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On The Floor with Wayne and Rob — 364 episodes

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1

2026 Wood Floor Business State of the Industry

2

The Cost of Anxiety

3

Revisit: Random Orbital Sanding

4

Revisit: The Impossible Floor To Sand

5

Inspections, Engineered Floors, and Contracts

6

NWFA Expo Recap

7

On The Floor Live from NWFA Expo!

8

Revisit: What's Lurking Underneath

9

Another Member of the Bona Adhesive Family

10

The Nightwatch with Jakko Woudenberg

11

Electricity

12

1-10-100 Rule

13

Revisit: Happy Work Environments

14

Markups vs. Margins - Part 2

15

Markups vs. Margins - Part 1

16

Work Dreams

17

What a Winter!

18

Revisit: Bona ClearSeal®

19

Revisit: Why Do Homeowners Hire Professionals

20

Revisit: Important Bona TDS Information

21

Salute to Entrepreneurs

22

Checklist for the New Year

23

Prefinish Floor Issues and Repair

24

Happy New Year!

25

Happy Holidays!

26

Making a Boutique Experience of Hardwood Floors

27

Revisit: Moisture in Hardwood Flooring with Guest Adam Bissey

28

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

29

Networking

30

Concrete Moisture Concerns

31

2026 Sand & Finish Schools

32

Revisit: Bona Net Abrasives

33

Slow Paying Customers

34

Fire Safety

35

New and Improved Bona NaturalSeal® and Bona NordicSeal®

36

Wayne and Rob's Excellent Adventure Part 2

37

Revisit: Discussing Acclimation with Lenny Hall

38

Revisit: Sandpaper

39

Wayne and Rob's Excellent Adventure

40

Revisit: Using Bondo for Repairs Feat. John Highlander

41

Sunfading

42

To Fill or Not to Fill

43

Revisit: Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

44

Camping

45

An Advocate for Hardwood Floors

46

7 Year Itch

47

Square foot pricing with guest Jason Ramsay

48

Revisit: Costly Mistakes

49

Revisit: Old Demented Circus Monkey

50

Colors

51

Scheduling

52

Don't let guilt get in the way

53

Social Media Tips with guest Madeleine Denebeim

54

Revisit: Bona QUANTUM FLOW™ Status Update

55

Social Media, Reviews and a Poem

56

Revisit: What to Talk Your Customers Out Of

57

Summer's Coming

58

NWFA Expo 2025 Recap

59

Revisit: Motivation

60

The New Bona Power Drive®

61

Embracing Innovation

62

Managing Pain at Work

63

Floor Professional Fantasy Draft

64

Sport Floor Discussion with guest Bill Price

65

Revisit: Bona DCS 50

66

Building a Business with 50 Grit

67

Herringbone wood floors reinvented with guest Matt Garcia

68

Say Goodbye to Gray

69

Updates to Bona Floor Treatments

70

Wintertime Cracks

71

Why People Quit

72

Recalibrate

73

Revisit: Habits

74

Revisit: Why Consistency is Important

75

Revisit: Happy New Year!

76

The NWFA with guest Michael Martin

77

Going Around the Block

78

Bosses

79

Maintenance

80

Trust

81

Revisit - Finishing play by play

82

New! Bona RollGuard™

83

The Subjectiveness of the Trade

84

Wood Floor Business Contractor Survey

85

Embracing the Craft

86

Revisit: Coating Difficult Areas

87

Revisit: Bona Power Drive®

88

Revisit: Bona Red Out™

89

Wayne and Rob Rate Themselves and Each Other

90

First Day on the Job

91

Wives in the Business

92

New Bona Training Schools Coming in 2025!

93

Revisit: Tell Me You're A Floor Guy

94

Revisit: Diamond Sanding Plates with Guest Robbie Smith

95

Bidding Jobs and Estimates

96

Revisit: The Dangers of LVP Flooring

97

Weather

98

A Wood Floor Craftsman Never Retires

99

GREENGUARD in Bidding

100

Bona CombiEdge Discussion with Guest Jeremiah Strong

101

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

102

New Product! Bona Traffic GO™!

