Need advice, about to sand and lighten this wooden floor...

[devs]

Hi guys, looking for some help please. I get the keys to my new place on Friday and plan to sand this wooden floor over the weekend.

Ideally we would like to have a light scandi finish. Is there any recommended processes or topcoats that I should consider using please?

Also I spotted on the photo that there appears to be a (previously stained) groove that I will not be able to sand, how should I tackle this to achieve a light look.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be really helpful.

Many thanks.

 

[aveatry]

It looks like mahogany stain which you could sand out but depending on the floorboards age they could be a darkish colour anyway then when you put a normal varnish on they will look darker than the newly sanded look. It may be a lot of work and not get the scandi look you want, how about laminate.
Others might have a suggestion of some sort of wash perhaps to help

 

[SFK]

plan to sand this wooden floor over the weekend.

Just checking -
are you hiring proper floor sanders (one very big one and one smallish one for the details)? This is the definite recommendation.
Following link used simply for the image..

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Or
are you planning to use a sander you bought from a DIY shop?. Not recommended at all as you will be there forever and the sand paper will instantly clog with varnish.
Sfk

 

[devs]

Hello mate, yeah hiring a proper sander and edger

 

[aveatry]

In a downstairs room I hired the big one that looks like a lawnmower and the edger but you will still need to get right into the corners unfortunately for me the triangle sanders were not out at the time i did mine so it was a sand block.and they really shake the floor, so for upstairs. I actually used a bosh DIY planer much quicker than a DIY sander - and it did a good job too.

Your floor looks to be pine but in my hallway I had an oak floor that I really wanted to keep but when I sanded it down ther were lots of really bad dark water stains that I could not get out. So I ended up laying engineered oak over it - and most of the rest of the downstairsthe

 

[devs]

Sorry missed that reply. Is there any particular products that you would recommend to lighten with a matt finish? Thank you