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I am remodeling a house that is about 40 years old. The floors were built with 2 x 6 T&G pine. The some areas had a nice patina to them, but other areas were badly damaged. We sanded them down to raw wood and re-stained them. The problem is that the patina look disappeared and what we have is a zebra sort of effect. The soft grain sucked up lots of stain and the hard grain won’t absorb any. My client is bummed. Any buddy have any suggestions?
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Maybe you should have dyed the floor with an anoline dye. And maybe used a stain controller.
Just a thought.
*C,I precondition pine with a wash coat of thinned sanding sealer before staining. I also add a little poly to the stain to set it so next coats don't lift it. If you have not top coated the stain may rag up with thinner, and you can start over.KK
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I am remodeling a house that is about 40 years old. The floors were built with 2 x 6 T&G pine. The some areas had a nice patina to them, but other areas were badly damaged. We sanded them down to raw wood and re-stained them. The problem is that the patina look disappeared and what we have is a zebra sort of effect. The soft grain sucked up lots of stain and the hard grain won't absorb any. My client is bummed. Any buddy have any suggestions?