How To Finish Raw Wood Floors

How to finish hardwood floors in one day with minwax uploaded apr 11 2011.

How to finish raw wood floors. The oil will darken the wood slightly. First start by sanding your raw hardwood to leave microabrasions in the wood s surface. Varnish is a popular finish for raw and unfinished wooden furniture. The wood is old too so it has a lot of character and any new gouge or stain isn t noticeable.

The most natural but least water resistant film finish is shellac. Although in my opinion 4 coats of satin polyurethane makes the very best finish for a pine floor there are many alternatives. Now i can paint while henry watches amazon instant video choosing a finish. You can sand out dents scratches and even water stains and apply the same color oil over the raw wood.

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. The varnish will protect the wood from water grease and dirt. This is a property that makes hardwood floors more durable than for instance a pine floor but also makes them more difficult to finish. Because the finish penetrates only the exposed wood and not the finished wood the repair is perfectly camouflaged and it can be completed by almost anyone in just a few hours.

They work in my house because of the age of the home and my decorating style. Learn how to finish your hardwood floor in one day with minwax sanding sealer and minwax super fast drying polyurethane for floors. 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. Hardwood floors tend to be resistant to soaking up liquid spills owing to the closeness of the grain.

And this is the flooring today after almost 6 weeks. Raw wood floors are definitely not right for every home. We installed the television. Properly applied varnish will also give your bare wood furniture pieces a shiny lustrous finish.

The last images in the video are after several coats of the oil finish before the flooring soaked up the finish completely. It works and makes sense. I would not recommend a varnish for fencing although the yacht varnish will be tough and durable it will peel and flake over time. For you purposes at least 5 6 coats of shellac can be brushed or rolled on to a well sanded pine floor.