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On The Floor with Wayne and Rob — 370 episodes

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1

A Journeyman's Knowledge

2

Potpourri

3

Revisit: Subfloors - Part Deux

4

A conversation about Bona Traffic Go® and Finishes

5

Top consumer sand and finish complaints

6

Revisit: Subfloors

7

2026 Wood Floor Business State of the Industry

8

The Cost of Anxiety

9

Revisit: Random Orbital Sanding

10

Revisit: The Impossible Floor To Sand

11

Inspections, Engineered Floors, and Contracts

12

NWFA Expo Recap

13

On The Floor Live from NWFA Expo!

14

Revisit: What's Lurking Underneath

15

Another Member of the Bona Adhesive Family

16

The Nightwatch with Jakko Woudenberg

17

Electricity

18

1-10-100 Rule

19

Revisit: Happy Work Environments

20

Markups vs. Margins - Part 2

21

Markups vs. Margins - Part 1

22

Work Dreams

23

What a Winter!

24

Revisit: Bona ClearSeal®

25

Revisit: Why Do Homeowners Hire Professionals

26

Revisit: Important Bona TDS Information

27

Salute to Entrepreneurs

28

Checklist for the New Year

29

Prefinish Floor Issues and Repair

30

Happy New Year!

31

Happy Holidays!

32

Making a Boutique Experience of Hardwood Floors

33

Revisit: Moisture in Hardwood Flooring with Guest Adam Bissey

34

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

35

Networking

36

Concrete Moisture Concerns

37

2026 Sand & Finish Schools

38

Revisit: Bona Net Abrasives

39

Slow Paying Customers

40

Fire Safety

41

New and Improved Bona NaturalSeal® and Bona NordicSeal®

42

Wayne and Rob's Excellent Adventure Part 2

43

Revisit: Discussing Acclimation with Lenny Hall

44

Revisit: Sandpaper

45

Wayne and Rob's Excellent Adventure

46

Revisit: Using Bondo for Repairs Feat. John Highlander

47

Sunfading

48

To Fill or Not to Fill

49

Revisit: Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

50

Camping

51

An Advocate for Hardwood Floors

52

7 Year Itch

53

Square foot pricing with guest Jason Ramsay

54

Revisit: Costly Mistakes

55

Revisit: Old Demented Circus Monkey

56

Colors

57

Scheduling

58

Don't let guilt get in the way

59

Social Media Tips with guest Madeleine Denebeim

60

Revisit: Bona QUANTUM FLOW™ Status Update

61

Social Media, Reviews and a Poem

62

Revisit: What to Talk Your Customers Out Of

63

Summer's Coming

64

NWFA Expo 2025 Recap

65

Revisit: Motivation

66

The New Bona Power Drive®

67

Embracing Innovation

68

Managing Pain at Work

69

Floor Professional Fantasy Draft

70

Sport Floor Discussion with guest Bill Price

71

Revisit: Bona DCS 50

72

Building a Business with 50 Grit

73

Herringbone wood floors reinvented with guest Matt Garcia

74

Say Goodbye to Gray

75

Updates to Bona Floor Treatments

76

Wintertime Cracks

77

Why People Quit

78

Recalibrate

79

Revisit: Habits

80

Revisit: Why Consistency is Important

81

Revisit: Happy New Year!

82

The NWFA with guest Michael Martin

83

Going Around the Block

84

Bosses

85

Maintenance

86

Trust

87

Revisit - Finishing play by play

88

New! Bona RollGuard™

89

The Subjectiveness of the Trade

90

Wood Floor Business Contractor Survey

91

Embracing the Craft

92

Revisit: Coating Difficult Areas

93

Revisit: Bona Power Drive®

94

Revisit: Bona Red Out™

95

Wayne and Rob Rate Themselves and Each Other

96

First Day on the Job

97

Wives in the Business

98

New Bona Training Schools Coming in 2025!

99

Revisit: Tell Me You're A Floor Guy

100

Revisit: Diamond Sanding Plates with Guest Robbie Smith

101

Bidding Jobs and Estimates

102

Revisit: The Dangers of LVP Flooring

103

Weather

104

A Wood Floor Craftsman Never Retires

105

GREENGUARD in Bidding

106

Bona CombiEdge Discussion with Guest Jeremiah Strong

107

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

108

New Product! Bona Traffic GO™!

