Raw Blue Gum flooring - water stained

[amyseal_27]

Hi,

We put down blue gum select grade flooring in the place we are currently renovating. Unforunately since putting it down water has been spilt on it in 3 different places (we have not yet sanded or varnished it). The water was not picked up immediately and in some cases left for a couple of days to soak in :(

Some people say sanding will get it out, others say we need to wet the whole floor. Either way I'm panicking that nothing will help the water stains that are there. Has anyone had the experience of not being able to get water stains out?

Any advice is appreciated!

[Dusty]

It should be cool.

I'd be really suprised if there were any traces of water marks left after the sanding process.

Here's what you can expect it to look like.

Finished Blue Gum (http://clintfudgefloorsanding.googlepages.com/bluegum)

And this link right here (http://picasaweb.google.com/clintfudgefloorsanding/TheBlueGumCollection) shows the same flooring during the sanding process and it had gotten pretty wet during the course of the house being built.

It's all gonna be fine.

[glock40sw]

G'day.
You will find that KD flooring will only absorb water to a depth of 1.5 to 2mm from spills. Even if the water has been on it for a few hours.

As dusty stated, sanding will remove the affected wood and a perfect floor would be the suspected result.

[mgpg]

There is a company called FLOOD that has a product that is very good at lifting/removing those kinds of stains. I don't currently have the contact details but if you PM me I will get them for you.

Cheers,

Mark