How To Lacquer, Oil or Varnish A Wood Floor (Roller)
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2014
- In this video I demonstrate the basics of how to lacquer, oil or varnish your wooden floors.
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Lacquering wood floors is relatively easy when you know how. There are benefits to years of practice, but with just a few nudges in the right direction you can achieve 80%+ of the quality of finish as a professional floor finisher.
If you are lacquering or varnishing your wood floors, then I would suggest using a high quality medium pile roller (no loss).
For oiling wood floors, I would suggest using a short pile roller (again high quality) because a coat of oil with a medium pile roller can take days to dry.
As demonstrated by the video you want to start applying the floor finish of your choice in the corner furthest from the door. Brush the lacquer on as if you were cutting in when decorating, then apply the lacquer, oil or varnish with the roller, keeping within the lines of the with you have chosen to lacquer.
Once you have completed one row, you go back to the other end of the room and start again. Keep applying strips of lacquer around 24 to 36 inches wide until you are right in front of the door. You then do the same again but you only apply a little at a time as you work your way out of the door.
Always check these instructions with what is written on the tin. There are many different techniques. Some oils are trowelled on and then buff to shine.
If you have any questions (or criticisms!) you can ask them below or on the associated article linked at the top of this description. - Навчання та стиль
Thank you. A lovely no nonsense simple tutorial on how to varnish a floor.Just done the first coat. I used my brush to even out the rolled varnish, only because I'm more competent with the brush then the roller and the room is fairly small. Can't wait to see the job completed. Many thanks again.
Hey i just wanted to take a couple minutes to say how much i appreciate your videos, i needed to refinish my hardwood floor, and your videos have been super helpful for that, you explain why you do the things you do, and things that are incorrect to do, overall you make it possible for someone like me to do the proper research and result in a fairly decent end product. Thanks a lot youre very well appreciated!
Great work mate. Learnt a hell of a lot while doing my Parque floors!
Good straightforward demo and application, that finish looks like water based product.Thanks nicely done.
My wife, in the room next to me, thought I was watching porn when she heard the music playing
Mine too
Do you normally watch porn from the 70's?
You were. It's floor porn.
@@vaughnblaylock6069 LOL
Lol
Perfect instructions from hands-on experience! I never would have thought to alternate sides, that’s a tip worth of gold! Many thanks!
nice job and very helpful video. I just got some pine floors nailed, and about to to lacquer it tomorrow. As i was shopping for varnish today, i realized how complicated a process it is.
Thanks for the quick tutorial mate. Just did my floors, plus it's real quick👍🏿
Thank you! Thanks to the insightful video you posted, I feel armed with courage to do my own floor very soon. =)
Thank you, it was informative. Now its time for me to do my floor!
Great info. Keep up the great work.
This is a fantastic video, thank you. I am so glad I found your channel.
You’re welcome! I have new videos going up for my video course very soon
thanks for posting,very helpful
glad i could help!
I’ve been using a T bar for water based and a lambs wool for oil...I’m not familiar with using the roller...maybe a good topic for a video, talking the benefits of either.
Good content! Thanks for sharing!
Great videos, Far the best. Any tips on filling wide gaps (8/9mm) between old and wide oak floorboards?
Love this. Doing my floor now. How many coats of polyurethane do you typically do? I was planning for 3.
Great videos. I have another question. Do you paint the room and molding first or do the floor first
Thank you for this video! And I have a question for you-i know you are busy but i still want to try!-. I have been using my floors around 10 years and I started to see some dents, scratches but they are not really deep neither noticeable. Should I just lacquer or do the whole thing with sanding and buffing?
Hi. Great videos, really informative. Any chance you could share a link for the roller you would use for a hard wax oil please?
nice dude like it well done
Great video mate
Thanks for sharing! I must varnish the floor of a log cabin soon and your videos are quite helpful.
Thank you sir!
great info thanks
Hey Ben, I have a huge uneven, plank floor, with big gaps that I have sanded. I like the distressed look that is currently there. Can I just lacquer without staining the wood first?
Helpful video thanks.
I have a kitchen with oak laminate floor which needs to be sealed to prevent the dirt from rest in the grain. What treatment would you recommend? It's Grundorf flooring which was lacquered at the factory.
Thanks
Jeff Evans I'm gonnna be totally honest and say i don't know. I would contact the manufacturer and ask them what they think and recommend
What color stain is on the floor? It looks great. I'm sampling stains to put down now. I tried English chestnut yesterday on a test board and it seems a little too dark. I want it relatively dark, but yours looks perfect. I would like something close to that. Thanks!