109

Revisit: Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

110

Working in the Trades vs Going to College

111

Subfloor Prep - An Industry Problem

112

Revisit: Introducing Bona Traffic HD RAW®

113

Taking another look at Bona Chroma and Bona DCS 50

114

Worst day we've had in business

115

Revisit: 5 Warning Signs of a Problem Wood Floor Customer

116

New! Bona Chroma Launch with Guest Robby Smith

117

Inspectors Top Reasons for Claims and NWFA Expo Wrap Up

118

Revisit: Bona QUANTUM® FLOW

119

Value of Education - Installs with guest Mike Dittmer

120

Value of Education - Machine Maintenance with guest Careen Ricks

121

What's Lurking Underneath

122

The Impossible Floor to Sand

123

Revisit: Bona Diamond Sanding Plates with guest Robby Smith

124

Revisit: Bona Domo & Bona Traffic HD Anti-Slip

125

NWFA Expo discussion with Guest Brett Miller

126

New! Bona Net Abrasives with guest Zack Clavin

127

Bona Adhesive Talk

128

How not to be a Workaholic

129

Revisit: Skip Trowel Nail Glue Assist

130

The Value of Education - Hands-On Learning Part 2

131

The Value of Education - Hands-On Learning Part 1

132

The Most Important Episode

133

Bona ClearSeal 2.0 and 2024 Sand and Finish Schools

134

Revisit: The Bona Recoat System

135

What Does a Floor Man Really Want for Christmas?

136

Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits

137

Revisit: There's a hair in the finish!

138

Bona ClearSeal™

139

Bona QUANTUM FLOW® Update

140

Bona DCS® 50

141

Revisit: Tips and Advice Involving Contracts

142

Revisit: One Year Anniversary (Wives Episode)

143

Employee Retention with Guest Matt Garcia

144

Bona® Belt UX

145

Rob Got Screwed

146

Revisit - Wood Floor Myths

147

Scheduling

148

Laticrete Leveled Subfloors with Guest Joe Rizzo

149

Random Orbital Sanding

150

The Art of the Estimate

151

Inaugural Bona Install Class

152

Being PROductive

153

Revisit - The Bona Power Drive®

154

Revisit - Chasing Perfection

155

Revisit - Second Chances

156

Revisit - Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors

157

Tell me you are a floor guy - Revisit

158

Taking Care of Your Body (revisit)

159

It all starts with the setup

160

Then and Now

161

Vacations

162

Coping with pressure

163

Moisture in Hardwood Flooring with Guest Adam Bissey

164

Ramblings

165

Transitioning from Floors to Sales

166

Checklist for Starting a Business

167

NWFA Expo Wrap-Up

168

New! Bona QUANTUM® FLOW

169

Where Have All the Workers Gone

170

Going Solo

171

200th Episode!

172

Rob puts his money where his mouth is!

173

Two floor guys walk into a bar...

174

Bona Sport® with guest Bill Price

175

Keeping yourself out of trouble with guest Carl Mattingly Part 2

176

Keeping yourself out of trouble with guest Carl Mattingly Part 1

177

Communication with Guest Nick Schiffer

178

The Flooring Experience

179

Old Demented Circus Monkey

180

I have never...

181

Deep dive into Bona Red Out™ and Bona Domo™

182

Happy Work Environments

183

Invest in Yourself

184

New Year! New Products!

185

2022 NWFA 40 under 40

186

Garages

187

Happy Holidays

188

Introducing Bona Traffic HD RAW™!

189

Oiled Floors

190

The Dangers of LVP Flooring

191

Relationships with guests Sprigg Lynn and Steve Belrose

192

Retail Business with Guest Ken Petersen

193

Subfloors - Part Deux

194

New! Bona Red Out™

195

A Looming Slowdown

196

Getting to know your Bona Territory Manager

197

Second chances

198

Thinking outside the box

199

Diamond Sanding Plates with guest Robbie Smith

200

Accepting Criticism

201

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

202

Bona Domo™ & Bona Traffic HD® Anti-Slip

203

Workplace Fatigue

204

Reaching Your Potential

205

Introduction to Electric Heated Floors with Guest Sergey Sergey Shlyapintokh

206

Elvis and the Wrestler

207

Ode to Hardworking People

208

Organizing the Van

209

Burnout

210

Celebrating OTF 3 Year Anniversary With Words To Live By

211

5 Things You Should Know

212

Sandpaper

213

Weather

214

Rob's Birthday

215

Rob and Wayne: Detective Agency

216

Discussing Acclimation with Lenny Hall

217

Soaring Gas Prices

218

Sand and Finish vs. Installation

219

Discussion with Guest George Wurtzel

220

Following Up With Customers

221

What I Learned at NWFA Expo 2022

222

Chasing Perfection

223

Hiring People

224

Subfloors

225

State of the Industry

226

Staying Positive

227

Nashville Sand & Finish School

228

Bona DriFast® Stains

229

Expert Level Bidding and Estimating

230

Motivation

231

The Importance of Being Consistent

232

Why Do Homeowners Hire Professionals

233

FCICA Live Webinar on Moisture Mitigation

234

The Science of Wood Floors with Howard Brickman

235

Claims and Inspections with Jon Namba

236

What To Talk Your Customers Out Of

237

Bona Power Drive®

238

Happy New Year!

239

Happy Holidays from Wayne and Rob!

