Can Engineered Hardwood Be Stained

Floors with a wear layer less than 2 millimeters thick can tolerate a light scuff sanding with a buffer.

Can engineered hardwood be stained.

Unfinished hardwood is installed in your home and then the finish is applied which can be matched to existing or surrounding hardwood floors. Prefinished hardwood is stained and finished at the factory under carefully controlled conditions which provides a more consistent appearance and superior durability. It isn t real wood underneath and would not take stain well. Deep scratches or stains in the wood might require removing more of the wear layer.

Thicker top layers can be sanded just like solid wood allowing you to erase deeper scratches and dents. A good time to do it is while sanding. However there are only a few millimeters of actual. That led to a few customers asking if we can re stain engineered wood floors.

I don t believe that you can stain engineered wood. Using simple division for common flooring thicknesses we can determine how many times the engineered hardwood can be refinished. Most engineered wood is pre finished probably around 95 of it and solid hardwood can either be pre finished or unfinished. Much like the question about refinishing engineered wood floors there is no easy answer to this question either.

On oct 13 2014. Can you refinish it by sanding and staining it. What is your professional opinion and experience with impregnated engineered wood floors can they be re stained with the same or different color stain. In a previous blog we discussed refinishing engineered hardwood floors and how the thickness of the wood layer determines if they can be refinished.

Engineered wood floors may be stained depending on the product. 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. I have engineered wood floor maple about 2 mm thick a darker color.

An engineered floor with a 3 millimeter top for instance can handle two refinishings. The same stain solution can show a different color depending on the wood you apply it to. Yes they can at least once. It is real wood but it is compressed with other material with a coating.

My advice is to paint it with chalk paint. Saying that you could try. Usually when people say pre engineered they have just gotten terms mixed up. You can definitely sand and stain engineered hardwood flooring to refinish it.

Consult the manufacturer for specific recommendations. You should test the stain before finalizing your choice.