How to get that golden smooth antique pine floor look?

[groovybug]

Hi everyone,

The original pine floor in our living is currently stained orange-ish, as pictured. What I want is the really smooth, light golden look (see other photo). Please let me know how to achieve it. Should I sand it or strip it, then varnish or oil or stain ..? The variety of methods are a little dizzying for me.

Many thanks.

 

[motorbiking]

Floor sander and edge sander. Make sure you have tapped down the nails so that they are recessed in the board otherwise you'll get through a lot of belts when the nails catch them.

 

[groovybug]

(mod, sorry to repost here, it seems a more appropriate place to ask)

Hi everyone,

The original pine floor in our living is currently stained orange-ish, as pictured. What I want is the really smooth, light golden look (see other photo). Please let me know how to achieve it. Should I varnish or oil or stain ..? The variety of methods are a little dizzying for me.

Many thanks.

 

[Tigercubrider]

My floor was a dark orange/brown when the carpets came up.
When sanded it was pale and close to white compared with how it had been finished.
I'd discussed the ideal colour be with the sanding guy and he mixed up a test on the floor using bonna colour i think?
Once agreed, he did the colour then used several clear coats

 

[foxhole]

Looks like the colour you are after is light oak on pine boards.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

It doesn't matter what you do to it, pine will always go yellow/golden on exposure to light and that all you can do is minimise the effect. So avoid oil-based lacquers, which have a straw/pale yellow hue and tend to go more yellow with age, and use a clear water based finish with a UV blocker to minimise the effect. Accept the fact that it won't stay that "scrubbed pine" white colour forever

 

[groovybug]

It doesn't matter what you do to it, pine will always go yellow/golden on exposure to light and that all you can do is minimise the effect. So avoid oil-based lacquers, which have a straw/pale yellow hue and tend to go more yellow with age, and use a clear water based finish with a UV blocker to minimise the effect. Accept the fact that it won't stay that "scrubbed pine" white colour forever

I've tried to sand a small part by hand and bare pine colour seems too white/bleached for the look I'm after. Will they fade to yellow in a while or should I use some colour finish?

 

[big-all]

untreated "white pine" will turn to antique in perhaps 2 years
if you stain it now it will in two or three years it will then be darker as its now antique pine with stain on top

 

[groovybug]

untreated "white pine" will turn to antique in perhaps 2 years
if you stain it now it will in two or three years it will then be darker as its now antique pine with stain on top

Thank you, so the pine colour of the photo I attached above is simply varnished stripped pine yellowing over time? 2 years would worth the wait!

Is there a better way to get to bare wood from stained wood than sanding? Would chemical stripper or wood bleach work as well or is it too messy? Sanding is quite quick and convenient, however the negative for me is we would lose the surface character of the wood.