171

Moisture in Hardwood Flooring with Guest Adam Bissey

172

Ramblings

173

Transitioning from Floors to Sales

174

Checklist for Starting a Business

175

NWFA Expo Wrap-Up

176

New! Bona QUANTUM® FLOW

177

Where Have All the Workers Gone

178

Going Solo

179

200th Episode!

180

Rob puts his money where his mouth is!

181

Two floor guys walk into a bar...

182

Bona Sport® with guest Bill Price

183

Keeping yourself out of trouble with guest Carl Mattingly Part 2

184

Keeping yourself out of trouble with guest Carl Mattingly Part 1

185

Communication with Guest Nick Schiffer

186

The Flooring Experience

187

Old Demented Circus Monkey

188

I have never...

189

Deep dive into Bona Red Out™ and Bona Domo™

190

Happy Work Environments

191

Invest in Yourself

192

New Year! New Products!

193

2022 NWFA 40 under 40

194

Garages

195

Happy Holidays

196

Introducing Bona Traffic HD RAW™!

197

Oiled Floors

198

The Dangers of LVP Flooring

199

Relationships with guests Sprigg Lynn and Steve Belrose

200

Retail Business with Guest Ken Petersen

201

Subfloors - Part Deux

202

New! Bona Red Out™

203

A Looming Slowdown

204

Getting to know your Bona Territory Manager

205

Second chances

206

Thinking outside the box

207

Diamond Sanding Plates with guest Robbie Smith

208

Accepting Criticism

209

Why I charge for estimates with guest Chris Frate with Pasquale Floors

210

Bona Domo™ & Bona Traffic HD® Anti-Slip

211

Workplace Fatigue

212

Reaching Your Potential

213

Introduction to Electric Heated Floors with Guest Sergey Sergey Shlyapintokh

214

Elvis and the Wrestler

215

Ode to Hardworking People

216

Organizing the Van

217

Burnout

218

Celebrating OTF 3 Year Anniversary With Words To Live By

219

5 Things You Should Know

220

Sandpaper

221

Weather

222

Rob's Birthday

223

Rob and Wayne: Detective Agency

224

Discussing Acclimation with Lenny Hall

225

Soaring Gas Prices

226

Sand and Finish vs. Installation

227

Discussion with Guest George Wurtzel

228

Following Up With Customers

229

What I Learned at NWFA Expo 2022

230

Chasing Perfection

231

Hiring People

232

Subfloors

233

State of the Industry

234

Staying Positive

235

Nashville Sand & Finish School

236

Bona DriFast® Stains

237

Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

238

Motivation

239

The Importance of Being Consistent

240

Why Do Homeowners Hire Professionals

241

FCICA Live Webinar on Moisture Mitigation

242

The Science of Wood Floors with Howard Brickman

243

Claims and Inspections with Jon Namba

244

What To Talk Your Customers Out Of

245

Bona Power Drive®

246

Happy New Year!

247

Happy Holidays from Wayne and Rob!

248

5 Warning Signs of a Problem Wood Floor Customer

249

Conversation with Dee Lenston and Mike Dittmer

250

Wood Floor Myths

251

Being Thankful

252

Tough Conversations

253

Winter Is Coming!

254

Training 2022

255

Habits

256

Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors

257

Who's Your Favorite Person To Talk Shop With?

258

Never Think About Adhesives The Same Way Again

259

Fireside Chat

260

Guests Josh Hansman & Aaron Sheaves discuss how to use TikTok for your business

261

Coating Difficult Areas

262

Referrals Dos and Don'ts

263

Installation Play-by-Play

264

Skip Trowel Nail Glue Assist

265

Annoying Habits of Co-Workers

266

Using Bondo for Repairs Feat. John Highlander

267

Building trust with your clients Feat. Mike Betts

268

Counter Guys - the Unsung Heros

269

Our Worst Floor Jobs

270

Estimating and Bidding in Today's Climate

271

NWFA Wood Floor of the Year!

272

Costly Mistakes

273

2 Year Anniversary!

274

Bona Training and camaraderie in the industry

275

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do

276

How to talk to Gen Z

277

Flooring Contractors Across the U.S. Part 2

278

100th Episode Of On The Floor With Wayne & Rob - Part 2

279

100th Episode Of On The Floor With Wayne And Rob!

280

Flooring Contractors Across The U.S.

281

Coating Wars

282

How To Handle Complaints

283

Working for friends and family

284

Stair tread and riser installation discussion with special guest John Highlander

285

There's a hair in the finish!

