refinishing old floors and wide plan sub floors
Anyone have great recomendations of companies that refinish existing beat up wood floors and subfloors? Any tips on how to do this myself will also be greatly appreciated.
Anyone have great recomendations of companies that refinish existing beat up wood floors and subfloors? Any tips on how to do this myself will also be greatly appreciated.
I used Carlos from Inti Interior Design & Floors, his work is impeccable. He went above and beyond to make sure I got the correct stain and shine from my antique parquet floors. He can be reached at 646-281-2659.
I’m hiring him soon to do all the floors in a new home I just purchased in Ridgefield Park, NJ.
Tell him Allan recommended him.
If you have antique pine / heart pine/ pumpkin pine wide plank floors (subfloors since they went under carpet), they do not really need any finishing. They have a patina that they aquire with age and all the imperfections are part of the character. We have them and have done nothing, except shore up the weak baords from underneath (the lower floor ceiling was removed during a gut renovation). In our parlor floor they have been coated with water based polyurethane and they look fake. Some people may use tung oil on them to make them harder and more resistant to scratches and also to get darker. Whatever you do, don’t sand them or you will lose the patina and they will look like a new pine board that you just got from HD.
Shalom flooring is wonderful – 516-942-4478. Daniel, the owner, is like a flooring artisan and would be very into saving old floors.
Sample the finishes before you commit. There is a lot of color in these old pine floors that is not revealed until the finish goes on. If you try a stain with some color in it, it could backfire on you.