How To Finish Wide Plank Pine Flooring

Pine floor planking is in the category of a soft wood whereas most wood floors are commonly referred to as hardwood.

How to finish wide plank pine flooring. Most people prefer a clear oil finish. Pine is a common material that was used in flooring in the early 1900s. Stain it or leave it natural and topcoat it with an oil or varnish. You can buy heart pine flooring in a variety of widths and grades.

If you want to refinish sanding pine floors is easier than sanding hardwood. Oils are a traditional softwood finish that will penetrate deep into the pine flooring. So the first thing is to check the ends or side of the pine floor boards and see just how much wood is left. Installing and finishing hardwood floors ourselves is definitely not the easiest or quickest option when it comes to flooring.

It was cheap and readily available so safe to say it s everywhere. When i left off on the last post we had just finished the installation and were moving on to the finishing. Most floor finishers use polyurethane to coat floors because it s one of the hardest finish materials available and it provides good dent protection for pine. Hopefully at least 3 16.

It needs regular sweeping and mopping to protect the finish. But i think they were worth the time and effort. The pine will develop a slightly darker patina with age and exposure to light. Four things to look for in heart pine flooring.

Our yellow pine floors from lumber liquidators are officially finished and cured and i am fairly certain i m in love with them. In this second post i m going to do my best to explain how we sanded stained and finished it. There is a significant difference in hard and soft wood as. Pine is a softwood so an old pine floor is usually distressed which is part of its charm.

Welcome back to our diy install of 12 wide plank pine floors. On a 3 4 t g brand new floor there is only 5 16 of wearable sandable wood on the top of the groove. And pine being quite soft tends to get sanded quite deeply each time. Pine wood is classed in a range from no knots to large knots.

When the finish gets dull you can restore it by a screen and recoat. Oil finishes unlike many varnishes won t peel or flake and often look better with age. You need more than one or two coats. Tung oil which has a relatively low level of sheen.