How To Finish Raw Wood Floors

Learn how to finish your hardwood floor in one day with minwax sanding sealer and minwax super fast drying polyurethane for floors.

How to finish raw wood floors.

Try osmo a scandinavian product or one i tried recently was produced by a hard wood flooring supplier broadleaf in the uk this would be great for hardwood doors stairs etc. I would not recommend a varnish for fencing although the yacht varnish will be tough and durable it will peel and flake over time. Varnish is a popular finish for raw and unfinished wooden furniture. The oil will darken the wood slightly.

The wood is old too so it has a lot of character and any new gouge or stain isn t noticeable. Properly applied varnish will also give your bare wood furniture pieces a shiny lustrous finish. Test areas are recommended and to ensure that you like the finish but also that the oil will absorb okay as you are applying it to a hardwood. The most natural but least water resistant film finish is shellac.

How to finish hardwood floors in one day with minwax uploaded apr 11 2011. For you purposes at least 5 6 coats of shellac can be brushed or rolled on to a well sanded pine floor. If the floor has a hardwax oil finish damage repair is even easier. The last images in the video are after several coats of the oil finish before the flooring soaked up the finish completely.

And this is the flooring today after almost 6 weeks. You can sand out dents scratches and even water stains and apply the same color oil over the raw wood. Hardwood floors tend to be resistant to soaking up liquid spills owing to the closeness of the grain. They work in my house because of the age of the home and my decorating style.

Although in my opinion 4 coats of satin polyurethane makes the very best finish for a pine floor there are many alternatives. Differing timber types respond to different cleaning methods for example it would be best to avoid using wire wool on oak as this can cause the oak to blacken due to chemical reaction between the steel moisture from. Now i can paint while henry watches amazon instant video choosing a finish. We installed the television.

It works and makes sense. Raw wood floors are definitely not right for every home. First start by sanding your raw hardwood to leave microabrasions in the wood s surface. Still if you want the most durable hardwood floor finish it can last up to 25 years that s also low maintenance and you like the idea of installing wood flooring that s already finished.