Minneapolis Maple Hardwood Floors Before and After Pictures

We started this job on Wednesday and we finished it on Thursday.  This house was in South Minneapolis off of Nicollet Ave S.  It had 1.5 inch maple hardwood floors.  They had a really old varnish on the floor, that was on top of an oil based polyurethane. There were a few spots that looked like urine stains or water damage.  We planned for the worst case scenario to stain the floors dark if the stains couldn’t be removed.

However, once we started sanding, after a few cuts it be came clear that the stains were only in the finish and not on the hardwood floors.  We got the finish up, clean it out, and the floors turned out really nice.  I really like maple with an oil base finish.  Adding an oil based poly to maple really brings out the color of the few grains that maple has.  If you use an sealer for the first coat, I think it looks even better.  We water popped these floors before we put the finish down.

We did this to give the floors a more even look and help reduce the visability of any minor imperfections in the wood.  Maple floors on average are harder to sand because the wood is more dense and ususally they are in older houses, which have settled more.  As a result the floors are unlevel.  Thanks a lot.