286

Coating The Floor Play By Play

287

Bona Product TDS sheets

288

Tell Me You're A Floor Guy Without Telling Me You're A Floor Guy

289

Tough Guys

290

Potpourri

291

A discussion with Bona Territory Manager, Larry Nicholson

292

The Tool Box

293

A fun discussion about hardwood floor expansion and shrinkage

294

A discussion about Moisture Mitigation

295

Interview with returning special guest Howard Brickman

296

How To Go Broke

297

An interview with special guest Chris Zizza, Owner of C&R Flooring.

298

Happy New Year from On The Floor with Wayne and Rob

299

Happy Holidays from On The Floor!

300

The West Coast Part 2 - An interview with special guest Brad Scott

301

The West Coast Part 1 - An interview with special guest Larry Stephen

302

Knowing Your Worth

303

Adjoin and Match A New Wood Floor With An Existing Wood Floor

304

Tips and advice involving contracts

305

Working with Designers and Architects with special guest Frank Coppolino

306

An Interview with Father/Son Jeff and Aaron Sheaves

307

A Spooky Halloween Special about the Sticky Note

308

The Bona System

309

The features and benefits of Bona Mega ONE

310

Ways to improve a bad day

311

The features and benefits of Bona Pacific Filler

312

A discussion about Installation Guidelines

313

An interview with Stephen Young from Young Brothers Hardwood Floors

314

Tannin Pull and Unwelcome Color Change

315

THE FLOOR HEARD AROUND THE WORLD!

316

An Interview with Greyson Deal

317

Environmental and health concerns involving Luxury Vinyl Floors

318

Hardwood Floor Showroom with special guest Jason Elquest, Owner of BlackHawk Floors, Inc.

319

Why the hardwood floor industry is sustainable - Part 1

320

Interview with Dee Lenston - Bona Training Manager

321

An Interview with Joe Meyecic regarding social media apps!

322

Proper Sanding Sequences with Special Guest Jeremiah Strong, Territory Manager for Bona US

323

An interview with Chris Coates

324

Advice for setting up a productive job

325

Celebrating the On The Floor One Year Anniversary Episode

326

Advice and Information for deep cleaning floors

327

Knowledge and advice we wish we had at 18 years old regarding the hardwood floor industry

328

The New Norm

329

Celebrating the On The Floor 50th Episode

330

The features and benefits of the Bona PowerDrive

331

This and that with Wayne and Rob

332

Claims and inspections are discussed with special guest Jon Namba

333

A discussion about the science of hardwood floors with special guest Howard Brickman

334

A discussion about analine dyes with special guest Howard Brickman

335

Practicing Sustainability with special guest Todd Weyhmiller

336

An interview with Praters Flooring

337

Historical Floors with special guest Sprigg Lynn, Owner of Universal Floors

338

A discusison about Adhesive Unlimited Warranties

339

A discussion involving current events as well as business advice and best practices.

340

An informative discussion about safety and best practices involving electricity with special guest Mike Rocher

341

Inexpensive ways to customize a floor

342

A discussion about Luxury Vinyl Floors with special guest Brett Miller

343

Continuing education with special guest Brett Miller

344

5 ways to help your business

345

What's the best advice you've ever been given?

346

Bona's 12 Commandments - Part 2

347

Bona's 12 Commandments - Part 1

348

The significance of Top Coats

349

Matching repairs on the job site

350

Preventing Job Site Accidents

351

An "On The Floor" Christmas

352

Bona Sport Floors with special guest Bill Price

353

Using Social Media to market and grow your business with special guest Erica Kitze, Bona's Digital Marketing Manager

354

The Bona Recoat System - Using Bona Prep

355

A Special Thanksgiving Episode

356

The Bona Guaranteed Recoat System

357

Interview with Lenny Hall - Owner of Endurance Floors

358

CEU's with special guest Dave Darche

359

Working with Interior Designers

360

Favorite Bona Products

361

Money Saving Tips and Tricks

362

What it means to be a good apprentice and journeyman.

363

Bona R540

364

Bona 100 Year Celebration

365

Taking Care of Your Body

366

Hidden Job Site Killers

367

Keeping the Passion Alive with special guest Mark Sharpe

368

Bona Sealers

369

The Bona Power Drive

370

Bona Stain and Craft Oil

371

Job Site Stories

372

Changes in the Industry

373

Why you should attend a Bona Training School

374

Fire Safety on the Job Site

375

Gluing down hardwood floors

376

The importance of a Trowel and Spread Rates

377

Nail Glue Assist

378

Preparing a Subfloor