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Staining a Stained Floor - is this going to be ok?

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:29 pm
by useless@diy
Hi - Any adice on this would be much appreciated. I had my kitchen floor sanded and stained several years ago. The colour I chose is Terraccota which turned out to be too reddish ( seemed like a good idea at the time). I decided to live with it but now that I am retired I thought I would restain it. I can't afford to have it professionally done and don't fancy the palaver of sanding again. Therefore, is it possible to stain over the current stained floor boards with a lighter colour.

Many thanks

George

Re: Staining a Stained Floor - is this going to be ok?

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:26 pm
by proptech
Hi George

In a word, no. Any new stain can only darken the floor even more. I'd be thinking in terms of covering it with another material. Don't forget that sanding a floor reduces the thickness of the boards, sometimes to quite a large extent, especially in order to remove a penetrated stain.

Re: Staining a Stained Floor - is this going to be ok?

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:37 am
by useless@diy
Hi Proptech

Thanks for the reply. I suspected the answer would be 'no' - I will now have to think again or just live with it.

Thanks again

George