I’ve just done a first coat of clear varnish but I’ve got a pinkish tinge on the sides where I’ve gone along with the brush. Does this mean I’ve put too much on? If so how can it be corrected? Appreciate all advice as I put so much prep in and am a little scared I may have messed up.
Ey up mate cracking video. I take it that's a water based product you're using? If so which brand do you recommend. I'm on either doing mine at present. I've used the liberon one previously but wasn't overly happy with the finish. Cheers
Hi Ben, i just started la lacquering my parquet floor, i just finished the fist layer with a shiny finish lacquer, it’s but.. is to shiny. Is it possible to change the product to a mate finish for the second and third layers?. Cheers
Hi. Is the one coat of varnish stufficient just to refresh the floor or it needs 2-3 coats? Thank you🙂
Love me that fawnk (background music)!
Hi, how many coats should you do? I’ve done the staining just doing the top coat now
I've got a varnished old floor that has deep-color varnish (more coats) around the edges and lighter color where I guess they expected an area rug would go. It also has a lot of nails pounded into it down the underlying supports to keep it from creaking. Don't think I can machine sand it. And there's a non-matching area where they probably filled in the hole of a large floor furnace. What can i do except recover it with carpet? I think a sanding machine would be damaged by the nails. Any advice would be great.
What type of roller to use? I was recommended one for oil based product (yes it is an oil varnish) but it just keeps creating a mass of bubbles.
We are getting ready to refinish floors in my grandsons house. I have watched several videos on You Tube but yours were far better than anyones I have watched. You make me think we can do it without messing up. Lacquer or oil? What do you think is the easiest for the first time floor finisher or does it matter? Cross your fingers we don't mess this up.
+Barb McHugh Did you get an answer to your question?
+Tamra Hill its answered on the website
very very nice
I just stained my floor and am preparing to lacquer. However, after looking at the stain, there are swirl marks on it and some uneven staining. Can I get rid of the swirls and uneven stain with a quick hand sand by a 120 grit? Would a different grit be appropriate? Is this even possible? Please help me out. Enjoy your videos quite a bit and they are very helpful.
Very nice work boss kindly please tell the colour you had on the wood thanks
I am debating how many coats of lacquer to put. I sanded the floor down with 60 and 80 because it was superficially damaged and got all of the imperfections and dents out - I only had 3.5 mm of hardwood. OK so now I am going to apply Bona traffic lacquer. I have seen how they mix it all at once with the hardener but if I do that then I wont be able to wait between coats because it lasts 2 hours. So I was going to mix half of the 4.5 l bottle with half of the hardener in another container and do my first layer, then wait 4 or 5 hours and do it again for second. Not sure if I need to sand in between and if so whether I need to use 120 paper? Can I get away with not sanding it between coats but sort of manually cleaning it with a cloth somehow? Is a third coat necessary?
I have an off the wall question I put 40 year old Oak flooring into an Classic travel trailer. It has a seal on the floor already but because it was reclaimed the gaps are not even. I need a product where I can lightly scuff the floor then apply a few times simliar to a wooden boat. I am looking for something oil based. Use multiple coats?
If you can help I would appreciate it! Also it needs to be flexible somewhat
wow that floor looks amazing.i recently had a extention on my house & made the mistake of putting in the floorboards way too early & now no matter how much i clean ,mop or steam them i cant get rid of dust marks all over the floor & they look so bland & no shine to them at all.please help.
Great video for a big finer like me 😮
hi just installed new 6mm engineered flooring.
thinking of varnishing to seal the gaps. is this normal?
what varnish would you recommend?
If there any need to roll at an angle to the boards? Would you only do that if you still had cupping in the boards? Thanks.
Hi, I am looking at finishing my floor with Granwax GP Extra. Would this be the same process for that product please? Thanks in advance.
Hi, I just want to clean my floors and improve to shine it once had without removing the stain. Which sanding machine is best and what size grit would be best for this type of work? Thank you.
Thanks for a great video. One question, did you sand the floor with 120 sandpaper before you started lacquering like you shown in you other video where you used the oil?
No I didn't, that 120 grit buff is supposed to be done before the final coat
***** ok thanks again for great video
Thanks for the video, we did the stain yesterday with a roller and it came out great. How many coats of lacquer do you do?
Normally 2, you can do 3 if you want
thanks .but i have a left over estapol .dont know what to mix .ill go to bunnings maybe ask
What lacquer did you use? What would you recommend for freshly sanded parquet? Thanks
Will a sealer avoid dry lines on parquet floors? thanks
love your advisory.. thanks bro
I'm about finish my floor sometime this weekend, what should be the room temperature to do this. Also, what kind of roller applicator are you using, typical painting type, synthetic? I am using a waterbase polyurethane finish, thanks!
