Repairing Antique Wood Floors

Hole through both ends of each damaged board.

Repairing antique wood floors. You can remove it and replace it with a light stain. Follow application instructions and your wood pieces will be looking as good as new in no time. Look for wood of similar species age and size width depth and profiling. As suggested in the wood flooring 101 section of our website the type of wood flooring you have limits the range of possible repairs for your wood floor.

To repair fairly minor damage just use this all natural recipe to restore your wood. The type of wood flooring you have affects the repair options available. Some tips for matching wood. For example you may have a really dark and worn out stain on your floors.

It can dramatically change a room and give it an updated look. Then use a circular saw to connect the two holes. Most likely this will be an oil based varnish or oil based polyurethane. Refinishing old hardwood floors if a floor is scratch sanded or screened not entirely stripped of its old finish then you must use a compatible finish for reapplication.

The easiest way is to bore a 1 in dia. Likely candidates will also have a similar ring pattern rings spaced closely or loosely together. To replace one or two bad boards begin by finding replacement wood that closely matches the sound condition of the original flooring. You can also repair scuffs by rubbing them with a walnut.

If your floor is natural unstained wood then try a few types of floor urethane on your test patch. Avoid the hassles and expense of sanding back to bare wood and applying a b. Water based urethane will dry clear while oil based formulations will impart a slight golden. The wood in vintage floors can be harder than in contemporary ones because there is more chance it was obtained from old growth trees and that the boards are quartersawn.

A perfect way to add some freshness to your home is to restore your old wood floors. Patching hardwood floors because tongue and groove boards are locked in place removal involves cutting out the middle of each damaged board. Mix thoroughly cup of oil canola oil is perfect and cup of vinegar white or apple cider. The high res version of steve s tutorial on repairing a worn wooden floor finish.