Wood Flooring and Wood Stairs - What Finish?

toocan

I have sanded back my stairs and flooring in my hallway (stairs are pine flooring i 'think' is cedar - shown below)

Now im unsure what the best way to treat them is? Ideally id want a matt (non shiny finish). Any recommendations on products and process's I should follow to get them finished?

yangptangkipperbang

Have a browse through Lacquers/Oils/Stains. This stuff certainly isn't the cheapest - but it is very good. Used one (can't remember which one) on my sanded floor - 5 years on, it still looks like the day it was done. AND before anyone says it - it isn't still wet :rotfl::rotfl:

http://www.flooringsales.co.uk/acatalog/Bona_Products.html

meercatsunited

you can buy a satin varnish that has just a light sheen from diy places.
we did that some years ago and it wore well, it was also a lovely natural colour. do not buy anything with a stain included as it looks a real mess if any of it wears away and then the whole floor has to be resanded.

Jonesya

Have you taken the banisters off or is it an open staircase? If the later I'd want something super-grippy so I didn't slip off.

PasturesNew

It'll sound like a troupe of clog-dancers in the house every time somebody goes upstairs or downstairs.....

drummer_666

i've just sanded my floor and i'm using satin varnish from Wilkinson, it is not overally shiny, it looks good

Sooki

I tend to use something like a plain Danish oil, or similar. It nourishes and toughens the wood and gives it a glow & is easy to apply.

As this soaks into the wood you won't be able to sand it off if you don't like it, so I'd test it somewhere first incase you don't like it. Personally I'd stear clear of lacquers and varnishes, oiled wood is much easier and cheaper to apply and maintain.

abankerbutnotafatcat

It would probably spoil the look you're after, but you can buy stair treads which will make the stairs more slip-resistant and (I'm hoping) will provide a bit of cushioning should the worst happen. I fell down our stairs the very evening we took the carpet up (my own fault, the effort of removing all that gripper rod had exhausted me and I'd been too tired to sugar soap off the slippy grime underneath). So I promptly ordered some sisal stair treads that are super grippy, provide sound-insulation, are relatively cheap (c£100 for one staircase) and very easy to install.

Just a suggestion to add to your options!

LandyAndy

PasturesNew wrote: »

It'll sound like a troupe of clog-dancers in the house every time somebody goes upstairs or downstairs.....

Nah. It won't. I have an open tread wooden staircase and it isn't particularly noisy.

It is slippery if you are in the habit of walking around in socks though.