Worn out wood floors - don't want to paint them
Since the hand-scraped look is popular right now, why couldn't you actually hand scrape off the finish and use water borne polyurethane on them, a section of boards at a time?
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Charlie on Mar 25, 2015Years ago, (seems a lifetime ago) when I was first married we moved into a military house. It was in terrible shape. One of the problems was floors like yours. We hadn't the resources to sand etc, so I went to the hardware store and bought clear varathane. (Note it isn't clear, so cover any baseboards.) and painted the clean floors with it. I believe I did two coats on every floor. The difference was unbelievable. The varathane caused a shining surface, and no one noticed the gross imperfections. I hope this helps you. God BlessHelpful Reply
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GRAMCK on Mar 25, 2015I use Murphy's Oil Soap on my old pumpkin pine floors, it smells great and cleans and shines in one step!Helpful Reply
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Gail Salminen on Mar 25, 2015@Darla the suggestions above seem reasonable. You could also go to the paint department at home depot or lowes and ask for advise there as well. I seem to recall a post on here recently about a product that renewed the hardwood floors. You could use the search bar to look up hardwood floors.Helpful Reply
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PainterNoni on Mar 26, 2015I have seen "new" floors made out of pallets. Very interesting and "in". I have old engineered wood floors that have seen better days. There are wipe on stains for wood. I used a black stain for my oak "boards". Rough up each board, then wipe on stain, then finish with a protective poly . Sand & wipe emphasizing the individual boards. This can be done a small area at a time, so life doesn't have to be disrupted.Voila....a pallet floor without all the work.Helpful Reply
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Lori Roberts on Mar 26, 2015If they are in real bad shape. You might rent sander they work great. I did my house and than turn out pretty good for the first time of doing it.Helpful Reply
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Sherrie on Mar 26, 2015I was also going to suggest a sander. We did our own wood floors.Helpful Reply
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Country Design Home on Mar 27, 2015Quite awhile ago, I had that same dilemma in my dining room. I cleaned the floor and the used PolyShades-I think it's by Minwax-its polyurethane with a stain color mixed in- with a slightly darker stain color than what was already there. It (kind of) hid the color differences from where the floor was worn, but it gave the whole floor a nice shine again. It has lasted many years.Helpful Reply
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PainterNoni on Mar 27, 2015The stuff i used is a water based Minwax ..Called Express Color...........does a great job on Oak........don't know about mapleHelpful Reply
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Darla on Mar 27, 2015Thanks for all your suggestions! Now I know it is possible.Helpful Reply
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Freddy Jones on Apr 17, 2015Google Mr Sandless in your area. Lots of the products mentioned keep us in business not saying which ones.Helpful Reply
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