ElectroDanceClub room temperature should be what you would consider normal comfortable temperature, maybe bordering on quite warm. In this I am using a Junckers Aqua 25 roller, you can use high quality decorators rollers, but they are often leaving fluff in the lacquer, sometimes too much to handle, best to get a professional lacquer roller
Oh, that's a tough one to find in the states. I will keep searching! Thanks
ElectroDanceClub just get a bona roller
Any tips for Varathane aluminium oxide poly?
We rolled the first coat on and it has bubbles. 😭
what's the difference between lacquer and varnish?
Hey Ben, great videos, very informative, they inspired me to take on my own home project myself. It’s about 680 square feet of mahogany flooring, I sanded it down smooth like you recommend, 36 grit then 60, 80, and finished it with 100. I am applying Minwax super fast drying polyurethane in semigloss. The instructions say to use a lambs wool to apply the product, I did so the first two coats, and I will be applying a third and final coat. But no matter how much I vacuumed after nib sanding I still see a ton of little nibs, trash. Any advice? Also should I apply my final coat with a roller? Or just stick with the lambs wool as instructed by Minwax?
Thank you in advance and Keep up the good work!
I never saw anyone use lacquer here. Oil poly and now water based stuff is what I have heard they use. Im a lacquer user on the furniture (Sherwin Williams) I make. Howe many coats do you use, and do you sand between coats? Thanks
I have an existing floor that is in good condition. It was refinished about 3 years ago and I want to refresh the floor. Would I refinish this floor by roughing the surface as shown in your no sanding video and then put the lacquer on? Would I need to do more than one coat? Thanks in advance for your reply.
martinhd28vr yes do exactly as shown in the "without sanding" video and this video. You can put 2 coats on if you want to, gives extra protection
Hey Ben,
Great video. Thanks. I am new to refinishing floors and I have a question about multiple coats of Polyurethane. I am using a Minwax Superior Durability fast dry polyurethane to refresh my existing floors. I will do a 120 screen buff first and than apply my poly. Minwax recommends 3 coats with a 220 screen sand between each coat of poly wiping with mineral spirits after sanding.
Any suggestions or thoughts on this process? Cheers from Montana-USA
The grit of the sandpaper doesn't have any impact on the surface of the new coats of lacquer once they are dry. The only real reason to lightly abrade the surface is to allow the new coats to adhere properly to the old finish. If it says on the tin 220 then go 220. If it was me i would never go highter than 150grit
Thanks
Is a clear coat on top of the lacquer necessary?
I'm going to be doing the hall & living room in my house shortly, how long does it generally take for the varnish to dry prior to being able to walk on it? With something like a hall or living room, would the floors require more than one coat due to continuous "traffic"
It really depends where you are in the world and the product. I would really just go with the instructions on the label of your product, in combination with the advice from the company you buy the lacquer from
Those pants European, Bro? :)
Thnx for the vid, good stuff!
Hi . We have stained pine floors around a lot of the house for the last 8 years and they are now faded a lot . Apart from one small area they aren’t too scratched. I’ve done a full sand years ago and don’t really want to do this all again. what are the options. ? Light and and lacquer /
Polish ? I assume we can’t stain on stain without a sand of some sort ?
Would appreciate your advice,- great video
James Bambridge when you stained the floor, did you then lacquer them or anything to protect the floor? Or did you use a coloured finish? When you say faded, do you mean faded to grey or faded to yellow?
How To Sand A Floor we just used some Wickes floor stain which we brushed on with a roller , we didn’t varnish on top of it at all. they are just a dull now after wear and tear . some scratches around which you expect after the time. the colour is there just dull. not sure whether to rip it all up and start again with oak. Have a go and refurbish
They are still the Red Brown colour just dull
it sounds like it needs resanding to me, especially if its been 8 years and you used a cheap product.
Good vid but would you say varnish or oil or wax for a wood floor, engineered wood I have to do shortly.
Lacquer 100% polyurethane
If you had a new engineered floor which comes lacquered but thought the finish was a little too matt rather than satin, could you re-lacquer straight on to current finish?
Jason Kelley you would have to do what i do in the refinishing wood floors without sanding... Key the surface of the lacquer first or it may delaminate, you honestly don't need the buffer, just fairly thoroughly rub it down with 120g, should take no longer than 5 mins per 10 square metres, hoover and lacquer, id advice a 2 part lacquer like hp commercial or traffic HD
***** Great thanks. Will check out other vids.
How do you know whether to use polyurethane, varnish or lacquer when finishing over a repaired scrape?
