none ""richardm\"@(none)" wrote:
Hi

Spent ages lovingly sanding my lounge floor boards. Hired a sander,
went up through the sand papers to the finer grades to make it nice and
smooth.

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dry, felt dry, put another coat of varnish down. On one floor board
there is a patch about a metre long that has dried almost white rather
than clear. Unlike the rest of the floor it has also crazed slightly on
the surface rather than feeling smooth. What have I done wrong? I
tried to put a another coat on top of this patch to see if it would
mingle with teh rest of the floor but it hasnt helped! Can I sand that
patch back the the wood again and redo just that patch of will that make
the floor look even more of a mess?


I'd suspect that as it's confined to one board, it's a problem with the
wood.
Maybe it got something spilt on it at one time?
One way to fix, if you can't seem to get it right otherwise would be to
simply take a circular saw, or jigsaw, and carefully saw down the middle of
the board in a couple of places.
Now, cut out so you have a rectangular notch.
this can now be used to remove a section of the board, to the edges of the
tounge and groove on the next board.
Now, cut off the upper one of the bit making the groove on the next board,
absolutely flush.
Now, take a new bit of timber, and cut a matching recess on both sides,
so it fits neatly in the slot, with no gaps.
(needless to say, before you start, check you can match the colour).
Before this, I'd try aggressively sanding the crazed one.