Love the look of this finish really has an old raw wood appearance that i would like to try after seeing your results on the little night table.
How to finish raw wood floor.
My old oak parquet floors with a poly finish was recently sanded and the colors in the raw natural wood are beautiful.
They ll be easier to make out if you re removing a finish.
If you don t know what to look for then don t be faked out and think the gouges are not there because you can t see them.
Despite the ever increasing selection of hardwood flooring materials available oak continues to be the standard.
How to install unfinished oak hardwood flooring.
The gouges will be subtle and hard to see in a raw floor one without a finish on it.
How to finish hardwood floors in one day with minwax uploaded apr 11 2011.
Apply a 50 50 mix of trans tint dark mission brown and medium brown dye to the bare wood and let it dry.
Hardwood floors tend to be resistant to soaking up liquid spills owing to the closeness of the grain.
Sanding the dye coat ever so lightly really enhances the ray flecks.
This finish is designed specifically for quartersawn white oak.
I asked the wood guy what type of finish he could apply that would best simulate the raw wood color.
Two years ago when we moved we had all of the floors sanded down to the raw oak and i really loved the color and feel.
Very lightly scuff sand the dyed wood with 320 grit paper.
They used bona mega waterbourne hardwood floor finish in satin.
Varnish is a popular finish for raw and unfinished wooden furniture.
First start by sanding your raw hardwood to leave microabrasions in the wood s surface.
Properly applied varnish will also give your bare wood furniture pieces a shiny lustrous finish.
The varnish will protect the wood from water grease and dirt.
Instead of the old honey brown color the raw floors have beautiful light grays browns and light cream see pic.
I didn t like the oil based polys that yellow over time.
It is one of the most abundant.
I want to keep them as is but want a finish that won t change its current look.