Usually scraped floors are waxed. But to answer your question more directly. Polyurethane is a form of lacquer, lacquer is another word for varnish (loose definitions, for any of those that want to talk about shellac from beetles)
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Do you ever experience lacquer poisoning? Just did a closet put a fan on it before I left the area and the next day I experienced froggy feeling and fatigue. Has this happened to you? I still have the bedroom floor to finish...what can I do to not get sick the next day from the fumes? The windows are open.
Get a respirator!
How can you tell what finish you have on your hardwood floors before you refinish?
You lick the floor and see if it tastes oily. Then its an oil base. No flavor, its water based!
Do you sand in between coats
were u live I hope it is wi go green bay lol I would have u do my house
what sort of roller do you use?
I have a rustic wide plank unfinished floor. The gentleman who installed it didn't complete the job. How would I go about sanding considering I don't have a finish to strip off?
neverbesilencedhsb same as normal, just start with an 80 grit, maybe do 80 grit diagonal, then 100 grit straight, that will produce a nice smooth finish
Doesn't the roller leave bubbles in the finish?
What exactly is the name of what your using?
Is a short trim fluff roller being used or is it a softer sponger fluffier roller being used
Sorry not sure what the roller material is called that is why I am using the word fluff lol :)
Great job and great video
It’s a medium pile microfibre roller
How do i avoid dry lines if the floor continues into another room and the rest of the floor in a large house?
David h either get 2 people on the job, or brush very carefully up to a line in the doorway and do it room by room. sometimes dry lines are unavoidable, like with parquet floors and multi rooms
Cheers thanks for your time and advice
Do you use primer before the top coat?
Yes, usually primer then 2 top coats, in this video the floor had been stained. The stain acts as a sealer/primer, so you can go straight on with top coats.
I know it's 6 years later that I'm watching this video but what's up with the Lamb's wool pads as an applicator instead of the roller?
Is there a stain or lacquer that you would recommend? Is there a product that does both jobs at once? Thanks in advance :)) Good demo, Im not so daunted by my summer project now x
there are products that do both at once but i don't recommend them. The products I use are available on the website
Dura seal for stain and bona for finish
What kind of roller do you use
Can I put 2 coat of lacquer?
Love your videos- very informative!
(1 vote for no music in videos, please; I find it distracting)
I like the music
Hey man that song bops 😂
Hey buddy is one coat enough of a water based one..
One primer two top coats
the explicit graphic warning and background music makes you think this is going somewhere fun.
🤣🤣🤣
Is that a roller in your pocket?
Cue music...
How many coats are needed?
How do I find out if my hardwood floors are oiled or lacquered?
check out the article on the website "how to refinish a wood floor without sanding" got some info on there
you make it look so easy! I did my floors on my own with a helper and it looks nothing like that! Going to sand it all down again and start over. May I'll be just pour a bucket of stain all over the wood, and leave the house for the day and leave it to dry.
What kind of rolller do you use
the roller im using in this video is made by Junckers, it's a professional lacquer roller, search Junckers Aqua 25
@@HowToSandAFloor can you reuse the roller for the subsequent coats?
How long does it take to dry
yeah how long does it take to dry
Water base takes up to 2hrs tops to dry first and second third takes about the full 2hrs to walk on it next day furniture
Thanks for the parental advisory. Crack is the sort of stuff i want to keep away from my kiddies as long as possible!
Just finished lightly sanding a 50 year old hardwood floor. I'm thinking it would look pretty cool with just polyurethane on it, without stain. Am I crazy? Do people ever do that?
Yes, it’s what I do 90% of the time. Much more popular to stain in America. Personally, I recommend DIYers don’t stain their floors because it’s very difficult for someone without experience to make it look good, almost impossible. But no on listens to me, so final answer: yes 100% go lacquer only
where is the uncensored video?
Hi whot cand of roller are u using
Warren Mitchell in this one it’s the Junckers Aqua 25
Is this natural wood color?
orangge386 no this was pine and we stained it
And what did you use to stain it? How is it done?
Thank you very much for the censor box - some countries you have to pay to see that kind of stuff! ha ha
you forgot the corner right behind you at the end :P
Go and get a cup of Tea?
stop stalking this straight english hunk!
BTW Why the porn film music?
Yeah and you come back and your bloody lines have dried. I thought the same thing. Tea? Hahaha
Don't go off a blow a joint he is saying
Aren't we funny.
You've shown forethought and organisation to ensure your work is carried out in an efficient and effective manner.
Yet, a simple, effective and inexpensive way to keep your trousers up has completely passed you by. 😊👍😀
hello, thanks for doing the video good job, can i send you a picture to your email so you could advise me what to do.. im stuck with something! let me know thanks!