Category: Oak Floors

Before and After Pictures of Hardwood Floors »

The best way to see what refinishing your floors can do for your home is to see before and after pictures.  I love looking at these because the difference is clear.  This floor is a 1930′s red oak hardwood.  It’s got an original oil base finish on it. Incoming search terms:hardwood floors before and after [...]

Bad Stain Job Oak Floors Milwaukee »

This is a bad stain job.  Look closely between the door way.  Do you see how light the floor looks there?  The lightness looks about 5-6 boards wide.  That is from a sanding machine.  Staining a floor is very difficult.

Floor Sanding Milwaukee Oil Base Finish Oak »

These are oak hardwood floors with a wet coat of oil base polyurethane on them.  You can see the five gallon pale in the picture.  I like using oil base finish because it is easy to put down, gives the floor a nice amber look, and protections the wood well.  Each coat typically takes 12-16 [...]

Los Angeles Hardwood Floor Refinishing Oak 1950s »

The great thing about oak floors is they are beautiful!!!  Look at these.  This house was built in the 1950s.  The oak just needed a good sand and refinish.  A now they are like a work of art.

Scraping Corners Hardwood Floor Refinishing Glendale »

This is another duplex we refinish last year.  The owner bought the house foreclosure.  It was in a good area, but it had been neglected from the previous owners.  It was in need up updates. Incoming search terms:hardwood floor refinishing glendaleol bastard hardwod floors