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Hardwood flooring talk from the jobsite up.
On The Floor with Wayne and Rob treats hardwood flooring as a craft learned through products, mistakes, crews, and callbacks. The talk runs loose and familiar, moving from Bona adhesives and water-based coatings to electricity scares, pricing math, and the strange pride of doing a floor right.
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On The Floor with Wayne and Rob is a hardwood flooring trade show with sawdust on its boots and product knowledge close at hand. It sounds casual because the talk is casual, but the subject matter is specific. Bona adhesives, engineered floors, water-based coatings, prep routines, cleanup, coating schedules, and the cost of bad timing all sit at the center. The show often starts somewhere else. A hockey game, a soup story, a joke about wording, or a memory from an old job can come first. Then the conversation turns. Suddenly the story is about spontaneous combustion in oily rags, etching on pre-finished flooring, or why a contractor should not casually tap into an electrical panel. That rhythm gives the show its usefulness. The lessons do not arrive as bullet points. They come through embarrassment, near-misses, shop habits, and the kind of practical caution that only sounds simple after someone has lived it. Product conversations are handled the same way. A new member of the Bona adhesive family is discussed through spreadability, cleanup, engineered-floor use, and the anxiety installers remember from older glue-down jobs. Business topics get a similar treatment. Markup versus margin becomes a conversation about labor hours, coating time, water base, hot coating, and how a crew actually spends a day. The 1-10-100 rule becomes less like a slogan and more like a reminder that prevention is cheaper than repair. Guests add another lane, especially when Lenny Hall and Jaco Woodenberg discuss the scale and difficulty of The Nightwatch flooring work. The show respects craft. It also respects the people who have learned by doing things the hard way. For listeners in hardwood flooring, that mix of banter, caution, product talk, and hard-earned memory is the point.
Made for: Built for hardwood flooring contractors, installers, and trade people who care about prep, products, callbacks, and crew decisions. It also fits newer flooring workers who learn best through stories rather than formal lessons.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by explaining technical flooring choices through lived jobsite stories, not polished instruction. Product talk, safety warnings, craft admiration, and teasing conversation all occupy the same working rhythm.
When it comes to installing hardwood flooring, there are many different options and methods to consider for the best outcome. Tune in each Wednesday as Bona Adhesives Manager, Wayne Highlander, and Bona Trainer, Rob Johnson, pick each other's brains on which products and techniques work best to create beautiful floors with a solid foundation. Whether you're a rookie contractor just learning the ropes in the hardwood flooring trade, or a 3rd-generation seasoned flooring veteran, this podcast will offer a bit of humor infused with useful and engaging information to take on the floor with you.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Hardwood-flooring lessons become memorable through technical detail, candid mistakes and the working logic Wayne Highlander and Rob Johnson bring to each problem.
Wayne Highlander and Rob Johnson turn hardwood-flooring practice into shop-floor education, moving between technical judgment, job-site safety and the realities of running a small business.
Seventeen thousand wooden pixels meet a Three Stooges electrical near-miss, with Wayne and Rob holding court.
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A practical adhesive discussion about safety, cleanup, and prefinished-floor performance.
The episode frames Wayne and Rob around a practical look at safety, cleanup, and what changes for installers. It also brings in a social-media fire demo, concerns about etching on prefinished floors, and memories of older urethane products that were tougher to clean up and…
A large floor-art build, told through shop talk, fixes, and a lot of rework.
The episode centers on a large floor-art build, and the appeal comes from the plain account of how something that looks orderly on a screen becomes far harder in wood.
A blunt reminder that one routine panel job can go wrong in a blink.
This leans on a simple warning, and that works. Wayne starts with a contractor who has spent decades in the trade, then shows how a routine breaker hookup can still end in fire. It feels grounded because the people speaking know how fast a little carelessness turns costly.
A practical reminder that prevention costs less than correction.
The piece starts in a light, joking register before settling into a plain lesson about the cost of quality. Its point is simple and steady: prevention is cheaper than correction, and delays only make a problem more expensive to fix.
A loose, sincere tribute to the work and weight of running a wood floor business.
The episode starts on a sad note, with Wayne and Rob sharing news about Pete's father before the conversation shifts to the work behind wood floors. The show keeps returning to the same hard truth: the job does not stop at the labor itself.
Baustelle truth with tile dust attached.
Bike retail, from policy to the sales floor.
HVAC field knowledge for working contractors.
Wayne Highlander and Rob Johnson kick things off with a lively story about a social-media fire test making the rounds online.
Wayne and Rob bring on Lenny Hall and Jaco Woodenberg to talk through a floor-art build.
Wayne opens with a contractor story that goes sideways fast.
Wayne and Rob start by poking at Rob's habit of saying "the Bona Training" and the correction that comes with it.
Wayne and Rob discuss the recent NHL Winter Classic hockey game between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins at Fenway Park, with Wayne sharing his experience and opinions on the event.
Wayne and Rob discuss the efficiency of water-based coatings versus oil-based coatings in hardwood flooring installation, sharing a real-world example from a gym project.
Wayne and Rob discuss a recent hockey gold medal game between USA and Canada, sharing their excitement and analysis.
Two flooring experts discuss products and techniques for hardwood floor installation, with a casual opening about cooking soup.
Wayne and Rob discuss cold weather effects on hardwood flooring installation and share tips for contractors.
Wayne and Rob discuss improvements to Bona's sealer and vacuum cleaner products for hardwood flooring.
Wayne and Rob discuss a survey about painters and its relevance to the flooring industry, highlighting cross-trade insights.
Wayne and Rob discuss the importance of TDS sheets and the Bona website as tools for hardwood flooring professionals.
Wayne opens with sad news about Pete’s father and the long life he lived as a volunteer fireman and fire commissioner.
Hosts Wayne and Rob interview flooring contractor Adam Bissey about his background and the hardwood flooring business.
This episode discusses why contractors should charge for estimates, featuring guest Chris Frate from Pasquale Floors.
This episode features Lenny Hall discussing the proper methods for acclimating hardwood floors, based on his expertise and video presentation.
Two flooring experts discuss hardwood installation techniques, products, and trade tips for contractors.
Wayne and Rob discuss a new AI tool for job site documentation and share tips on hardwood flooring installation.
Wayne and Rob discuss listener feedback and share tips on hardwood flooring installation.
This episode features an interview with Jason Ramsay, a flooring inspector, discussing square foot pricing in the flooring industry.
Wayne and Rob discuss costly mistakes in hardwood flooring installation, sharing tips for contractors.
Two flooring experts engage in comedic banter, discussing a King of Queens episode and a weekend dinner party.
Hosts Wayne and Rob discuss hardwood flooring installation methods and products, sharing tips for contractors of all experience levels.
Wayne and Rob discuss hardwood flooring installation techniques and products, targeting contractors and flooring professionals.
Wayne and Rob discuss the guilt and challenges of transitioning from working in the field to leading and managing a growing hardwood flooring business.
This episode features Madeleine Denebeim, a social media specialist at Bona, discussing her role in managing social media strategies for the company and consulting with certified craftsmen and sales teams.
Wayne and Rob discuss hardwood flooring products and techniques, with a brief holiday message about reaching out to others.
This episode features a poem about hardwood floor craftsmen and their dedication to transforming wood into meaningful spaces, with plans to discuss social media and reviews.
Wayne and Rob discuss handling customer requests that go against best practices, sharing personal mistakes and lessons learned in hardwood flooring installation.
Wayne and Rob discuss hardwood flooring installation methods and products, with a casual introduction about summer heat preferences.
Two flooring experts discuss hardwood flooring installation techniques and share industry anecdotes.