That s why we do our utmost to talk you out of staining your wood floors.
Floors staining socks after empty apartment.
Refinishing sanding staining polyurethane for hardwood oak floors.
Staining floors especially for first time do it yourselfers is a tricky business.
On a sidenote we just had our hardwood floors redone due to a water main leak and i have a recommendation from the pros.
Dip rag or sponge into stain and apply stain to floor going with the grain rather than against.
Floor refinishing will improve the appearance of your wood floors but it will make a mess in the process.
After performing a google search on moisture cure i learned that it probably wasn t such a good idea to stay in the house during the 48 hour period after the second application.
Is vinyl flooring a muck magnet.
If you re ready and willing to take on the task keep reading for the details on how to stain your own hardwood floors.
The weekend long process follows these steps.
What can i do.
Work from one side of the room to the other frequently wringing out rag or sponge so coverage is even and stain doesn t pool on floor.
Where does it come from.
And when it does go wrong the only solution is to re sand the floor and start all over from the beginning.
Stain makes sander scratch shockingly visible.
I stayed in the house upstairs with all of the windows open.
When we had our kitchen floors finished i sent my wife and children to my mother in laws.
It looks clean afterwards but just suppose half an hour later after it is dry my daughter walks in there with either bare feet or her clean white school socks the undersides of her foot are black with muck.
Your floors look amazinh.
Here are four big reasons why.