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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
Hello there,
I am to refinish old wooden oak floors in my apartment. The floors are in a pretty bad shape with a lot of gaps & cracks. A friend suggested that instead of using a wood filler, I use a mixture of fine sanddust from the floors and polyurethane. This way the color of the filler will be the same as the color or the wood. Is anybody familiar with this method? Thank you, Mako |
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"Mako" wrote in message
. .. Hello there, I am to refinish old wooden oak floors in my apartment. The floors are in a pretty bad shape with a lot of gaps & cracks. A friend suggested that instead of using a wood filler, I use a mixture of fine sanddust from the floors and polyurethane. This way the color of the filler will be the same as the color or the wood. Is anybody familiar with this method? Thank you, Mako Sand dust or saw dust? I'm not sure of the answer but sand is very different from wood. Sand is often used to make something non-slip. When you sand the floors it should take care of most issues. I have seen jute or hemp rope strands to fill large gaps between boards. poly over that. many coats. |
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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
Thanks to everybody who posted comments. I guess, I was mostly having
gaps in mind as I was posting my message. There are quite a few of those in my apartment and I wasn't sure how to deal with them after I sand the floor. Now that I know that boards are likely to expand as humidity increases, I have a second thought about filling the gaps with some kind of filler. PS: Sanddust is the dust produced by fine sanding the floor once the top layer is removed. |
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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
" I guess, I was mostly having gaps in mind"
"I wasn't sure how to deal with them after I sand the floor." Proper floor sanding is an art, Edgers especially, can eat a heck of a recess in the floor in a hurry. Back in the "Old Days", they used paste wood filler on hardwood floors after sanding, smeared it on heavy and wiped it up with burlap across grain. Haven't heard of that being done for 40 years. "Sanddust is the dust produced by fine sanding " I would not use this, as said above, it will finish out very dark, like dirt in your gaps. Walt Conner |
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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
Hello everybody,
thank you for your comments. I find them very helpful, but one thing that I still don't know is how to approach this problem. So, the mixture of sanddust and polyurethane is out, wood filler is out, is there any type of material that could be used to fill gaps between the boards that is compressible? Or should I just leave it alone; sand the floor, stain it, and polyurethane it? What would you do if you had a similar situation? Thank alot, Mako |
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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
I dont know if this will work for you , but I have heard of people
using rope as a filler (regular anchor type rope, but much MUCH thinner) It stays flexible enough for expansion and contraction and should stain to the same oak color. Again I read this somewhere and dont have any practical experience on this yet. (I do have a similar problem on some of my oak floors in my house) I will try to correct that soon though... |
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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
replying to Mako, woodyfloor wrote:
How about tile grout? -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...cks-82649-.htm |
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Sanddust Mixed w/ Polyurethane to fill Gaps & Cracks
On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 9:14:06 PM UTC-5, woodyfloor wrote:
replying to Mako, woodyfloor wrote: How about tile grout? -- You're too late. 10 years ago, Mako was abducted by Giant Mutant Gerbils from outer space. The Air Force was unable to intercept the GMG's flying saucer and it's feared that Mako was used as a sex slave before being eaten. It was a tragic loss for family and friends. Very sad. o_O [8~{} Uncle Alien Monster |
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