For this lakeville mn home the owner wanted new maple flooring in an office and dining room that connected to old flooring in the entry way and kitchen.
Before and after oak floors.
As you can see from the photo above right the more porous springwood stains considerably darker than the dense latewood giving the boards a distinct zebra striped look.
Before and after a flooring lace in and the hardwood after we sanded stained and finished the floor.
Before and after gallery.
These test boards were bleached twice.
After everything is stained apply 2 3 coats of poly to seal the stairs.
In total there were three different lace ins.
So let the actual photos illustrate what conti oak floor refinishing can do for your floors.
If you are trying to seek suggestions for 17 attractive refinished hardwood floors before and after then this is the area to be.
The floor contractor patiently bleached a series of sample red oak floor boards to see what the floor would look like with three different stains.
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The floors after two rounds of wood bleach.
For different dimension of floorings in various locations there are different ideas that i could share to you.
Red oak and white oak floors absorb stain more uniformly but be aware that there is a difference between the density of earlywood or springwood and latewood of these species.
Hover over the dividing line and move slowly left and right to view.
Pry up the moulding with a pry bar using a piece of scrap wood to protect the baseboard.
C mon you know your floor looks way too good to keep to yourself.
Before and after gallery.
Then i taped everything in preparation for painting.
After the last you ll need to wait at least 48 hours before walking on the floors in shoes and four days to fill the rooms with furniture once more.
I then did two coats of primer on the risers trim and spindles.
That took hours in itself.
The transformation from an old oak floor to a refinished oak floor can barely be described in words.
Number or otherwise label each piece as you remove it to make it easier to put it back after refinishing the floor.
The minwax poly is good because it dries in 20 30 minutes.
After that i did two coats of paint.
When i saw this i knew there was hope.
White gray and clear.
Want to show off your beautiful new floor.