240

5 Warning Signs of a Problem Wood Floor Customer

241

Conversation with Dee Lenston and Mike Dittmer

242

Wood Floor Myths

243

Being Thankful

244

Tough Conversations

245

Winter Is Coming!

246

Training 2022

247

Habits

248

Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors

249

Who's Your Favorite Person To Talk Shop With?

250

Never Think About Adhesives The Same Way Again

251

Fireside Chat

252

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

253

Coating Difficult Areas

254

Referrals Dos and Don'ts

255

Installation Play-by-Play

256

Skip Trowel Nail Glue Assist

257

Annoying Habits of Co-Workers

258

Using Bondo for Repairs Feat. John Highlander

259

Building trust with your clients Feat. Mike Betts

260

Counter Guys - the Unsung Heros

261

Our Worst Floor Jobs

262

Estimating and Bidding in Today's Climate

263

NWFA Wood Floor of the Year!

264

Costly Mistakes

265

2 Year Anniversary!

266

Bona Training and camaraderie in the industry

267

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do

268

How to talk to Gen Z

269

Flooring Contractors Across the U.S. Part 2

270

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

271

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

272

Flooring Contractors Across The U.S.

273

Coating Wars

274

How To Handle Complaints

275

Working for friends and family

276

Stair tread and riser installation discussion with special guest John Highlander

277

There's a hair in the finish!

278

Coating The Floor Play By Play

279

Bona Product TDS sheets

280

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

281

Tough Guys

282

Potpourri

283

A discussion with Bona Territory Manager, Larry Nicholson

284

The Tool Box

285

A fun discussion about hardwood floor expansion and shrinkage

286

A discussion about Moisture Mitigation

287

Interview with returning special guest Howard Brickman

288

How To Go Broke

289

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

290

Happy New Year from On The Floor with Wayne and Rob

291

Happy Holidays from On The Floor!

292

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

293

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

294

Knowing Your Worth

295

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

296

Tips and advice involving contracts

297

Working with Designers and Architects with special guest Frank Coppolino

298

An Interview with Father/Son Jeff and Aaron Sheaves

299

A Spooky Halloween Special about the Sticky Note

300

The Bona System

301

The features and benefits of Bona Mega ONE

302

Ways to improve a bad day

303

The features and benefits of Bona Pacific Filler

304

A discussion about Installation Guidelines

305

An interview with Stephen Young from Young Brothers Hardwood Floors

306

Tannin Pull and Unwelcome Color Change

307

THE FLOOR HEARD AROUND THE WORLD!

308

An Interview with Greyson Deal

309

Environmental and health concerns involving Luxury Vinyl Floors

310

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

311

Why the hardwood floor industry is sustainable - Part 1

312

Interview with Dee Lenston - Bona Training Manager

313

An Interview with Joe Meyecic regarding social media apps!

314

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

315

An interview with Chris Coates

316

Advice for setting up a productive job

317

Celebrating the On The Floor One Year Anniversary Episode

318

Advice and Information for deep cleaning floors

319

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

320

The New Norm

321

Celebrating the On The Floor 50th Episode

322

The features and benefits of the Bona PowerDrive

323

This and that with Wayne and Rob

324

Claims and inspections are discussed with special guest Jon Namba

325

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

326

A discussion about analine dyes with special guest Howard Brickman

327

Practicing Sustainability with special guest Todd Weyhmiller

328

An interview with Praters Flooring

329

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

330

A discusison about Adhesive Unlimited Warranties

331

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

332

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

333

Inexpensive ways to customize a floor

334

A discussion about Luxury Vinyl Floors with special guest Brett Miller

335

Continuing education with special guest Brett Miller

336

5 ways to help your business

337

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

338

Bona's 12 Commandments - Part 2

339

Bona's 12 Commandments - Part 1

340

The significance of Top Coats

341

Matching repairs on the job site

342

Preventing Job Site Accidents

343

An "On The Floor" Christmas

344

Bona Sport Floors with special guest Bill Price

345

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

346

The Bona Recoat System - Using Bona Prep

347

A Special Thanksgiving Episode

348

The Bona Guaranteed Recoat System

349

Interview with Lenny Hall - Owner of Endurance Floors

350

CEU's with special guest Dave Darche

351

Working with Interior Designers

352

Favorite Bona Products

353

Money Saving Tips and Tricks

354

What it means to be a good apprentice and journeyman.

355

Bona R540

356

Bona 100 Year Celebration

357

Taking Care of Your Body

358

Hidden Job Site Killers

359

Keeping the Passion Alive with special guest Mark Sharpe

360

Bona Sealers

361

The Bona Power Drive

362

Bona Stain and Craft Oil

363

Job Site Stories

364

Changes in the Industry

365

Why you should attend a Bona Training School

366

Fire Safety on the Job Site

367

Gluing down hardwood floors

368

The importance of a Trowel and Spread Rates

369

Nail Glue Assist

370

Preparing a Subfloor