/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1485176]

Hello /diy/ first time poster. I can't find a solution to this problem I'm having with my wooden floor, thought I would bring it here.

So as you can see this floor has half scraped varnish on it but also suffers from bumps, holes and this black spotted discoloration everywhere.

I don't even know how to begin going about getting rid of this. I tried using a sander to see if it could get to the crux of it but no, everywhere you look, the floor is discoloured. More pictures to come.

How would you tackle this problem?

[Anonymous No.1485180]

I suspect I need some sort of varnish stripping solution and then use wood paste to make some levels even.

[Anonymous No.1485185]

I think the main problem is how i can get rid of all this charred looking spots etched into the wood. using a sander did nothing on that first pic. Didn't even take off the varnish.


I am not a handy person but really want to start. Please, if you have an experience with such things, point me in the right direction / steps.

[Anonymous No.1485187]

>>1485176
unless your feet are catching on parts, people pay extra for that kind of stuff

[Anonymous No.1485191]

>>1485187
This.

The entire point of having 100 year old floors is that they are 100 years old and look the part.

What you exposed by removing the paint is an attractive floor. Light sanding and a good vacuum followed by a semi gloss finish to seal it and buff with wax. Some classic oriental rugs and you have a great start to a room.

[Anonymous No.1485491]

If you really want to sand the "character" away, you're going to need to rent a proper walk-behind floor sander, start with 36 or 24 grit or whatever strip mining belt they sell for first pass and take off like 1/16-1/8" of the floor, finish, wood, everything. The fillers in the cracks between boards and the filled nail heads will probably all pop out but just go higher and higher grits til you can't see any sanding lines, then re-fill all the holes / cracks. I've had great result on similar looking floors.
>use wood paste to make some levels even.
You can use wood paste in the nail holes and maybe some of the smaller cracks but if you use it as a skim coat / leveler or on big areas, know that there is no grain, so if you apply a stain and/or sealer you are going to get a solid color blob wherever you put wood paste. On small spots like nail holes it looks fine but big sections look like smeared in shit.

[Anonymous No.1485492]

>>1485491
Sorry for double post, but I wanted to add that the first pass sanding will take care of a lot of the leveling. Also, do any wood filler before your last few finer grit passes so the patches get sanded flush with the floor.

[Anonymous No.1485495]

>>1485176