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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | We ripped our carpet up yesterday and it is original hardwood but there is about a 10x10 square in the middle of the floor that got sanded but never stained like the rest of the room. Is it possible to try and match the stain and stain what didn't get done before or is it better to just sand it all down and start over?
first picture- sanded and new stain
second- sanded no stain
third- the room, kind of see the square in the middle
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | I, personally, would do it all rather than trying to "match" colors.
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Location: Kentucky | NJJ - 2014-12-29 11:40 AM I, personally, would do it all rather than trying to "match" colors.
Yep. You'll never be able to match it. |
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| You could try... Can you get a professional opinion on the color matching? If it doesn't work I would get a large area rug or cowhide to cover it... Sanding down and re-staining is a pain imo |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Tatum2 - 2014-12-29 11:43 AM
You could try... Can you get a professional opinion on the color matching? If it doesn't work I would get a large area rug or cowhide to cover it... Sanding down and re-staining is a pain imo
That's what we sorta planned on for now. I can't get the pictures to load :( |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | re-do it all. My home is over 100 yrs old with original maple floors. I've re-done almost all the floors myself with the exception of the living room which is still carpet....not for long. I don't put any stain on my floors. Only oil-based poly. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | CYA Ranch - 2014-12-29 12:08 PM re-do it all. My home is over 100 yrs old with original maple floors. I've re-done almost all the floors myself with the exception of the living room which is still carpet....not for long. I don't put any stain on my floors. Only oil-based poly.
Our home was built in 1900! I'm trying to attach pictures but I will probably have to wait until tonight. They are in nearly perfect shape I love them. They are in almost every room of the house but covered with something else.
Can can anyone tell me why they may have done it that way? |
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| lexyy12 - 2014-12-29 12:32 PM
CYA Ranch - 2014-12-29 12:08 PM re-do it all. My home is over 100 yrs old with original maple floors. I've re-done almost all the floors myself with the exception of the living room which is still carpet....not for long. I don't put any stain on my floors. Only oil-based poly.
Our home was built in 1900! I'm trying to attach pictures but I will probably have to wait until tonight. They are in nearly perfect shape I love them. They are in almost every room of the house but covered with something else.
Can can anyone tell me why they may have done it that way?
Soo Soo jealous of you guys! Would love to have original hardwood flooring in my house!! |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | lexyy12 - 2014-12-29 12:32 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-12-29 12:08 PM re-do it all. My home is over 100 yrs old with original maple floors. I've re-done almost all the floors myself with the exception of the living room which is still carpet....not for long. I don't put any stain on my floors. Only oil-based poly. Our home was built in 1900! I'm trying to attach pictures but I will probably have to wait until tonight. They are in nearly perfect shape I love them. They are in almost every room of the house but covered with something else.
Can can anyone tell me why they may have done it that way?
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| NJJ - 2014-12-29 2:28 PM lexyy12 - 2014-12-29 12:32 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-12-29 12:08 PM re-do it all. My home is over 100 yrs old with original maple floors. I've re-done almost all the floors myself with the exception of the living room which is still carpet....not for long. I don't put any stain on my floors. Only oil-based poly. Our home was built in 1900! I'm trying to attach pictures but I will probably have to wait until tonight. They are in nearly perfect shape I love them. They are in almost every room of the house but covered with something else.
Can can anyone tell me why they may have done it that way?
Without pictures ... may be hard to say - but could it be a patch piece that just was never stained as it was under carpet anyway?? I've seen that before at the old house I lived in back in WY .... |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | It looks like they just worked from the outside in and just didn't finish I guess.
I do know that the people we bought our house from did a lot of renovations and jacked a lot of things up around our house soooo who knows what they were doing. Ill post my pictures when I get home. |
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| lexyy12 - 2014-12-29 3:38 PM It looks like they just worked from the outside in and just didn't finish I guess. I do know that the people we bought our house from did a lot of renovations and jacked a lot of things up around our house soooo who knows what they were doing. Ill post my pictures when I get home.
Maybe that part of the floor isn't original? Maybe there was a problem with that particular part of the floor and they sanded, but didn't finish it. Who knows why people do what they do. lol |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I can't see it very well but if its perfectly square or rectangular I'd say here was a rug there for years. The floors change colors from sunlight and age. Sand it all down and start over. Its not that hard of a project. |
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| WOW! Your floors are gorgeous! So lucky that you found those under your carpet. Makes me wonder if there are some pretty wood floors under mine!  |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Tatum2 - 2014-12-30 11:02 AM
WOW! Your floors are gorgeous! So lucky that you found those under your carpet. Makes me wonder if there are some pretty wood floors under mine!
THANK YOU! we love them!! we got very lucky with it. i think future hubby is going to go rent a large floor sander and just sand it all down and start over. he is on shut down from work so he has the time lol |
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| lexyy12 - 2014-12-30 12:37 PM Tatum2 - 2014-12-30 11:02 AM WOW! Your floors are gorgeous! So lucky that you found those under your carpet. Makes me wonder if there are some pretty wood floors under mine! THANK YOU! we love them!! we got very lucky with it. i think future hubby is going to go rent a large floor sander and just sand it all down and start over. he is on shut down from work so he has the time lol
Sweet floors!!! I really think that'd be a good bet to just sand 'em down. I've helped a pal do that just last summer on some time off we had together ... really wasn't that hard at all and turned out great! The large belt sanders will not get all the way in the corners or baseboards. We did those with the little hand sanders that cost like $25.
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | lindseylou2290 - 2014-12-30 2:09 PM lexyy12 - 2014-12-30 12:37 PM Tatum2 - 2014-12-30 11:02 AM WOW! Your floors are gorgeous! So lucky that you found those under your carpet. Makes me wonder if there are some pretty wood floors under mine! THANK YOU! we love them!! we got very lucky with it. i think future hubby is going to go rent a large floor sander and just sand it all down and start over. he is on shut down from work so he has the time lol
Good Luck!
thank you! thanks for the tip, luckily my dad has a couple small hand sanders we could use. there isnt such a huge area that needs done so i dont think it should be too bad. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Rent a industrial sander.not hard to handle just let it glide across the floor in a circular motion and never stay in one place cause you will sand a hole in the wood. Keep moving it until your desired results. It is really hard to sand a floor on your knees. |
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