pine floorboards

[dno]

I am new to renovating and trying to decide if i should sand and polish my floor boards.
I had great results on an area of hardwood boards in one room but dont know if the pine boards are worth doing. could anyone identify what type of pine they are? They are toung and groove and quite slim 90mm wide.

[echnidna]

a few pics would help

[ozwinner]

Baltic pine, and yes they are worth doing.

Al :U

[Tools]

Looks like baltic.They look great, but are too soft and damage esily.

Tools

[dno]

sorry, having a few problems compressing the pics

[Larry McCully]

In Queensland they call it Hoop pine. In NSW it is called Baltic pine.
Their are thousands of them in australia. It was the favoured timber floor spieces in the 1800 and early 1900. They sand well ,a little soft but they age clasiclly and develop their own feature as they age . \
You can even stain them with walnut and the results are stunning. You can either use a gloss or a satin polyurathane. Go for .you wont be disapointed.

[Harry72]

Yep baltic, do they look nice yes... are they any good no

[Dusty]

Not only are they worth doing, yours, judging by the pics, are in great condition.

Have them finished in either gloss or satin polyurethane (as Larry has suggested) to maximize their durability and potential.

Often old Baltic floors have shrank heaps, leaving them with large gaps between each board. Yours on the other hand, look as tight as a Camels bum in a sand storm. So get 'em done.

[dno]

Thankyou very much for all of your feedback. I like the imperfections and it seems they might have a bit of character to them. Defenetly will go the polyurethane and hope this helps protect the soft timber.

[Larry McCully]

Not only are they worth doing, yours, judging by the pics, are in great condition.

Have them finished in either gloss or satin polyurethane (as Larry has suggested) to maximize their durability and potential.

Often old Baltic floors have shrank heaps, leaving them with large gaps between each board. Yours on the other hand, look as tight as a Camels bum in a sand storm. So get 'em done.
Dusty, you may be a brilliant craftman but your english is shot to peices. Shrunk not SHRANKhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Dusty]

Dusty, you may be a brilliant craftman but your english is shot to peices. Shrunk not SHRANKhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif

Sorry 'bout that chief.:doh: Good call.

But, at least I can spell pieces :roll:

OK, back to you:D

P.S You might also find that I'm a brilliant craftsman

And that English has a capital E.

OK, Now back to you.:U

[Larry McCully]

Sorry 'bout that chief.:doh: Good call.

But, at least I can spell pieces :roll:

OK, back to you:D

P.S You might also find that I'm a brilliant craftsman

And that English has a capital E.

OK, Now back to you.:U Hey Dusty, ...Can ya give me a hand for a sec,,,,, i am having trouble getting my foot out of my mouth:-

[Dusty]

Hey Dusty, ...Can ya give me a hand for a sec,,,,, i am having trouble getting my foot out of my mouth:-

Hey, Larry, no problems, I'll give you a hand.
Happens to me all the time as well. Although, every now and then I think I've got the foot out, only to find that I was just changing feet :doh:

Anyway, it was a bit of fun. We sure highjacked this thread though. Good work.:2tsup:

[sco]

Based on experience I'd strongly recommend you don't use two pack. I have hoop pine floors. They are soft enough to dent with your fingernail. When I first moved in years ago I did a couple of the floors in polyurethane and they would scratch very easily. More recently I've done them in Kunos oil. They are wearing much better. To maintain them I put down some more oil. With polyurethane you have to sand it off and start again.