How To Finish Rough Sawn Flooring

Be especially careful to smooth any runs or drips.

How to finish rough sawn flooring.

Use an oil based paintbrush if you are applying oil based stain. Finishing rough sawn flooring if you re installing the new flooring parallel to the existing nail down floor use a plywood underlayment first to avoid large gaps. Cleanup was thorough and the floors appear to be installed well but what do we know about what might occur down the road other than the finish. Rough lumber may contain saw marks insect holes and bark.

Rough cut lumber is just what the name implies. And what type of wood is best used for flooring. By charles peterson issue 269 aug sept 2017. Rough milled lumber is sold in numerical units.

Stocked in random width our rough sawn flooring requires only light sanding which can easily be done by hand allowing the do it yourself person to complete this floor start to finish. Apply the stain to the rough cut lumber using the 3 to 4 inch paintbrush and working from left to right. A proper finish keeps rough wood supple prevents it from fading cracking and enhances its natural beauty. Marks lumber flooring goes down more quickly and efficiently than many rough sawn floors due to our defect removal and end matched material.

Use a latex paintbrush if you are applying latex stain. In this video i show you some easy woodworking finishing techniques to get the perfect finish on your next reclaimed wood project for a full write up check o. Also the overall appearance of the floors when you enter the room is this looks great. 4 4 1 inch rough cut.

6 4 1 inches rough cut. There were some tricky folding closet doors cut to fit new floors and 4 regular doors. 8 4 2 inches rough cut. It s fuzzy with exposed fibers with an inconsistent surface.

Rough sawn lumber for hardwood floors a friend of mine told us we could get that look by buying rough sawn lumber from a local saw mill and staining it ourselves is this possbile and if so can you please tell me the best way to go about it the stainging and finishing process. Once completed the varied surface created by the saw marks hides the abuse from high traffic pets etc. Remember the finishing process subtracts inch such that a rough cut one inch board is only about inch when finished. Rough sawn flooring is not designed to be perfectly flat so this makes laying and sanding the flooring much easier than smooth finish wood floors.