What kind of Hardwood is this?

[gk1977]

Hi, I just bought a home and planning to get hardwood floors refinished. What kind of hardwood is this and will whitewash done professionally look good on this? What should be expected expenses? About 1800 sq ft.

 

[C.J.]

That looks like a hand scraped engineered product. Prolly glued down.

 

[Mark Brown]

I am with C.J. on this one, hand scraped oak engineered something something. It would be laborious to have it refinished seeing as it is hand scraped and factory finished. There are some chemical strippers that might be up to the task but I am so unfamiliar with them I cannot offer advice. I know there has been some development in this area of late for just this reason and well I simply have not kept up to date on it all.

See the issue with hand scraped and distressed boards in general and for that matter most engineered floors is that there really isn't enough meat on the bone so to speak to sand them down back to flat, remove the stain and finish and then go again.

You do not magically have any attic stock laying around that you could show a picture of? It would be much easier to assess seeing a cross section of the wood than just a topical image.

All of that being equal, for me to come and sand, stain and finish a hardwood floor would start around 4.50-5.00 dollars and move up from there. It is a highly area dependent industry and I do not know pricing in your area but that is the best I could do.

 

[gk1977]

I am with C.J. on this one, hand scraped oak engineered something something. It would be laborious to have it refinished seeing as it is hand scraped and factory finished. There are some chemical strippers that might be up to the task but I am so unfamiliar with them I cannot offer advice. I know there has been some development in this area of late for just this reason and well I simply have not kept up to date on it all.

See the issue with hand scraped and distressed boards in general and for that matter most engineered floors is that there really isn't enough meat on the bone so to speak to sand them down back to flat, remove the stain and finish and then go again.

You do not magically have any attic stock laying around that you could show a picture of? It would be much easier to assess seeing a cross section of the wood than just a topical image.

All of that being equal, for me to come and sand, stain and finish a hardwood floor would start around 4.50-5.00 dollars and move up from there. It is a highly area dependent industry and I do not know pricing in your area but that is the best I could do.

Thanks!

 

[gk1977]

I checked with the builder and it is a Walnut hardwood floor. Now what is best option if I want to refinish this?

 

[C.J.]

I checked with the builder and it is a Walnut hardwood floor. Now what is best option if I want to refinish this?

Solid or engineered? Solid can be sanded and finished, engineered not so much unless you want to explore some other options that Mark may have mentioned.

 

[Floorist]

For the OP. Solid would be walnut all the way through. Engineered is a thin sheet of walnut on a base sheet like plywood or OSB.

 

[gk1977]

For the OP. Solid would be walnut all the way through. Engineered is a thin sheet of walnut on a base sheet like plywood or OSB.

it is solid. I confirmed

Thanks for inputs

 

[MikeAntonetti]

It’s hands scraped, why does it need refinishing?

 

[gk1977]

It’s hands scraped, why does it need refinishing?

have scratched (almost 10 years old now) and the finish looks a little too yellow.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Ok, I am unaware of portable refinishing equipment to follow the contours of the mimic hand scrape surface. Not up on latest wood finishing equipment.