Sealing Wide Plank Pine Floors

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Sealing wide plank pine floors.

When the finish gets dull you can restore it by a screen and recoat. And pine being quite soft tends to get sanded quite deeply each time. A stain will give the wood a country look and scratches won t appear out of place. The key is in the stain.

Q imported from our old site face lift floors. 2 vacuum floor clean of all dust and debris. Wide plank pine flooring from reclaimed to newly sawn eastern white to pumpkin we have been the biggest supplier ma ny ct nh to ca for over 20 years. 100yr victorian house which also is the subfloor.

Pine is a beautiful choice as a flooring material but it is a soft wood that is more susceptible to damage caused by general wear and tear than hardwoods such as oak or maple. So the first thing is to check the ends or side of the pine floor boards and see just how much wood is left. I harp and preach on this all the time he says. Pines are knotty or have whorls that are never just the same making every pine flooring plank unigue.

Sealing an old pine. Hopefully at least 3 16. Filler for pine plank. In this video this old house contractor tom silva explains how to fill gaps in a wide plank wood floor.

The planks are close to 3 4 inch they are nailed into the joists. How to repair hardwood plank flooring hardwood floors can be damaged by any number things. General contractor tom silva shares ingenious tip for plugging floorboard gaps. It needs regular sweeping and mopping to protect the finish.

Ian mckay co owner of k i exclusive pine flooring in collingwood highly recommends staining the floor first with an oil based stain such as minwax. If you want to refinish sanding pine floors is easier than sanding hardwood. We had professional teppanyaki chefs prepare food on our hardwood floor and take a few whacks at it with machetes and axes just so we can show you how to repair it. There are large gaps that vary between the planks.

Pine is a softwood so an old pine floor is usually distressed which is part of its charm. I have 6 inch old pine plank flooring in my living room. Because of the pine tree s quick growing nature it is easier to obtain very wide pine flooring planks even as wide as 15 to 20 inches and even wider.