Pine Wooden Floorboards Restoration

Before the restoration works...

The pine floorboards in this Acton school was overall looking tired and in serious need of refinishing. During our free survey, we did detailed inspection of the floors and discussed with the client all possible options.

Our client has decided to go for floor sanding, gap filling, of 43 sqm pine floorboards and finishing the floors in extra-matt Lacquer.

How the floor restoration was completed...

The thickness of the pine victorian floorboards used for properties is approx. 20 mm when laid. Pine timber shrinks with the time and also becomes thinner every time the floors are restored. The minimal thickness, after which floorboards cannot be restored any further is approx. 15 mm.

Depending on the overall condition and level throughout, the initial floor sanding of the floorboards may start with coarser or medium grid. The task of the preparatory floorboards sanding stage is to remove the previous finish and level the floorboards throughout.

Unless the original floorboards have been already restored previously in past 10 - 15 years, they will usually not have a good level. Floorboards covered previously by carpets, will be uneven, with larger gaps.

Next stage in the process of wood floor sanding was the application of the gap filling. We aim to apply resin filler in late hours of the working day, so it settles properly overnight and in case it is needed we can repeat it on the following morning , if required. The filler is after that removed by next step of the finishing process with medium grids .

Sanding the floors with fine grids (80 - 120 gr) and a good rotary buff to the pine timber surface with high grid buffing screens is the most important stage in the preparation of the wooden flooring for finishing.

The floorboards was consequently sealed with 1 coat of primer and 3 coats of Junckers HT700 Lacquer in extra-matt sheen with another light screen buff between the coats, for an excellent final touch to the finish.