Installing hardwood floors -- natural white oak.
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What cabinets go with natural oak hardwood floors?
Comments (1)Someone here has pictures of their natural red oak floors and their quartersawn white oak cabinets. It was a beautiful contrast!! Hopefully she will post to this thread because I can't remember who it was. I did the opposite...quartersawn white oak floors and stained red oak cabinets. Quartersawn oak is more expensive, but has a very different appearance and grain. It really doesn't even look like oak, except for the tone and color of the wood....See MoreWTB Solid prefinished white oak natural finish hardwood flooring
Comments (15)I think you can have solid...just work with a narrower plank. The cut is also important. Some cuts are much more stable than others. Rift sawn lumber is more dimensionally stable (and more expensive) than other cuts. I would personally look for a narrow plank (more stable + cheaper installation costs) in a Rift Sawn presentation (most dimensionally stable + more expensive). I would guess you would end up spending about the same amount this way. Yet you get a more stable wood with fewer problems in a home without the added stability of humidity control. Of course you can move to engineered to avoid SOME of these concerns...but even engineered has limits re: humidity control (or lack there of)....See MoreRecommendation for a prefinished white oak hardwood that is natural?
Comments (2)Janice , the best natural finish over White Oak comes from Bona with their Bona Traffice Naturale'. <- link Its Greenguard indoor air certified and very durable. Its made to offer the highest levels of durability and protection for the flooring while maintaining nearly the look of unfinished. We apply it to our American made flooring. Here is a list of recent projects using this finish <- link ....See MoreStrange black "tire marks" on new white oak hardwood floors. HELP!
Comments (38)You are correct in that using a drum sander is not at all DIY friendly. But it's the only way to correctly sand a floor down to smooth and ready to finish. You will take years trying to do the same thing with an orbital. The rental rate for the sander is going to be more than hiring the right pro with the right equipment....See More
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