Here we are, the end of February and still working on floors. We have almost finished the front room floor and I must say, it's even more beautiful than the bedroom. I put down four coats of stain and, so far, 3 coats of polyurethane. I will put the last poly coat on tonight and then I think will call it done.
So, here it is almost complete,
It's hard to believe it's inexpensive plywood. This 24 x 12 room cost about $350 from start to finish. Everyone who walks through is amazed at how good it looks. My son likes it so much he's planning the same thing on his next floor project.
and here we have....
TADA!!!
So what do you think?
It really was pretty simple all things considered. It went something like this...
- Select the 4 x 8 sheets from Home Depot. We chose to buy finished on one side so sanding wasn't needed
- Ask Home Depot to cut it into 12 inch planks (that's what we wanted for a farm house look)
- Hubby laid out the planks how we (I) wanted using a circular saw to cut them down to size as needed making sure to leave about 1/4 inch space next to the wall. (some sanding was needed on a few edges)
- When it was all down, sized accordingly and pleasing to the eye hubby nailed it all down into place. Planks are fitted as closely together as possible.
- Enter me...sweep and mop so all debris is gone and floor is relatively clean
- When I was ready to apply the stain I had a bowl of water and rag along side the can of stain.
- I had read the plywood would accept the stain better if it was damp so I rubbed the floor with the wet rag and then applied the stain right after. The process took about an hour and a half to do this 25 x 11 room
Then, daily I applied more coats of stain, minus the wet rag after the first time until I had 4 coats down. Next a coat of polyurethane every day until I had four coats down.
