Before And After Oak Floors

I then did two coats of primer on the risers trim and spindles.

Before and after oak floors.

Before and after a flooring lace in and the hardwood after we sanded stained and finished the floor. When i saw this i knew there was hope. In total there were three different lace ins. White gray and clear.

Pry up the moulding with a pry bar using a piece of scrap wood to protect the baseboard. These test boards were bleached twice. 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. Then submit your before and after photos below and we ll send you a voucher for a free bottle of cleaner redeemable at your local lumber liquidators.

Then i taped everything in preparation for painting. Number or otherwise label each piece as you remove it to make it easier to put it back after refinishing the floor. Want to show off your beautiful new floor. That took hours in itself.

Go dark before the remodel this home truly was a golden oak palace the floors doors trim casing and cabinetry were all the exact same shade of golden oak needless to say the matchy matchy trend has passed as with most projects we wanted to utilize as much of the high quality material as possible while still transforming the kitchen entirely. The floors after two rounds of wood bleach. The minwax poly is good because it dries in 20 30 minutes. Before and after gallery.

Before and after gallery. C mon you know your floor looks way too good to keep to yourself. Before floor refinishing with a sander you should pull up the shoe base moulding along where the floor meets the wall. The transformation from an old oak floor to a refinished oak floor can barely be described in words.

If you are trying to seek suggestions for 17 attractive refinished hardwood floors before and after then this is the area to be. Hover over the dividing line and move slowly left and right to view. 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. 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.

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. After everything is stained apply 2 3 coats of poly to seal the stairs. For different dimension of floorings in various locations there are different ideas that i could share to you. So let the actual photos illustrate what conti oak floor refinishing can do for your floors.