Here is a hardwood floor finish repair tip that will save you money and restore your floor finish.
How to finish softwood floor bare spots.
Let it dry completely.
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The earlywood bands are softer and less dense than the latewood bands and lighter in color.
You ll need a wood conditioner for sure.
Or other softwood floor.
This is the part of refinishing the floor without sanding that requires sanding but just a little.
There are several places on my hardwood floors where bare wood is showing.
The finish and stain have been worn off.
How to sand a softwood floor.
These woods are characterized by distinct alternating bands of earlywood and latewood.
Use the same process to apply.
Finish by wiping the woodwork with a clean cloth to remove the excess stain.
Consider rolling out an extra coat for added protection and shine.
For more damaged flooring you ll want to completely sand the old finish off down to the bare wood.
In high traffic areas the finish and stain can wear away from your hardwood floors leaving the wood exposed and creating a visually unattractive patch.
You won t be sanding the floor to bare wood as you would for a full refinishing.
Use a paint roller to evenly spread the polyurethane across the floor.
For surface scratches and normal wear and tear lightly sand the finish called screening and apply a new topcoat.
In such cases you ll want.
You can get a softer finish for a natural looking protective barrier or a semi gloss finish to make your new floor really shine.
Bare spots and scratches will pick up the stain.
Common softwoods include pine cedar spruce hemlock fir cypress larch redwood and yew.
You ll just be lightly abrading or scuffing the surface to remove imperfections in the existing finish and prepare it so that the new coat bonds well.