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This space was excellent but it had old pine
boards that needed quite a bit of work, as well as other areas of the room that
needed work, as well. So the “treasure” needed a “key” to open its beauty and
durability – and that came in the form of Waterlox.
Brian said he focused on developing the room
overall while pulling out the pine boards to sand them in the basement and work
on them outdoors the following summer.
“We had to have a lot of structural work done
so we carefully pried up each board, pulled nails, and stored in the basement
and in the spring we sanded down, stored again and then when we were ready, we
nailed it down, picked a starting point so we knew how much wood we would have
left,” Brian said.
But to protect the wood, Brian had a lot of
research to do online to find the right product.
“I have friend who has
a cabin who used a polyurethane and he talked about how it cracks and yellows
but I found Waterlox mentioned quite a lot in forums and everyone kept saying
the same thing about them … ‘once you become a user you become an advocate’ and
it’s totally true,” he added.
“The product offers an amazing contrast and we could not be
happier. It
went on really easy – I’ve never finished a floor in my life so I was a little
intimidated and maybe a little skeptical but we used it and everything came out
beautiful.
“I’m not sure what the species of the pine was
but Waterlox really brought out a red hue and it was really nice and I couldn’t
have asked for anything better. It brought out the red and a real natural look
in the grains and the knots. I’ve already had responses on my Facebook page and
a friend is building a house and she’s going to use Waterlox just based on how
well it performed for us.”
