Was I Serious About Refinishing My Newly Finished Floors? Here’s The Truth…

Once I mentioned two days in the past that I used to be going to refinish my newly completed pink oak hardwood flooring to make them lighter, the overwhelming majority of individuals thought that I used to be really being critical about that. Y’all know me properly. I’m the queen of the redo. If I’m not 100% glad with one thing, I typically don’t have any drawback in any respect turning proper round and redoing it. However there have been a couple of individuals who thought I used to be joking. I get it. In any case, I did put up that on April 1st, so it might have been an ideal April Idiot’s joke.

However what stunned me probably the most was the overwhelming optimistic response I bought. I believed that I might get a lot extra pushback than I did. The very first thing I mentioned to my mother once we sat down for lunch yesterday was, “Did you see the responses I bought on that put up?! Virtually everybody mentioned I ought to go for it!” She was reasonably shocked, too. She and I had already talked about it, and she or he was additionally anticipating a complete lot extra pushback on the thought of me redoing such a giant challenge that truly turned out actually fairly.

So was I critical, or was it an April Idiot’s joke? I’m fairly certain 100% of you really know the reply to that.

I used to be very critical. Actually, earlier than I wrote that put up, I had already sanded down a number of the flooring contained in the washer cupboard simply to see how onerous it might be to get the end off of the ground. I figured if I chickened out, at the least it might be hidden underneath the washer and nobody would ever see it.

However now I’ve handed the purpose of no return. Yesterday, after I completed all the wooden filling on all the cupboards, I spent about half-hour sanding the end off of the ground proper up in opposition to the cupboards in order that I can get the baseboards connected right this moment.

I don’t need to have all the flooring sanded at this level, and I gained’t be sanding all the flooring with my 5-inch orbital sander. 😀 However earlier than I can connect the baseboards, I at the least wanted to get the areas proper up in opposition to the cupboards sanded. So long as these areas are sanded, I can transfer ahead with my plans to sand, prime, and paint the cupboards (hopefully this weekend), after which I can come again to the flooring a bit later.

So final night time, after I completed engaged on the closet, I began watching movies of various individuals refinishing their pink oak hardwood flooring with a pure end in order that I might determine precisely what I need to do with mine. What I made a decision virtually instantly is that I’ll be utilizing Bona merchandise this time round. These appear to be the preferred merchandise used to get a pure end on pink oak flooring.

However that solely narrows it down slightly bit. That’s form of like deciding to make use of Minwax stain to stain your dresser. Narrowing down the model nonetheless leaves you with about 50 choices of stain colours. Bona has so many nice merchandise, and there are many totally different variations that folks use to get that pure end. So I’m nonetheless attempting to determine precisely which merchandise I need to use. I’ll present you the three that appear to be the preferred to get a lightweight, pure end. I’ve taken some screenshots from my favourite movies to indicate you, and these are all pink oak flooring.

And right here’s what they appeared like after sanding and with the Bona NordicSeal and Bona TrafficHD in a satin end.

They used Bona NaturalSeal adopted by Bona TrafficHD, and right here’s what it appeared like after…

It’s actually onerous to inform what the true colour is from a screenshot of a video, however to me, these flooring appear like they nonetheless have fairly a little bit of pink to them. I feel these flooring are stunning, however I actually don’t need that a lot pink in my completed flooring.

And right here’s the ground with Bona NaturalSeal adopted by Bona TrafficHD…

That one doesn’t have that pink undertone to it despite the fact that the video description says that it’s pink oak. And evidently, in keeping with the outline, they didn’t do something particular to take away these pink undertones.

And right here’s what it seems to be like with Bona NaturalSeal and Bona TrafficHD.

I do see a little bit of pink undertone in that one, nevertheless it’s not too overwhelming. I feel it seems to be very nice and impartial. And once more, it doesn’t seem to be they took any particular steps to take away the pink undertones from the pink oak.

I haven’t discovered any examples of the ClearSeal on pink oak flooring, however I’d actually wish to see an instance of it. I feel the ClearSeal could also be a comparatively new product that used to have a unique identify. I’ve seen a few movies (like this one) that use a colour known as ClassicSeal which has that center colour outlined on the container, so maybe ClearSeal has changed ClassicSeal. I’m unsure if it’s the identical colour with a unique identify, or if it’s a unique colour altogether. And in that specific video, he didn’t particularly say that his flooring is pink oak, though it seems to be like pink oak to my untrained eye.

I’m fairly certain I’ve dominated out the NordicSeal. It’s simply too white for my style, and I concern that it’s a bit too fashionable proper now. I really do like for wooden to have a bit of heat to it, so from what I’ve seen, I’d lean extra in direction of the NaturalSeal. However I actually need to see an instance of ClearSeal on pink oak earlier than I make my last resolution.

Bona additionally has a product known as Crimson Out that bleaches out the pink undertones from pink oak flooring. Whatever the end I take advantage of, I’m about 99% certain that I’ll begin with the Crimson Out first in order that I don’t take an opportunity of these pink/orange undertones coming by means of on the ultimate end. That’s a two-step course of that appears to be comparatively fast and simple. You merely roll Half 1 of the product onto the ground, and earlier than it’s dry utterly, you roll on Half 2 of the product on the ground and let it dry naturally. Because it dries, it removes the pink. And you’ll repeat these steps once more if wanted.

So all of that to say that sure, I used to be critical, as most of you knew very properly. And you probably have any expertise with Bona merchandise, particularly the ClearSeal that I couldn’t discover any examples of on pink oak, I’d love to listen to what you need to say about them!

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.