Comments on: Romancing the Floor – Saving and Restoring Old Hardwood http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/ The Home Improvement Stack Exchange Blog Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: tawnya http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-498766 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:08:32 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-498766 Did the same one 100yr old floor…use to be a school house…and your right elbow grease. ..lots of hands and knees ..making sure we counter sunk nails so the sandpaper didn’t get torn…trial..error. .and polyurethane and wow….we didn’t even stain it….the clear poly brought out beautiful golden to golden red natural colors in the wood….it’s worth the work.

]]> By: Tony Fox http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-306 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:29:12 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-306 Some brilliant tips for if you want to keep and restore a characteristic old hardwood floor. Trying to restore some Engineered Wooden Flooring at the moment and it’s been great to see a step by step guide.

]]> By: Basement Doors http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-34 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:08:29 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-34 Pretty tough job and you did great furnishing the floor!

]]> By: John http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-30 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:49:55 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-30 That green vinyl tile….we had the exact same pattern in our downstairs kitchen at one time!

]]> By: The Evil Greebo http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-29 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:04:17 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-29 My wife may remember – I don’t recall exactly but I’m sure we protected the floor before painting – probably with (ironically) rosin paper from a hardwood install we did previously.

]]> By: Incognito http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-28 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:21:22 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-28 I love hardwood flooring, and am really enjoying the vicarious joy of seeing your home renovations unfold, Greebo. Reminds me of when I helped take tongue-and-groove hardwood flooring off the floors of an old CPR (Canadian Pacific Railroad) train station. We bleached a few dark trouble spots to match the colour. Aahhh; beautiful! Well done, Greebo and Ceashels!

One question: why didn’t you finish the walls and paint them before doing the floor? I guess you’ve got a really good dropcloth, eh?

]]> By: The Evil Greebo http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-26 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:45:20 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-26 I know, I know – I feel awful that we don’t have a “grand finish” shot. But now the floor is pretty much hidden under walls of modular shelving and an area rug. 🙁

]]> By: Stephen http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/romancing-the-floor-saving-and-restoring-old-hardwood/#comment-25 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:15:48 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=47#comment-25 Great project and a great message.

Your photo journalism has all the appeal of a book missing the last page, however 🙂

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