Painting Floorboards Original Pine

Painting Floorboards Original Pine

Painting Floorboards Original Pine: painted floorboards pine are a true design mark. They are simply beautiful. The color palette to choose from is extended enough to create that unique ambiance perfectly suited to your home.

Many homes have timber sub-floors constructed with pine boards nailed over perpendicular joists. Originally being simply a construction timber was not meant to become the finishing floor as well. For this reason there was no attention paid to the aesthetic side back then hence the the rustic look. Beside this, pine is a softwood prone to noticeable expansion and contraction, cupping, warping etc. This is the main cause for gaps.

Having said all these we may say that any attempt to make on original pine sub-floor to look at the same standards as a finishing floor is unfounded since after the first winter will start to deteriorate.

Because of the board’s rustic character we recommend floor paint from Farrow & Ball as the best way to create a really pine floor.
 
A brief description of the work involved: our painting floorboards - original pine service is dedicated to bring back the beautiful look of your floor thus extending its lifetime and refreshing your home appearance .

Furniture: we highly recommend to consider clearing the surface which will be restored of all the furniture and items. We know that many times this is not possible or easy to do so we will move the furniture in an area on which will not work if available. According to the type of finish requested we can also work having the bigger furniture items around although it is strongly not recommended as we will explain below. Of course polyethylene dust sheets are used to cover the furniture, fireplaces, built-in cabinets and shelves etc.

Existing covering removal: it may be the case that your original pine boards were covered at one point with carpet or laminate. We will remove them carefully not to cause damages to the precious floor underneath.

Wooden floor assessing: this stage is of critical importance as it will generate the best approach. Always a proper assessment is done before starting the the work and after removing the existing covering (if it is the case). We will look for information like the thickness of the board, wood species, installation failures which need repairs, loose or damaged elements that need replacing, gaps to be filled.

Repairs and gap filling: if there are boards damaged to a degree that requires replacing we will try to source similar ones. Nails will be punched. Also the wider gaps will be filled with elastic polyurethane based filler, colour matched, which is suitable for coating with oil or wooden slivers cut from reclaimed pine floorboards will be glued.  

Original pine boards Sanding stage: we aim to extend the lifespan of your floor through our original pine floorboards restoration service. Thus we will start sanding with the least aggressive grit possible so to remove just the damaged surface layer of wood and not more. For example if your floor is having deep dents and very worn areas a more aggressive grit will be used. Otherwise a lesser one.
Another important aspect is patiently changing the grits from rough to fine step by step and not skipping. The thorough vacuuming between each step is mandatory as it will prevent potential small debris to scratch the open grains. This is the most common source of sanding failures which are visible when the finishing coat is applied.
Between sanding steps filler will be applied to fill any present gaps.
A special care and attention will be dedicated to sanding the edges, corners and other details. Due to our high performance equipment the skirting will not be damaged during our work.

Pine floorboards painting: after the stripping and sanding process is properly completed the resinous and knotty areas will be primed using Farrow & Ball Wood Knot & Resin Blocking Primer. The coloured Farrow & Ball Wood Floor Primer & Undercoat will be applied after which two coats of coloured Farrow & Ball Floor Paint. We always provide samples or tests before the definitive application.

Furniture back & felts: now all is done, the equipment loaded and the new floor thoroughly vacuumed and cleaned. We will stick felt pads under the furniture and will rearrange it  as it was initially.

As a few notes about original pine floorboards restoration and painting:

• Our state of the art sanding equipment will be connected to dust extractors which allows us to work dustless. Indeed it’s impossible to work dust free as small particles may escape in the surrounding air. Yet the amount are negligible.
• Also it is noisy. This is due once again to the friction of the abrasives over the wood surface, and not only.

We hope that now you have a more in-depth information about how to opt for original pine floorboards painting.