Softwood Floor Refinishing

There is a significant difference in hard and soft wood as.

Softwood floor refinishing. We decided that we wanted to keep oir 100 uear old pine flooring in our new home. Konopka wood sanding will rejuvenate your old flooring leaving your home feeling bright warm and inviting. Whether you ve been admiring your old wood floor for years or you just discovered it hidden under some old carpeting refinishing it can be a feast for. It is a soft wood.

Store and dispose of oil soaked rags properly. Pine is a common material that was used in flooring in the early 1900s. On the janka hardness scale southern yellow pine is 870 douglas fir 660 and eastern white pine 380 compared to red oak which is 1290. The pros and cons of softwood flooring if you re in the market for a wood floor in a low traffic room don t ignore the rustic charm and extremely low cost of softwoods like pine.

Although in my opinion 4 coats of satin polyurethane makes the very best finish for a pine floor there are many alternatives. Start date jan 26 2008. Pine is not only a very soft wood even syp but fairly porous and needs multiple coats of some sort of film finish. The most natural but least water resistant film finish is.

I would like to restore the wood and have been given conflicting advice. Thread starter g francis. As a result pine tends to dent and scratch a lot more easily. Flooring experts estimate that hardwood floors can be sanded for refinishing up to 10 times depending on the thoroughness of the sanding and the level of wear and tear on the floor.

It was cheap and readily available so safe to say it s everywhere. Situations differ but you may not be able to refinish your hardwood floor more than 10 times. Technically pine flooring is not a hardwood. Jan 26 2008 1 i recently bought an abandoned farm house from the the early 1900 s.

We will transform your dingy old floor with old fashioned craftsmanship skill born from experience and the care that comes from a job well done. The hardness varies pending on the pine species being used. So what would be a good base for pine. As with all refinishing projects if you re going to stain you should test it first in an inconspicuous place to see how the wood reacts.

It has softwood flooring that has been covered by carpet and vinyl. It was a labor of love and tons of work.