When going to carry out floor repairs with your own hands, namely the parquet, then we need to consider all the options for this process. After all, as a result, you want to get a fresh and beautiful parquet that will look like freshly laid. Therefore, you need to choose the most convenient way for you and a simple method.
One of the most famous ways is to apply varnish, in other words, varnishing parquet. This method has a number of advantages – the varnish returns the parquet of the natural beauty of the tree, increases its moisture resistance and gives it any (according to your choice) shade characteristic. Parquet varnish is applied with an even neat layer on the prepared surface. The most of the modern materials is suitable for this purpose acrylic primer, in addition to the fact that the varnish fits perfectly on such a base, acrylic increases the strength of the coating.
Another way to “revive” the parquet coating is to apply a layer of oil, which deeply penetrates the wood and fills all the cracks in it. The oil reliably protects the parquet from moisture and strengthens the natural properties of wood. Since you are going to make floor repairs with your own hands, you must determine which of these processes is more suitable for you. It all depends on the load on the floor, moisture in the room and your capabilities for the floor (in temporary dimension). The oil has no “habits” to crack, an environmentally friendly product, but it is very difficult, unlike varnish, remove if you want to change the color of the parquet.
Another way to repair the floor with your own hands without attracting specialists for this is the application of wax. Wax gives the parquet moisture resistance, the effect of silkiness, aroma and literally mirror smoothness. When buying in the store materials for covering the floor wax, read all the instructions for use to know with what chemicals it is combined. Wax for the parquet is liquid, hard and pasty. Depending on which you will acquire, the tool and the method of applying it will be selected. Wax, like oil, is tinting. However, wax care is more often and labor. When buying it, it must also be taken into account that there is wax, oil wax and wax mastic. The only precaution when applying wax refers to the fact that if you have a large area of the floor, you will have to use a grinding machine.
If you want to change the shade of parquet, then there are ways to tint it for this. They tint parquet with oil, stain, varnish – all these methods differ slightly. Varnish has such an advantage that it is easy to remove. Oil can turn the usual and darkened parquet into an expensive and spectacular floor, butter can give it the appearance of any rare wood.
Toning with a stain also has its own characteristics. When repairing the floor with your own hands, you breed a stain with your own hand. And it is very difficult to repeat the same concentration for the second time, which means that the tone will differ. In addition, processing the floor with a stain, do not forget that after that, it must be covered with varnish.
Another way of processing parquet, which gives it the original effect of artificial aging is brashing. This effect is achieved using a metal brush by choosing soft wood fibers, due to which the drawings of the annual rings of wood are distinguished and become visually voluminous. Parquet treated with oil or wax after breasting, acquires an amazing and sophisticated look.