Patching in floorboards - reclaimed or new?

[DanDare]

I need to replace some boards in a 1920s house - most likely still has the original boards. Planning to sand the boards and stain quite dark (Dark Oak/Tudor Oak/Jacobean Oak)

A builder I asked confidently told me some brand new boards would be fine if I rub a bit of tea on them and then stain the lot together

Is he right? Or do I need to get reclaimed boards?

Thanks so much!

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

reclaimed boards would be better but their not cheap any more it used to be second hand timber now your buying a piece of history ,watch out for wormy boards you could import a problem, if you end up getting new boards a good way to age the boards is thrash them with a rusty chain to get a good ageing effect with random marks ,Iv'e done it on a few ageing projects. I don't know about the tea bags?

 

[foxhole]

If you are going as dark as that then most timber will stain in a similar fashion, to age new boards you can give them a bash as suggested, run over quickly with a wire drill brush [removes some grain lines] and sand edges on boards, as new boards have clean cut edges.

 

[big-all]

have you got a "smaller "room like a toilet cupboard or under stairs are where you can rob the boards and use them where you want and use new and "tea bag/stain " all the same rather than risk a blotchy uneven colour/finnish

 

[Symptoms]

... or nick them from a bedroom and put the new stuff there ... usually bedrooms are carpeted so you won't see the new.

 

[DanDare]

Thanks all

I nicked them from a room upstairs as suggested... A good idea!

Cheers