Phillykitty
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My neighbor ripped out all of the oak parquet in his rowhome and asked me if I wanted it so I said yes. It is long strips of about varying lengths
that are 2 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick. My dream is to have a herringbone floor like in a Paris apartment as seen in the photo. From what I've been reading its tricky to sand herringbone as the boards are at an angle. I was wondering it makes any sense to pre-sand before installation using a bench-top belt sander. So I would cut the pieces to 24 inch lengths and then go through the grit sequence. I know that this would be extremely time consuming. I also wonder if I would have to worry about the boards being of unequal thickness. Or I was also thinking I could sand the unvarnished side of the wood and install it "upside down". I figured that would minimize the amount of sanding I would have to do as their wouldn't be any finish that would have to be removed. The downside of that is the larger nail holes that will have to be filled. My neighbor who is an older carpenter told me that back in the day used to mix the saw dust with something and then sweep it across the floor to fill in the nail holes when installing oak parquet. Any advice would be much appreciated.
that are 2 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick. My dream is to have a herringbone floor like in a Paris apartment as seen in the photo. From what I've been reading its tricky to sand herringbone as the boards are at an angle. I was wondering it makes any sense to pre-sand before installation using a bench-top belt sander. So I would cut the pieces to 24 inch lengths and then go through the grit sequence. I know that this would be extremely time consuming. I also wonder if I would have to worry about the boards being of unequal thickness. Or I was also thinking I could sand the unvarnished side of the wood and install it "upside down". I figured that would minimize the amount of sanding I would have to do as their wouldn't be any finish that would have to be removed. The downside of that is the larger nail holes that will have to be filled. My neighbor who is an older carpenter told me that back in the day used to mix the saw dust with something and then sweep it across the floor to fill in the nail holes when installing oak parquet. Any advice would be much appreciated.