the house is about 50 years old, i just got it. for the past 12 years there was a indoor/outdoor carpet glued on the floors (with lots of very very nasty glue). I have sanded them 3 times and I now realize they really arenever going to look to good. Want to do somethings with the wood - anybody ever paint on unevenly stained and damaged wood? Any ideas (other then carpeting or continue sanding) would be truly appreciated.
2006-10-28 04:35:31 · 8 answers · asked by Marlene M 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
put down a good floor stain primer/sealer. get this info at the home depot/Lowe's/whatever store. then paint it with the best paint for floors. you can do a pattern like a rug..from decorating books or give it an antiqued finish or sponge. even do distressed which sounds like would suit the abused wood best..you can find a book on different distressing techniques
2006-10-28 04:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Cheryl E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other then being a little colder on the feet, I don't think it would make a huge difference in your gas bill. Refinishing them will however increase the value of your home. There is a lot of work to refinishing floors, and I've heard it's not an easy task but I think it's well worth it. They do look beautiful and are more convienient to sweep rather then drag around the vacume all the time. The cost to have someone refinish them for you may be equal or perhaps even cheaper then new wall to wall carpet, and you can always buy area rugs to go on top to keep your feet warm. The nice thing about area rugs is when your style changes, you can easily replace them with new ones. It's just my opinion but I think the increased value and beauty it will bring to your home would be well worth the effort. Good Luck!
2016-05-22 03:05:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rip up the floor and put down new oak. No laminate floor, no carpet, no patch job. For about $2 - $3 a square foot and with care will last 100 years.
2006-10-31 11:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how the paint would do on your damaged wood, but here's a thought,
http://www.pergo.com/US_Home.aspx
I'm not sure if $ is an issue, but it might be more cost effective to just replace the floor with something like this.
good luck!
2006-10-28 05:12:33 · answer #4 · answered by mb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Such floors are Oak and you can sand them down to look like new Wood,- stick with it and rent a Real Floor sander.
2006-10-28 05:04:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
build a bok case with the wood and tile the floor easy maintenece free
2006-10-28 09:33:19 · answer #6 · answered by mytwoboyz1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could paint them with a good polyurethane better yet have them professionally refinished
2006-10-28 10:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by knowitall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use funiture striper
2006-10-28 04:46:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