How To Make Wood Flooring From Plywood

Before you put the planks down to nail you need to sand all edges.

How to make wood flooring from plywood.

I also got 2 rolls of an underlayment. Which meant we needed about 25 sheets of plywood. It s almost like putting on a mild stain. Take the plywood into strips and cut the parallelograms that can be fit together making a hexagon and a 3d plywood flooring with a repeated wood cub pattern.

So first sand the floor to remove any splinters. Tighten wood clamps onto the piece to hold the plies together while the glue dries. Apply a coat of glaze to a section of the floor using a paint roller. Drag a plastic comb which comes with the wood graining kit lengthwise along plank to form distinct lines of glaze.

First i went to home depot and found a great 1 4 plywood that has a hardwood top layer. Plywood sheets are 4 8 which is 32 square feet. Draw the rocker along each plank rocking as you go to redistribute the glaze and produce the wavy lines characteristic of wood grain. I brought a few planks in the room to get an idea of how it will look.

Wrap the finished sheet of plywood in wax paper to protect it. Use bricks water jugs furniture or whatever is handy. There are lots of other choices you could make on the plywood. At less than 18 per sheet my price per square foot came in at about 50 cents which is complete insanity.

The oil based poly brings out the color of the wood and the grain and makes the plywood look warmer. Plywood is an engineered wood product consisting of three to seven layers of thin sheets of wood veneer that are then glued together. We needed to install about 800 square feet of flooring up in the studio space with the attached bedroom and balcony. Use spacers apply grout and finish with water based polyurethane for shine on the wood grains.

Depending on the size of the floor either hand sand the floor or use a power sanding tool. Stacking more weight on the plywood during this process will help create a stronger bond. Make sure you use an oil based polyurethene made specifically for flooring.