katiebonnie
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Hi all,
Me and my sister are currently renovating our victorian terraced house in west London and have pulled up the carpets from the 80s in the hallway and living room. The floorboards are pine and were just sanded by the builders and now we need to decide on the finish. I would have preferred to not sand too much but there was some damage and black paint around the edges, I'm guessing from the original rugs that would have been there, so that was that.
We both want them to look as natural as possible (no stain) and I'm especially worried about them being too 'orange' or looking too 'new'. We're on a tight budget and so I'm having to make a lot of the decisions and this is one I feel a lot of stress over as I don't want to eff it up.
I know I've read on here to avoid Polyx-Oil so I've noted that but now I'm a bit overwhelmed with what the best products are to use. I don't have a picture of the floors sanded yet as I'm currently living away but I've attached a picture of the hallway. I only have a video of the living room, which it won't let me upload, so I've attached a screenshot. The quality is terrible but it's a similar situation to the hallway except the edges are all painted black and we have some terracotta tiles and concrete in the floor from where we're assuming there was originally a corner fireplace - we're going to try and save the tiles.
Any advice people could give on the best way to finish original pine floorboards for a hallway and living room with the most natural look possible without a stain would be amazing. I would truly appreciate it so much. It is a period property and we are trying to restore as many of the original details that we can save as possible.
Thank you!
Me and my sister are currently renovating our victorian terraced house in west London and have pulled up the carpets from the 80s in the hallway and living room. The floorboards are pine and were just sanded by the builders and now we need to decide on the finish. I would have preferred to not sand too much but there was some damage and black paint around the edges, I'm guessing from the original rugs that would have been there, so that was that.
We both want them to look as natural as possible (no stain) and I'm especially worried about them being too 'orange' or looking too 'new'. We're on a tight budget and so I'm having to make a lot of the decisions and this is one I feel a lot of stress over as I don't want to eff it up.
I know I've read on here to avoid Polyx-Oil so I've noted that but now I'm a bit overwhelmed with what the best products are to use. I don't have a picture of the floors sanded yet as I'm currently living away but I've attached a picture of the hallway. I only have a video of the living room, which it won't let me upload, so I've attached a screenshot. The quality is terrible but it's a similar situation to the hallway except the edges are all painted black and we have some terracotta tiles and concrete in the floor from where we're assuming there was originally a corner fireplace - we're going to try and save the tiles.
Any advice people could give on the best way to finish original pine floorboards for a hallway and living room with the most natural look possible without a stain would be amazing. I would truly appreciate it so much. It is a period property and we are trying to restore as many of the original details that we can save as possible.
Thank you!