Finishing Plywood Floors

If everything looks right you are ready to attach the plywood to the subfloor.

Finishing plywood floors. Paintable plywood readily accepts paint and laminate for a unique and customized appearance. Adaptability like any wood flooring product you should let plywood sheets planks acclimatise in your home for a day or two but plywood does not present the same problems as solid hardwood when it comes to hot and cold climates. It was fantastically easy and meant that the hardest part of diy plywood floors cutting down the plywood was taken care of for me. When choosing plywood or a plywood alternative consider these features as well.

Stainable plywood provides an already sanded surface that accepts stain well to create a natural looking finish. If your plywood has dents holes or splits you can use a stainable wood filler to fill the gaps in. It is just super easy to install a planked wood floor using the plywood slats. Better options are available to give a subtle and protective finish.

Use the construction adhesive on the liberally on the bad side of the plywood the side without the nice woodgrain. Finish completed plywood floors with the chalky white paint and for added shine treat it up with the minwax polyurethane. Save money by working with what you have. Once you have made your cuts lay down the plywood sheets the way you want them as a test.

As important as economy is even more important to me is the way the product is installed. When you add in the other costs excluding labour to finish it the price goes up to just over 2 per square foot. Once you have finished with 100 grit sand the surface again with 150 grit and then 200 grit to smooth the surface. As a result my job was just to sand the boards place them on the floor glue nail them down and stain finish the floor.

Take the sub out of subfloor. Economy at the current price of 36 per sheet that just a little over 1 per square foot. A hardwood or grade a plywood probably won t need much prep at all but a lower grade will. Once glued set the plywood on the subfloor and nail it down.

Not bad for any finished wood floor. Turn a plywood or any wood subfloor into a durable easy to maintain finished floor. This also opens possibilities to match your flooring to room decors. Be sure to select a wood filler that is both stainable and sandable.

Wallpaper as floor paper. Sand the entire plywood surface with 100 grit sandpaper. For this stunning diy finish fill and smooth gaps in the plywood subfloor with fast setting drywall compound and a trowel. This will open the pores in the plywood and make it better able to accept stain.

Think rustic wild west or urban industrial chic rather than old world grandeur.