How To Refinish Heart Pine Floors

Patience refinishing a pine floor is an act of patience.

How to refinish heart pine floors.

Whether it s a new floor or a re sand as a rule of thumb sand the floor on a diagonal of about 15 to 30 degrees with 36 or 40 grit paper. That is not to say that is not worth it or that it cannot. This will sand more aggressively than sanding straight with the grain. The sap that is in the heart pine will load up the paper within 20 to 30 square feet of sanding.

4 tips for refinishing pine flooring 1. This makes for a long day. This may not be possible however if the stains are too deep or the floors have been sanded several times leaving the wood above the groove too thin. So consider this my contribution to the internet in the hopes that the next person who is desperately googling for photos of refinished pine flooring not hickory.

Apply 2 coats of bona traffic hd. Sand again if that s what you re doing and vacuum and wipe with a damp cloth. The sealer truly makes the color of the floor pop and really lets the beauty of heart pine even heart pine that s been discolored beneath layers of old flooring shine through. Sand with the utmost care the initial step and the most critical in refinishing any floor is sanding.

Dampen your mop or another lint free rag and wipe down the entire surface of the pine flooring to remove the sanding dust. Now that the floor has been sealed we just have a few coats of finish topcoat to apply some moulding to put into the room some paint to apply a rim lock to restore and a vanity bottom to build beneath the sink top. Allow to dry 3 hours. Wipe the floor with a damp rag or mop after sanding.

Also keep in mind that heart pine can be difficult to sand since the pine resin in the wood tends to gum up the sandpaper particularly when using finer grits. Most stains and differences from previous finishes should come out if the floors are thoroughly sanded starting with coarse sandpaper and working up to finer grits. Wood characteristics and floor condition although it s a softwood heart pine has a janka hardness rating of 1225 which is higher than walnut or teak and about the same as carbonized bamboo.