How To Finish Raw Wood Floor

I didn t like the oil based polys that yellow over time.

How to finish raw wood floor.

Despite the ever increasing selection of hardwood flooring materials available oak continues to be the standard. I want to keep them as is but want a finish that won t change its current look. They used bona mega waterbourne hardwood floor finish in satin. It is one of the most abundant.

My old oak parquet floors with a poly finish was recently sanded and the colors in the raw natural wood are beautiful. I asked the wood guy what type of finish he could apply that would best simulate the raw wood color. Properly applied varnish will also give your bare wood furniture pieces a shiny lustrous finish. How to finish hardwood floors in one day with minwax uploaded apr 11 2011.

They ll be easier to make out if you re removing a finish. The varnish will protect the wood from water grease and dirt. I have two pine pieces in my bedroom a 2 door cabinet with a 2 drawer base about 60 tall and a matching chest of drawers about 48 tall. How to install unfinished oak hardwood flooring.

This is a property that makes hardwood floors more durable than for instance a pine floor but also makes them more difficult to finish. Instead of the old honey brown color the raw floors have beautiful light grays browns and light cream see pic. Hardwood floors tend to be resistant to soaking up liquid spills owing to the closeness of the grain. First start by sanding your raw hardwood to leave microabrasions in the wood s surface.

Apply a 50 50 mix of trans tint dark mission brown and medium brown dye to the bare wood and let it dry. This finish is designed specifically for quartersawn white oak. Varnish is a popular finish for raw and unfinished wooden furniture. Sanding the dye coat ever so lightly really enhances the ray flecks.

If you don t know what to look for then don t be faked out and think the gouges are not there because you can t see them. Love the look of this finish really has an old raw wood appearance that i would like to try after seeing your results on the little night table. Very lightly scuff sand the dyed wood with 320 grit paper.