Hi,
I'm looking for some advice on refinishing what I think is mahogany skirting boards and architraves, which I think have been originally finished with clear varnish (please let me know what you think from the pictures?). Some pieces have been temporarily removed due to fixing parts of walls etc and I'm planning on putting laminate flooring throughout so plan to lift the rest of the skirting boards and put them back on afterwards. The wood is mostly in good condition apart from around 2 of the windows which have some water damage. The windows have paneling with ply wood and it's the ply wood that's in the worst shape.
Some of the options I have considered...
1. Sand everything down and stain a darker colour. My thinking is that this would disguise the water damage areas and also that I like the look of a darker wood and would like to tone down the orange tones of this natural wood.
2. Paint everything.
3. Paint only the windows that are damaged and clear varnish the rest. --- with this option would I need to sand all the wood right down the same as I would for option 1?
What do you think would be my best option? What are the pros and cons and any issues you see with these options? Any other ideas?
I know probably the right thing to do would be to remove the damaged panelling but I'd really rather not have to do that. Both windows have been replaced so there should be no further damage.
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking for some advice on refinishing what I think is mahogany skirting boards and architraves, which I think have been originally finished with clear varnish (please let me know what you think from the pictures?). Some pieces have been temporarily removed due to fixing parts of walls etc and I'm planning on putting laminate flooring throughout so plan to lift the rest of the skirting boards and put them back on afterwards. The wood is mostly in good condition apart from around 2 of the windows which have some water damage. The windows have paneling with ply wood and it's the ply wood that's in the worst shape.
Some of the options I have considered...
1. Sand everything down and stain a darker colour. My thinking is that this would disguise the water damage areas and also that I like the look of a darker wood and would like to tone down the orange tones of this natural wood.
2. Paint everything.
3. Paint only the windows that are damaged and clear varnish the rest. --- with this option would I need to sand all the wood right down the same as I would for option 1?
What do you think would be my best option? What are the pros and cons and any issues you see with these options? Any other ideas?
I know probably the right thing to do would be to remove the damaged panelling but I'd really rather not have to do that. Both windows have been replaced so there should be no further damage.
Thanks in advance!
