Natural Finish Pine Floors

With yellow pine floors the color of the floors doesn t change very much.

Natural finish pine floors. Their natural desire is to transform into pumpkin orange right before your eyes but you can temper that tone by updating the way you finish them. Oils are a traditional softwood finish that will penetrate deep into the pine flooring. Although in my opinion 4 coats of satin polyurethane makes the very best finish for a pine floor there are many alternatives. The pine will develop a slightly darker patina with age and exposure to light.

You can buy heart pine flooring in a variety of widths and grades. To finish a pine floor which is basically plywood that is purchased and finished from large sheets you need to use stain varnish or oil. Skip right to the recipe. This worked great u tests but in actual application the floor finished did not wipe it off enough and got the finishing done quickly with a water based floor finish loba.

Four things to look for in heart pine flooring. Oil finishes unlike many varnishes won t peel or flake and often look better with age. Types of oil commonly used to finish pine floors include. The most natural but least water resistant film finish is shellac.

When i first bought my house and had. Like all other finishes it slightly enhances the natural pigment in pine. Once the oil cured the floor felt a little warmer but the color stayed close to the natural color of the original unfinished pine. Apply a colorless oil to preserve the pine s natural color.

For you purposes at least 5 6 coats of shellac can be brushed or rolled on to a well sanded pine floor. Stain it or leave it natural and topcoat it with an oil or varnish. Most people prefer a clear oil finish. On oil based on pine may give quite an orange result whereas the water based may change the colour of the pine less although the combination of natural oil stain followed by sealer and then a water based finish is not one i am familiar with it could simply be the system required for a particular brand used.

The one downer about oil finishes is the cure time around 30 days to be fully cured. There is no hard finish and water and stain resistance is low. You can use paste wax on wall panel boards ceiling boards and furniture and also on some low traffic floors such as bedrooms. And it definitely took that long for us.

However the result is a soft sheen with most of the original color remaining.