Hi everyone!
My previous projection inwards this room makeover was the installation of the sliding door for the closet. You tin cheque all the details almost that project HERE.
The flooring didn't await skillful at that moment, I know. The rug had been removed together with I painted the sub-floor, getting it laid upwardly for the novel flooring.
The room used to receive got rug every bit you lot tin come across inwards the moving-picture exhibit below (A earlier pic of the closet). It didn't await bad inwards this pic, only believe me, afterward fifteen years of utilization it needed to go.
My original selection for the rug replacement was hardwood floors. For almost a yr I kept on tracking the prices for 3/4" - 4-5" planks, the lowest it went was $3.10/sq-ft. Not a bad cost only when adding other supplies + tools together with having inwards take heed that I wanted to supersede the rug inwards the entire 2nd grade of our home, the total cost would receive got been around $3,200. Still non a bad cost for an surface area of almost 900 sq ft.
However, I went the DIY road because of savings. Having a daughter inwards college together with some other small-scale fry speedily approaching the same route, I receive got to relieve coin the most I can. And since this is the 2nd grade of our home, which is non used every bit much every bit the showtime level, I thought using a lower grade textile hither wouldn't hold upwardly that bad.
I followed this tutorial from Addicted2Projects. You should cheque together with read all the valuable information they plough over if you lot actually desire to plough over the Wide plank Plywood Flooring a try.
This is my experience:
The material: Rough sheets of pino plywood I bought at Home Depot for around $23. For this room, which is the guinea hog for this projection I bought v sheets. The skillful people at hard disk drive ripped each of the plywood sheets inwards 8" planks for free.
From each plywood canvass I got v planks that were just 8" wide, the finally plank was almost 7½" due to the amount of textile the blade eats.
This textile is rough, it has markings. When I was looking at this stuff at that topographic point inwards the shop I was a flake hesitant because it has lots of knots, rips together with overall it didn't await nice. But having inwards take heed my inspiration, I went ahead together with bought it. Besides I'm going for a rustic-industrial await inwards this room. ;)
Once at abode the showtime chore was to plough over all the planks a skillful sanding. I used 100 grid sand newspaper to smoothen out the transcend purpose together with sides of each plank. The marks disappear afterward some sanding.
The side yesteryear side footstep is to select your stain. Those 2 boards inwards the inwards a higher identify moving-picture exhibit were sample boards. The i on the left was at 25% together with the other at 50% strength. The stain I chose was Varathane forest Stain - Ash.
My trouble solid unit of measurement chose a rattling night colouring - The total pull of the Ash stain. I was trying to convince them to become towards a "white-ish" flooring only nope, they kept on quest for a night stain.
The stain was applied amongst those stain pads you lot tin also abide by at Home Depot.
Once the stain dries, you lot demand to sand all the planks. I used a 120 grid sand newspaper for this.
This is how my garage looked when inwards the middle of it all. I worked on the tabular array on the correct mitt side together with kept on moving the planks.
For this showtime coat I used foam pad/brushes similar the i you lot come across inwards this picture, only that was a bad idea.
When the poly is applied it looks blue-ish, afterward it dries is clear. The planks felt a flake fossil oil every bit you lot tin come across inwards the moving-picture exhibit below. It could've been from applying the hold upwardly poly amongst the foam, I spotted piffling bits of it hither together with there.
Again, a calorie-free sanding is needed.
For the 2nd together with tertiary coats of poly I used a Purdy brush together with ahhh, what a difference! It went actually fast. After the 2nd coat I mitt sand a yoke of boards where I felt a bump or two.
The poly was applied on the transcend of each plank together with on all of their sides.
This is how they looked at the end.
Here the whole pile, laid upwardly to hold upwardly installed.
At this indicate they felt rattling smooth. One to a greater extent than coat of poly is going to hold upwardly applied afterward installation, which volition hold upwardly i of my side yesteryear side posts.
My overall stance thence far:
It looks similar a lot of travel together with it is. However, it's non a harsh harsh work.
For me, the hardest purpose was the sanding together with non because the planks needed lots of sanding. It was difficult on my mitt because of the weight of the sander. Even though I took my time, my correct mitt was inwards pain. (though my mitt has been hurting since edifice the cupboard where I used some clamps that were rattling difficult to opened upwardly together with close!)
I liked that I was able to come about this projection piece standing up, no dorsum or articulatio genus hurting which is what you lot larn when the flooring is already installed.
It takes time, I allowed the coats of poly to dry out for at to the lowest degree 24 hours earlier applying a novel coat.
This is a small-scale room - From the thirty planks I got from the v sheets of plywood I solely finished 26 because I thought four of them await besides bad, 2 of those were the ones I used to attempt the stain.
Well, that's all I tin mean value of it thence far.
For all the information almost How to Install the Plywood Planks click HERE.
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The next are all the links to each of the projects done inwards this room:
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