Dircks Woodworking

We were called back to an old house that we previously did the floors to the front half of the house. Now the kitchen floor needed redone. The homeowners tore out the existing 5 layers of flooring that was about 2 inches thick . We had to replace some of the old antique heart pine boards.  

This was a pre-finished floor that we did not know what the wood was. Was it bamboo? It was soft, lots of scratch marks. We figured it was a tropical wood.  Foyer Powder room  Breakfast nook Kitchen We started sanding and saw how quickly the finish was coming up. The more we sanded we recognized that it was rubber wood. When we finish chairs and tables that is where we see this wood.  This was the first rubber wood floor we have refinished  The homeowner wanted to change the color to Jacobean, a nice dark brown color. Foyer Powder room Breakfast nook Kitchen

There is a Funeral Home in a nearby town that needed it's exterior doors refinished.  The property manager contacted us last November for us to come evaluate the job.  There were spots of bare wood was showing, so we advised to use shallac on them to winter over, and we'll come in May when the weather is favorable to refinish them on sight.   We started with scraping. Then we sanded them with 40, 80, and 100 grit sandpaper.  After the sanding, we then used spar varnish marine grade polyurethane, 3 coats. The whole process took a week and a half.