Like most types of wood flooring fir is considered a unique addition to the home which adds warmth and character that can t be achieved with other materials.
Best finish for douglas fir flooring.
However sawed for vertical grain and graded for superior finish the cost rises by at least three times.
Attach 100 grit sandpaper to a hand sanding block.
Douglas fir flooring is naturally a rosy pink toned timber but enhanced by a scandinavian style bleached white finish.
In this case you are going to want to refinish the floor.
Found across most of the nation as common construction lumber douglas fir falls in the inexpensive price range of about 1 per lineal foot.
Here are the basics of how to refinish douglas fir flooring successfully.
We buy our douglas fir timbers directly from a west coast supplier who uses only the best looking timber.
Sawn as vertical grain douglas fir performs well as flooring and looks stunning as cabinetry.
However in some cases it can be scratched and start to look a little bit old.
Our house was built in the 1920 s and our top story has raw fir t g floors with no sub floor.
The lye lightens the floor and stops the natural patination of the timber giving a beautiful and light appearance.
I d like to finish the floors with something both to decrease wear and to make them easier to clean but i don t want to use any sort of top.
Its color ranges from light red to pale yellow.
That can be a good thing though since it affords you the opportunity to finish the wood.
The traditional method of bleaching solid douglas fir flooring is with lye soap.
This is the floor refinish done on the school house we are renovating in north idaho.
Douglas fir can be beautiful in the right hands using the right stain.
Fir is an excellent wood for highly finished post beam frames and commercial work because of its strength and beautiful grain.
Fir floors are much softer than traditional hardwood flooring making them a bit more difficult to sand and refinish.
Finishing softwood flooring whereas hardwood floors often come prefinished softwood hardly ever does.
Choosing a penetrating finish for fir floor.