Steps for Perfect Care for Your Unfinished Hardwood Flooring
Buying a new house is the most difficult and crucial decision in one’s life. One spends months looking around and finalizing a house, yet such tedious task seems to be the easiest until one decides to renovate it. From various types of flooring options available, one is truly spoilt for choice.
Unfinished Hardwood Flooring is the one which needs some sanding and finishing onsite after it has been installed. The flooring is either stapled or nailed over an approved sub-floor and can be installed only above the ground floor. It is not recommended for basement flooring. Depending on the color variation and amount of knots that it can have, the hardwood floor is divided into different grade-ranges (1, 2, and 3). The Unfinished Hardwood Flooring comes in different types such as Oak, Beech, Cherry, Walnut, Poplar, Hickory, White pine etc depending on its origin.
The usual width of the flooring is 3/4 with tongue and grooved with end-matching. Other available width ranges are- 2-1/4 to 5. On special order, one can even opt for plan flooring more than 5″ width. Various accessories used for installing Unfinished Hardwood Flooring are Shoe Mold, slip tongue, adhesive, filler, wood patch, mailers, staples, cleats, nail guns etc.
Unfinished Hardwood Flooring is the most important product of the hardwood flooring industry and the most inexpensive. The most preferred flooring is the Red and White Oak with 3 grades and different cuts. Usually, people sand, stain or seal the wood after installation, yet some may leave the floor unfinished. In the latter case, it becomes extremely important to maintain the unfinished flooring.
The cleaning products for the flooring must be chosen very carefully as a wrong product may damage the unfinished hardwood floor. Usually, the ‘over the counter’ products are created for finished floors. Even oil-based products to wax can spoil the floor as they may leave oil stains on the floor. Hence, finishing the floor in future might become a problem. While vacuuming the floor, one must use the appropriate setting for cleaning hardwood floors as it may be damaged otherwise. It is advisable in fact to use dust mop to sweep the floor as it can be used daily.
To brush the Unfinished Hardwood Flooring, one must use brush with natural bristles along with Trisodium Phosphate. The surface area must be cleaned, washed and then dried with cotton cloth. Deep stains can be cleaned by sanding yet over-sanding may cause damage to the floor, and hence one must be very careful. Unfinished Hardwood Flooring must be cleaned with product which does not leave behind any residue causing discoloration of the flooring. Vinegar works excellent for such type of cleaning. Placing rugs on the floor and rubber door mats at the entrance to avoid any collection of grain and debris.
Norman Chintsuen has been an internet marketer for nearly 6 years. In addition to the specialty topics of sports, news, and politics, you can also check out the latest websites on Unfinished Hardwood Floor as well as Hand Scraped Hardwood Floors to see reviews and product comparisons.
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