How To Refinish Douglas Fir Wood Floors

However in some cases it can be scratched and start to look a little bit old.

How to refinish douglas fir wood floors.

Attach 100 grit sandpaper to a hand sanding block. I have very rustic quality doug fir tx floors. Here is my question again regarding filling the cracks in an old doug fir floor. Douglas fir flooring is a very durable type of hardwood flooring.

I wasn t 100 sure that refinishing would work because as the before photos show the floors were in bad shape. Or is it too soft. April 7 2007 at 6 03 pm 13 comments. Part of the key is to open pores with sandpaper to allow stain penetration.

Douglas fir can be beautiful in the right hands using the right stain. In this case you are going to want to refinish the floor. If the staining comes out blotchy use a stain controller first flooring is one of the most common uses of the wood especially in the west where douglas fir is still widely available. Douglas fir is softer than most hardwoods but it is easy to work with and stains and finishes really well if staining is your cup of tea.

There s laminate flooring down but under the laminate there s douglas fir. As with all refinishing projects if you re going to stain you should test it first in an inconspicuous place to see how the wood reacts. Like most types of wood flooring fir is considered a unique addition to the home which adds warmth and character that can t be achieved with other materials. Here are the basics of how to refinish douglas fir flooring successfully.

Mike the hardwood floor guy assured me that he could bring them back to life. Fir floors are much softer than traditional hardwood flooring making them a bit more difficult to sand and refinish. Is douglas fir suitable to refinish. Regardless of the distressed quality i would like to fill the gaps sand it down and apply a light stain to the wood.