Hopefully, this will be the last home-improvement question I have for a while. I have been fixing up a house now for 3 months, and many of you have already helped me greatly in different areas with your advice. I thank you all for the help (past, present and future!).
As the project draws to a close, I am coming closer to the time where I will have to sand and refinishe the hardwood flooring. I have about 650 SF of white oak flooring that was in the house when I bought it, and in serious need of refinishing. I also knocked down a wall to create a formal dining room. In this room I have put down a Maple transition piece in the 2 doorways (against some other people's advice- but I think it'll come out nicely) and then put new cherry flooring down in the dining room. So, I have a room with a doorway on 2 walls and a cherry floor. In the doorway is Maple, on the other side of the maple in both doors is the oak flooring in the hall and living room.
I am going to rent a sander, and had the opportunity to use one of them at a friend's house about a month ago- I feel confident there. I am thinking of using the edge sander or ROS on the transition piece to keep the bleeding of different woods to a minimum.
The question is on the finish. I am going with a high-solids "gym floor" finish for the final 2 coats. However, in playing around a little with some scraps, I put 2 coats of Teak Oil on the different pieces of wood and then finished with regular poly. I liked the way the Teak Oil popped out the grain patterns.
I already know I'm going to have to be careful not to over-sand the cherry or I'll get a blotchy look in the wood from the Teak Oil. Is there anything else I should be aware of? Is there any reason I should avoid the teak oil and just use the floor finish by itself?
Thanks in advance for the help!
As the project draws to a close, I am coming closer to the time where I will have to sand and refinishe the hardwood flooring. I have about 650 SF of white oak flooring that was in the house when I bought it, and in serious need of refinishing. I also knocked down a wall to create a formal dining room. In this room I have put down a Maple transition piece in the 2 doorways (against some other people's advice- but I think it'll come out nicely) and then put new cherry flooring down in the dining room. So, I have a room with a doorway on 2 walls and a cherry floor. In the doorway is Maple, on the other side of the maple in both doors is the oak flooring in the hall and living room.
I am going to rent a sander, and had the opportunity to use one of them at a friend's house about a month ago- I feel confident there. I am thinking of using the edge sander or ROS on the transition piece to keep the bleeding of different woods to a minimum.
The question is on the finish. I am going with a high-solids "gym floor" finish for the final 2 coats. However, in playing around a little with some scraps, I put 2 coats of Teak Oil on the different pieces of wood and then finished with regular poly. I liked the way the Teak Oil popped out the grain patterns.
I already know I'm going to have to be careful not to over-sand the cherry or I'll get a blotchy look in the wood from the Teak Oil. Is there anything else I should be aware of? Is there any reason I should avoid the teak oil and just use the floor finish by itself?
Thanks in advance for the help!
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