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March 5, 2008
Sanderson Files: The Kitchen Floor, Second Pass
Some images of the next pass over the salvage pine boards with a finer grain paper. After the first pass, the boards still had some remnants of their old top layer, but with the next pass, they really started to look nice and clean, really light too.
Comments
Beautiful. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: guest at March 5, 2008 3:24 PM
Your G is the super woman I tell you. Handling the floor sander is not an easy task.
Can't wait for tung oil finish to go on it.
Are you going to stain it before you apply the finsh coat?
Posted by: guest at March 5, 2008 4:05 PM
She is damn super! She had experience with floor sanding and refinishing having done it once in an old apartment in Brussels.
We went back on forth on staining first, thinking about a nice dark floor, but then decided to keep it light, especially since our countertops will be a darkish wood (Ikea) and we wanted some contrast between the two.
- Peter
Posted by: guest at March 5, 2008 4:39 PM
We have the same pine floors in our house, we have stained them to a warm honey color. I think it was called Ipswitch Pine. Just gives it some warmth. With using the oil based poly they get this color over time since oil finish gets darker/yellower. I kind of like it - but it is a personal choice and depends on your kitchen cabinets color as well.
Posted by: guest at March 5, 2008 5:13 PM
Nice work. I noticed the back door is now a new Anderson. I guess I missed when you changed it from the old door you wanted to put in. Must be warmer this way.
Also, what is holding up the beams near your back door overhead where the load-bearing wall got taken out? Did you hide the columns in the wall? Its hidden nicely if you did..
Posted by: tomgee at March 5, 2008 5:21 PM
It's going to be beautiful. It may be light now, but all kinds of colors might lurk.
I'm no expert, but you might want to test your finish in a small section somewhere before you commit to it. There is such a wide range of color that could emerge, you may want a previews. For example, if the wood was ever water damaged, they will come out darker, even if you have sanded away any evidence of water damage. Our old pine planks looked very similar when sanded, even slightly greenish. We put a clear finish and a coat of poly and we got four or five grades of maple syrup, and generally darker where we knew there had been water.
Posted by: slopefarm at March 6, 2008 9:43 AM
Pergo would of been a better choice
Posted by: guest at March 6, 2008 9:09 PM
Sweet, tasty Pergo.
Posted by: Rehab at March 7, 2008 1:47 AM
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