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 nicely. 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 number 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 shocked me probably the most was the overwhelming optimistic response I bought. I assumed that I might get a lot extra pushback than I did. The very first thing I mentioned to my mother after 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 moderately shocked, too. She and I had already talked about it, and she or he was additionally anticipating a complete lot extra pushback on the concept of me redoing such an enormous challenge that really turned out actually fairly.
So was I critical, or was it an April Idiot’s joke? I’m fairly positive 100% of you really know the reply to that.
I used to be very critical. The truth is, earlier than I wrote that put up, I had already sanded down among the ground contained in the washer cupboard simply to see how arduous it might be to get the end off of the ground. I figured if I chickened out, no less than it might be hidden beneath 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 towards the cupboards in order that I can get the baseboards connected at present.
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 no less than wanted to get the areas proper up towards 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 evening, after I completed engaged on the closet, I began watching movies of various folks refinishing their pink oak hardwood flooring with a pure end in order that I might determine precisely what I wish 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 sort 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 completely different variations that folks use to get that pure end. So I’m nonetheless attempting to determine precisely which merchandise I wish to use. I’ll present you the three that appear to be the preferred to get a light-weight, pure end. I’ve taken some screenshots from my favourite movies to point out 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 arduous to inform what the actual colour is from a screenshot of a video, however to me, these flooring appear to be they nonetheless have fairly a little bit of pink to them. I feel these flooring are lovely, 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 although 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 appears to be like like with Bona NaturalSeal and Bona TrafficHD.
I do see a little bit of pink undertone in that one, but it surely’s not too overwhelming. I feel it appears to be like very nice and impartial. And once more, it doesn’t look like 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 prefer to see an instance of it. I feel the ClearSeal could also be a comparatively new product that used to have a special title. 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 undecided if it’s the identical colour with a special title, or if it’s a special colour altogether. And in that individual video, he didn’t particularly say that his ground is pink oak, though it appears to be like like pink oak to my untrained eye.
I’m fairly positive I’ve dominated out the NordicSeal. It’s simply too white for my style, and I concern that it’s a bit too stylish 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 the direction of the NaturalSeal. However I actually wish to see an instance of ClearSeal on pink oak earlier than I make my last determination.
Bona additionally has a product known as Purple Out that bleaches out the pink undertones from pink oak flooring. Whatever the end I take advantage of, I’m about 99% positive that I’ll begin with the Purple Out first in order that I don’t take an opportunity of these pink/orange undertones coming via on the ultimate end. That’s a two-step course of that appears to be comparatively fast and straightforward. 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 nicely. And in case you 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 must say about them!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn 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’ll be able to be taught extra about me right here.