103

Revisit: Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

104

Working in the Trades vs Going to College

105

Subfloor Prep - An Industry Problem

106

Revisit: Introducing Bona Traffic HD RAW®

107

Taking another look at Bona Chroma and Bona DCS 50

108

Worst day we've had in business

109

Revisit: 5 Warning Signs of a Problem Wood Floor Customer

110

New! Bona Chroma Launch with Guest Robby Smith

111

Inspectors Top Reasons for Claims and NWFA Expo Wrap Up

112

Revisit: Bona QUANTUM® FLOW

113

Value of Education - Installs with guest Mike Dittmer

114

Value of Education - Machine Maintenance with guest Careen Ricks

115

What's Lurking Underneath

116

The Impossible Floor to Sand

117

Revisit: Bona Diamond Sanding Plates with guest Robby Smith

118

Revisit: Bona Domo & Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip

119

NWFA Expo discussion with Guest Brett Miller

120

New! Bona Net Abrasives with guest Zack Clavin

121

Bona Adhesive Talk

122

How not to be a Workaholic

123

Revisit: Skip Trowel Nail Glue Assist

124

The Value of Education - Hands-On Learning Part 2

125

The Value of Education - Hands-On Learning Part 1

126

The Most Important Episode

127

Bona ClearSeal 2.0 and 2024 Sand and Finish Schools

128

Revisit: The Bona Recoat System

129

What Does a Floor Man Really Want for Christmas?

130

Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits

131

Revisit: There's a hair in the finish!

132

Bona ClearSeal™

133

Bona QUANTUM FLOW® Update

134

Bona DCS® 50

135

Revisit: Tips and Advice Involving Contracts

136

Revisit: One Year Anniversary (Wives Episode)

137

Employee Retention with Guest Matt Garcia

138

Bona® Belt UX

139

Rob Got Screwed

140

Revisit - Wood Floor Myths

141

Scheduling

142

Laticrete Leveled Subfloors with Guest Joe Rizzo

143

Random Orbital Sanding

144

The Art of the Estimate

145

Inaugural Bona Install Class

146

Being PROductive

147

Revisit - The Bona Power Drive®

148

Revisit - Chasing Perfection

149

Revisit - Second Chances

150

Revisit - Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors

151

Tell me you are a floor guy - Revisit

152

Taking Care of Your Body (revisit)

153

It all starts with the setup

154

Then and Now

155

Vacations

156

Coping with pressure

157

Moisture in Hardwood Flooring with Guest Adam Bissey

158

Ramblings

159

Transitioning from Floors to Sales

160

Checklist for Starting a Business

161

NWFA Expo Wrap-Up

162

New! Bona QUANTUM® FLOW

163

Where Have All the Workers Gone

164

Going Solo

165

200th Episode!

166

Rob puts his money where his mouth is!

167

Two floor guys walk into a bar...

168

Bona Sport® with guest Bill Price

169

Keeping yourself out of trouble with guest Carl Mattingly Part 2

170

Keeping yourself out of trouble with guest Carl Mattingly Part 1

171

Communication with Guest Nick Schiffer

172

The Flooring Experience

173

Old Demented Circus Monkey

174

I have never...

175

Deep dive into Bona Red Out™ and Bona Domo™

176

Happy Work Environments

177

Invest in Yourself

178

New Year! New Products!

179

2022 NWFA 40 under 40

180

Garages

181

Happy Holidays

182

Introducing Bona Traffic HD RAW™!

183

Oiled Floors

184

The Dangers of LVP Flooring

185

Relationships with guests Sprigg Lynn and Steve Belrose

186

Retail Business with Guest Ken Petersen

187

Subfloors - Part Deux

188

New! Bona Red Out™

189

A Looming Slowdown

190

Getting to know your Bona Territory Manager

191

Second chances

192

Thinking outside the box

193

Diamond Sanding Plates with guest Robbie Smith

194

Accepting Criticism

195

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

196

Bona Domo™ & Bona Traffic HD® Anti-Slip

197

Workplace Fatigue

198

Reaching Your Potential

199

Introduction to Electric Heated Floors with Guest Sergey Sergey Shlyapintokh

200

Elvis and the Wrestler

201

Ode to Hardworking People

202

Organizing the Van

203

Burnout

204

Celebrating OTF 3 Year Anniversary With Words To Live By

205

5 Things You Should Know

206

Sandpaper

207

Weather

208

Rob's Birthday

209

Rob and Wayne: Detective Agency

210

Discussing Acclimation with Lenny Hall

211

Soaring Gas Prices

212

Sand and Finish vs. Installation

213

Discussion with Guest George Wurtzel

214

Following Up With Customers

215

What I Learned at NWFA Expo 2022

216

Chasing Perfection

217

Hiring People

218

Subfloors

219

State of the Industry

220

Staying Positive

221

Nashville Sand & Finish School

222

Bona DriFast® Stains

223

Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

224

Motivation

225

The Importance of Being Consistent

226

Why Do Homeowners Hire Professionals

227

FCICA Live Webinar on Moisture Mitigation

228

The Science of Wood Floors with Howard Brickman

229

Claims and Inspections with Jon Namba

230

What To Talk Your Customers Out Of

231

Bona Power Drive®

232

Happy New Year!

233

Happy Holidays from Wayne and Rob!

234

5 Warning Signs of a Problem Wood Floor Customer

235

Conversation with Dee Lenston and Mike Dittmer

236

Wood Floor Myths

237

Being Thankful

238

Tough Conversations

239

Winter Is Coming!

