Finishes Pine Floor

How to finish pine floors the best way to finish your pine wood floor.

Finishes pine floor.

Cleaning and sanding the pine floor. Then apply a final coat of stain varnish or oil. Many of our customers want a pine floor finish that s tough easy to use doesn t leave brush marks and is quick drying. We chose yellow pine unfinished flooring from lumber liquidators sand floors with an orbital sander rented locally.

For you purposes at least 5 6 coats of shellac can be brushed or rolled on to a well sanded pine floor. You ll need to finish your own pine flooring using stain varnish or oil. Part 1 of 3. This process is detailed in this post.

Ryan used an air nailer to nail the boards in place. For maximum protection and durability give the floor 2 coats of stain or varnish and wait 24 hours for the floor to dry. More importantly still is that they often ask for something that doesn t darken the wood. 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.

The most natural but least water resistant film finish is shellac. The flooring installation and finish process for video haters. Although in my opinion 4 coats of satin polyurethane makes the very best finish for a pine floor there are many alternatives.