Finishing red oak floors. Problems with finishing oak floors. Do i have to sand down to bare wood to get rid of them. A step by step video for a home owner on how to use various wood floor sanders and how to apply the finish. If the scratches dont go all the way through to the wood you can scuff sand your floors with a buffer and apply a fresh coat or two of finish.
Sanding red oak minwax golden oak duraseal semi gloss. The editors of this old house reply. My oak floors are covered in scratches. This is a property that makes hardwood floors more durable than for instance a pine floor but also.
Well sanded and beautifully finished floors thats what we do. Pre finished red oak has up to 10 layers of sealer that. Time lapse of hardwood floor installation sanding and finishing. Susan bankhead meridian idaho.
With a hardness rating in. Red oak install stain and finish evsnova74. Pre finished floors are more expensive in the beginning but the finish tends to last longer than those applied onsite to unfinished floors.