For maximum protection and durability give the floor 2 coats of stain or varnish and wait 24 hours for the floor to dry.
Finishes for blue stained pine floors.
For you purposes at least 5 6 coats of shellac can be brushed or rolled on to a well sanded pine floor.
Unlike hardwood flooring though softwood does not come pre finished.
Blue stain pine that has been kiln dried below 19 and has had the pitch set at 160 degrees is about as sterile as it gets.
You ll need to finish your own pine flooring using stain varnish or oil.
Wood flooring professionals tend to assume that everyone knows that stain is quite different from finish varnish is one class of finish used on floors but not the only one which is the generic term for any substance that can seal the porous surface of wood and provide a layer of protection and reflective sheen.
Woods like cherry pine and birch can become blotchy and unattractive when stained unless you use a sealer before staining.
Now let air blow on it and water re wet it then you have a new event not a recurrence of an old one.
Although in my opinion 4 coats of satin polyurethane makes the very best finish for a pine floor there are many alternatives.
For the best results test the possible finishes on scrap pieces before you start.
Like all other finishes it slightly enhances the natural pigment in pine.
Our blue stain pine flooring is produced from 100 salvaged ponderosa pine trees killed by the mountain pine beetle.
Every tree is hand picked in the forest and range from 100 400 years old.
To finish a pine floor which is basically plywood that is purchased and finished from large sheets you need to use stain varnish or oil.
Then apply a final coat of stain varnish or oil.
Custom kiln dried to 6 8 moisture content.
The wide array of colors are all natural as a result of a fungus from the pine beetle.
There is no hard finish and water and stain resistance is low.
The most natural but least water resistant film finish is shellac.
However the result is a soft sheen with most of the original color remaining.
If the boards will not take abuse consider finishing the bare wood with old fashioned paste wax for wood.
Antique pine often has a dark mellow color.
It s easy to end up with megablotches and it s hard to avoid grain reversal a peculiar effect that makes stained pine look unnatural.