Red Wine on White Oak Step

[tiralie]

[member=7816]Tim Raleigh[/member]
I like the floating treads. Is the metal tread support item a commercial product or did you fab it?

Cheese:
I redesigned them (after the clients fabricator messed up the first attempt) from the architects original drawings and had them fabricated and powder coated.
I will start a new thread and post the story and design there.

 

[Cheese]

Cheese:
I redesigned them (after the clients fabricator messed up the first attempt) from the architects original drawings and had them fabricated and powder coated.
I will start a new thread and post the story and design there.

I'll be looking forward to the new post & thread. [thumbs up]

 

[TheTrooper]

Your clients floor is probably a prefinished product. If it is the milky clear on it is actually a 2 part oil/wax product that is recently new to the market. I hate it and it scratches easy. Basically you add part A and part B together like an epoxy. Apply with a steel trowel, and wait until hard and buff with a white pad on an Orbital floor buffer.

The picture provided is the same "prefinished" floor. I used a white oak unfinished tread which seemed more red. I used Natural Peach water-based stain from Minwax, I did alter it with gold and brown pigments to achieve the milky color and to cancel the red from the oak.  Light hand sanded it with 320 grit and added 3 coats of the Bona Natural. I always use 3 coats of anything. But it says 2.  You will be pleasantly pleased with that clear.  You might beable to get by without the stain,  I used it to soften the redish tint on some of the treads.