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Hi people

bloke doing my floor has replaced some damaged timber boards with new wood. The idea was that he would then stain them to make them colour fit in with the old boards. Thing is he's varnished them already with a water based varnish and forgotten to stain them to match the old wood....

I'd like to stain myself to match the older boards and would appreciate any advice about what I'll have to do to prep this new (varnished) timber so that the stain will take. I'm thinking of using a water based stain.

Do I have to re-sand the new boards to remove the varnish, or can I get away with rubbing down with some kind of solvent?

any ideas gratefully received.

t.

Hi Tomski, and welcome. To be honest i dont think you will be able to match the board's exactly. I think you would be better off sanding the whole floor and then staining it to your requirements. That way you'll have more chance of getting a match.

Hi and Welcome

I think I have seen this thread before on another forum but not sure. The bloke who put the floor down for you and forgot to stain the floor before vanishing and could not see the difference must be blind as well as daft.

Any way sand the floor to remove what varnish you can from old and new floor boards as Mr Wood Magnet says. Depending on the colour of the old floor you can just make up some mud yes mud and rub it in the new and old floor boards. And after it as dried repeat until you get the colour you are after then seal the floor but remember if you use an oil based varnish it will go yellow / honey colour in a short space of time and hence change the colour. Water based varnish is less likely to yellow but the more coats you put on it will turn a milky colour.

Hi Team

This is the thread I was think about regarding staining floor boards

Just cut and past the link and see what you think.

Ageing old boards

http://diyforum/post/31356