Can Engineered Hardwood Be Stained

A good time to do it is while sanding.

Can engineered hardwood be stained.

Others may have other painting suggestions. Most engineered wood is pre finished probably around 95 of it and solid hardwood can either be pre finished or unfinished. Unfinished hardwood is installed in your home and then the finish is applied which can be matched to existing or surrounding hardwood floors. Engineered wood floors are easy to install and can be used in basements and other high moisture areas that are not appropriate for solid wood floors.

What is your professional opinion and experience with impregnated engineered wood floors can they be re stained with the same or different color stain. Usually when people say pre engineered they have just gotten terms mixed up. An engineered floor with a 3 millimeter top for instance can handle two refinishings. However there are only a few millimeters of actual.

I don t believe that you can stain engineered wood. Consult the manufacturer for specific recommendations. Prefinished hardwood is stained and finished at the factory under carefully controlled conditions which provides a more consistent appearance and superior durability. You can definitely sand and stain engineered hardwood flooring to refinish it.

Thicker top layers can be sanded just like solid wood allowing you to erase deeper scratches and dents. My advice is to paint it with chalk paint. The same stain solution can show a different color depending on the wood you apply it to. Much like the question about refinishing engineered wood floors there is no easy answer to this question either.

Saying that you could try. Using simple division for common flooring thicknesses we can determine how many times the engineered hardwood can be refinished. It is real wood but it is compressed with other material with a coating. There are factors that reduce the number of times any engineered hardwood floor can be refinished.

Can you refinish it by sanding and staining it. In a previous blog we discussed refinishing engineered hardwood floors and how the thickness of the wood layer determines if they can be refinished. You should test the stain before finalizing your choice. Deep scratches or stains in the wood might require removing more of the wear layer.

That led to a few customers asking if we can re stain engineered wood floors. If you have engineered flooring such as a floating floor not attached to the substrate you can t sand it. I was told it cannot be re stained to freshen up or to change the color because the floor stain was impregnated. Floors with a wear layer less than 2 millimeters thick can tolerate a light scuff sanding with a buffer.

On oct 13 2014. Engineered wood floors may be stained depending on the product.