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Posted by FragileWarrior on September 30, 2006, 9:53 am
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> FragileWarrior wrote:
>> I'm trying to find some info for a friend who just bought a house
>> built sometime around the turn of the last century. The floors in
>> the old part of the house look like oak from a distance but, when
>> seen up close, the look of oak is achieved by something (stain?
>> varnish? paint?) over a white coat of paint.
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>> From what we can tell, the white paint isn't pickling since the
>> boards under that don't look like they were finished in any way and
>> it's definitely a pretty solid layer of white paint.
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>> We were wondering if this is some type of floor treatment used in
>> older houses to give the look of better wood flooring to cheaper wood
>> floors or whether this whole visual effect was just pure dumb luck
>> and many decades of being covered by old, disintigrating carpeting.
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>> Any info anyone can provide will be appreciated.
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> Different people have different thoughts but "turn of last century"
> was some six years ago, not very old. Am assuming you meant in the
> early 1900's.
Yes. Sorry. I figure I'm IN this century so that was the last one. I
should have clarified better.
> Many floors back then were probably pine and may have
> been painted over later by someone to attain a grain effect which was
> a popular thing in the 40's.. If wood is accually pine it can become a
> beautiful floor if prepared correctly. Not a job for an amateur.
Do you have any idea what might be over the white paint to give it the
oak color? Is it possible that is stain or maybe just effects of aging
paint?
I think he is going to get someone to come in and do the work for him but
we were just curious if this was an intentional effect or not.
Thanks for the help!
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