Wood Sanding and Finishing Cambridge UK: Pitch Pine, neglected but loved

The other day we sent to boys out on a job and this is what they found.

Pitch Pine flooring, for those of you that don’t know is a very popular wood, mainly due to its hard wearing nature. It has this rich, unmistakable quality that you don’t find in new flooring and as such requires special attention. Often found in old Victorian buildings, its grain is symbolic of authenticity and the colours tend to grow warmer and even redder over time.

Like people, it is easy to forget that over the years wooden flooring can age, accumulate wear and tear and thicken ;-)

What the boys found was a floor that had spent the last fifteen years absorbing ever drop of moisture and wax thrown at it. Its colour had in fact deepened, but to a degree that the intrinsic grains and knots were all but invisible.

This called for some intensive care!

Breaking out the tools of the trade, the lads set to work. They huffed, they buffed, they sanded, they…did something else that rhymes and after some hard slog, they turned a much neglected pitch pine floor into a rather snazzy and fresh looking show-piece.

If you find yourself sitting in your home one day and your eyes linger on your wooden floor, ask yourself, could it look better. If you start to um and ah, the answer is YES.

Don't delay, treat your flooring to the care it deserves, call the professionals.