After everything is stained apply 2 3 coats of poly to seal the stairs.
Before and after oak floors.
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.
That took hours in itself.
C mon you know your floor looks way too good to keep to yourself.
If you are trying to seek suggestions for 17 attractive refinished hardwood floors before and after then this is the area to be.
These test boards were bleached twice.
Before and after gallery.
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.
For different dimension of floorings in various locations there are different ideas that i could share to you.
You can still see a hint of.
I then did two coats of primer on the risers trim and spindles.
The minwax poly is good because it dries in 20 30 minutes.
Number or otherwise label each piece as you remove it to make it easier to put it back after refinishing the floor.
Then i taped everything in preparation for painting.
The transformation from an old oak floor to a refinished oak floor can barely be described in words.
Before floor refinishing with a sander you should pull up the shoe base moulding along where the floor meets the wall.
White gray and clear.
Want to show off your beautiful new floor.
The floors after two rounds of wood bleach.
When i saw this i knew there was hope.
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.
Hover over the dividing line and move slowly left and right to view.
So let the actual photos illustrate what conti oak floor refinishing can do for your floors.
After that i did two coats of paint.
Pry up the moulding with a pry bar using a piece of scrap wood to protect the baseboard.
In total there were three different lace ins.
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.
Before and after gallery.
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.