I’m using some pine flooring salvaged from an old porch to patch an interior pine floor prior to refinishing. The old stuff is very light in weight compared to what I’m patching, though it grew just as slowly. I’m thinking that over the decades it was exposed to sun and weather it lost its oils and dried out. It is definitely somewhat softer, too.
Does this seem to make sense, and any ideas about replacing the oils so that it is tougher to sanding and wears better?
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Sounds like it is one step away from being rotten also. It'll take more than oils. Maybe restoration epoxies but that's expensive. ,ore so than finding good wood to work with.
What climate you in and what kind of pine is this that it is so hard to replace that you are scraping so low in the pile? Heart pine? How much you need? what grade and size? Got any pictures?
It could even be that the porch was done in fir while the interior is heart pine and that is whjy the wood is more lightweight?
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I'm in upstate New York. Both woods are circa 100 years old, both have 15 to 40 annual growth rings per inch. The dimensions are odd, so I feel lucky to have found salvaged stuff. Now all the pieces are cut to fit, which was quite an investment of time, so I really am only interested in improving what I have now.
Thanks for your help: not oils, eh? I've got about 30 square feet of the lightweight stuff to treat. What would the resin route cost me? Any names of products?
Minwax wood hardener comes to mind.
Without being there, I can't make the judgement call but you could try a test piece..
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You might try a Google = restore wood epoxy. Then you can investigate and choose the product of your choice. Here's one that looks like it may be just what you're looking for.
http://www.polyall.com
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