240

Training 2022

241

Habits

242

Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors

243

Who's Your Favorite Person To Talk Shop With?

244

Never Think About Adhesives The Same Way Again

245

Fireside Chat

246

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

247

Coating Difficult Areas

248

Referrals Dos and Don'ts

249

Installation Play-by-Play

250

Skip Trowel Nail Glue Assist

251

Annoying Habits of Co-Workers

252

Using Bondo for Repairs Feat. John Highlander

253

Building trust with your clients Feat. Mike Betts

254

Counter Guys - the Unsung Heros

255

Our Worst Floor Jobs

256

Estimating and Bidding in Today's Climate

257

NWFA Wood Floor of the Year!

258

Costly Mistakes

259

2 Year Anniversary!

260

Bona Training and camaraderie in the industry

261

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do

262

How to talk to Gen Z

263

Flooring Contractors Across the U.S. Part 2

264

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

265

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

266

Flooring Contractors Across The U.S.

267

Coating Wars

268

How To Handle Complaints

269

Working for friends and family

270

Stair tread and riser installation discussion with special guest John Highlander

271

There's a hair in the finish!

272

Coating The Floor Play By Play

273

Bona Product TDS sheets

274

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

275

Tough Guys

276

Potpourri

277

A discussion with Bona Territory Manager, Larry Nicholson

278

The Tool Box

279

A fun discussion about hardwood floor expansion and shrinkage

280

A discussion about Moisture Mitigation

281

Interview with returning special guest Howard Brickman

282

How To Go Broke

283

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

284

Happy New Year from On The Floor with Wayne and Rob

285

Happy Holidays from On The Floor!

286

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

287

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

288

Knowing Your Worth

289

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

290

Tips and advice involving contracts

291

Working with Designers and Architects with special guest Frank Coppolino

292

An Interview with Father/Son Jeff and Aaron Sheaves

293

A Spooky Halloween Special about the Sticky Note

294

The Bona System

295

The features and benefits of Bona Mega ONE

296

Ways to improve a bad day

297

The features and benefits of Bona Pacific Filler

298

A discussion about Installation Guidelines

299

An interview with Stephen Young from Young Brothers Hardwood Floors

300

Tannin Pull and Unwelcome Color Change

301

THE FLOOR HEARD AROUND THE WORLD!

302

An Interview with Greyson Deal

303

Environmental and health concerns involving Luxury Vinyl Floors

304

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

305

Why the hardwood floor industry is sustainable - Part 1

306

Interview with Dee Lenston - Bona Training Manager

307

An Interview with Joe Meyecic regarding social media apps!

308

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

309

An interview with Chris Coates

310

Advice for setting up a productive job

311

Celebrating the On The Floor One Year Anniversary Episode

312

Advice and Information for deep cleaning floors

313

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

314

The New Norm

315

Celebrating the On The Floor 50th Episode

316

The features and benefits of the Bona PowerDrive

317

This and that with Wayne and Rob

318

Claims and inspections are discussed with special guest Jon Namba

319

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

320

A discussion about analine dyes with special guest Howard Brickman

321

Practicing Sustainability with special guest Todd Weyhmiller

322

An interview with Praters Flooring

323

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

324

A discusison about Adhesive Unlimited Warranties

325

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

326

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

327

Inexpensive ways to customize a floor

328

A discussion about Luxury Vinyl Floors with special guest Brett Miller

329

Continuing education with special guest Brett Miller

330

5 ways to help your business

331

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

332

Bona's 12 Commandments - Part 2

333

Bona's 12 Commandments - Part 1

334

The significance of Top Coats

335

Matching repairs on the job site

336

Preventing Job Site Accidents

337

An "On The Floor" Christmas

338

Bona Sport Floors with special guest Bill Price

339

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

340

The Bona Recoat System - Using Bona Prep

341

A Special Thanksgiving Episode

342

The Bona Guaranteed Recoat System

343

Interview with Lenny Hall - Owner of Endurance Floors

344

CEU's with special guest Dave Darche

345

Working with Interior Designers

346

Favorite Bona Products

347

Money Saving Tips and Tricks

348

What it means to be a good apprentice and journeyman.

349

Bona R540

350

Bona 100 Year Celebration

351

Taking Care of Your Body

352

Hidden Job Site Killers

353

Keeping the Passion Alive with special guest Mark Sharpe

354

Bona Sealers

355

The Bona Power Drive

356

Bona Stain and Craft Oil

357

Job Site Stories

358

Changes in the Industry

359

Why you should attend a Bona Training School

360

Fire Safety on the Job Site

361

Gluing down hardwood floors

362

The importance of a Trowel and Spread Rates

363

Nail Glue Assist

364

Preparing a Subfloor