Making Plywood Floor Look Like Hardwood Youtube

You don t want to have two of the same lengths beside each other.

Making plywood floor look like hardwood youtube.

I started with 3 different lengths 5 4 and 1. By doing this we have saved well over 1500 that hardwood flooring would have cost. Staggered is more natural if you want it to look like a true hardwood floor. Heather and wanted to try to make our plywood floor look a little nicer than just plywood so we decided to just burn it with a small propane torch.

When you have the floor covered you are ready to start planking. Laminate can be pretty but the plywood floor we installed is every bit as pretty. Cy bought some 1 2 inch birch plywood from lowe s and had the guys in the lumber department cut the plywood into 6 inch strips. It s almost like putting on a mild stain.

The oil based poly brings out the color of the wood and the grain and makes the plywood look warmer. Yes plywood is a soft wood and yes it will get a little beat up over the years. It looks so amazing it has a nice smooth texture and doesn t even look like plywood at all. Or that this floor started its life as plywood.

A solution for situations like this is to sand the plywood and paint it to look like hardwood. A plywood floor is more work to install than laminate but it will last much longer too especially if you buy the cheaper laminates in the price ranges you are talking about. Detailed up close notice the sharpie lines show up perfectly. Perhaps you just removed your old carpeting in the hopes of finding vintage restorable hardwood only to reveal a plywood subfloor instead.

Make sure you use an oil based polyurethene made specifically for flooring. Today we re going to show you how easy it is to use wood floor restorer and a microfiber applicator mop pad to revitalize the beauty of worn wood floors while making them easier to maintain in the future. Unroll the underlayment and staple it down all sides. I love the look of painted wood flooring so i was totally down for the idea.

There are lots of other choices you could make on the plywood. We like it so much that we plan to do this in our kitchen soon. It looks like legitimate wide plank hardwood flooring.