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🦍 Big boy flooring from the old textbook depository in the Vista. What a cool job!

🌊 great day to finish up this wide plank pine floor on the lake! Finished with “Golden Brown”stain and a quality water based urethane for the win! 🥇

🌳 Nice and flat… ready for a little stain and finish coats.

It’s a nice change of pace to do something outside of wood floors, same skill set but less bending over 😓. I think the new darker color really updates this kitchen! www.steadfasthardwoodrestoration.com

Little time off in New Orleans with Liz sans Molly
for my nephews wedding. First time we’ve both been without her since she was born. Good times!

😮 Nice little flip from last month. I knew there was wood under the carpet but was a bit taken aback at how well it cleaned up. Also DM if interested in slightly used plaid sofa and baby blue rocker. 😉 www.steadfasthardwoodrestoration.com

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Initially Elizabeth Fager didn’t believe me when I said there was a salvageable floor under here. To be honest I wasn’t sure either. Little bit of work later and these 90 year old heart pine floors got to see the light of day again!

Old, black, cutback adhesive is the worst. I’ve got two more coming up this month🤢
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👟 Can’t beat a nice lace in… Challenging but so satisfying in the end.
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Makin cutz ✂️
The first pass with the big machine is always the best! Steadfasthardwoodrestoration.com

🌶 So I work alone and rarely are there other trades on site when I’m working but today was an exception. Other guys were on site while I was making some repairs and they even shared lunch! Thanks Hector! (Yes mom I washed my hands before eating haha) www.steadfasthardwoodrestoration.com

🌳Wasn’t totally sure this one could be salvaged but I love a challenge. Replacement is always an option but wood milled today just doesn’t have the same look as 80 year old oak. Super happy to save this one!

F.L.A.T.
The way wood floors should be!

Really cool old poplar floor sanded up and ready to finish. Don’t run into these often but when I do it’s always a treat!

This little guy gave me a run for my money. Lots of patching and lacing in but it turned out nicely!

🌳 Red oak, white oak test…. No matter how certain I am of the wood species I always check. A test kit just gives me peace of mind. All it needs is a sq**rt of part A and then one of B. Wait 5 minutes and if it turns black you’ve got yourself white oak. Tannins are cool!

Maple is one of my favorite options for wood floors but is an absolute beast to sand/stain. Continuing these floors into the kitchen really highlights the open concept.

The ole house flipper special 🤢. The flippers did these floors without professional help 3 years ago and here we are now. In addition to poor products and technique the stain didn’t appear to have dried prior to the finish being applied but there’s a solution to every problem. They look great now! www.steadfasthardwoodrestoration.com

Clean and classic…perfect update for this home!

Uh oh…boss showed up to the jobsite. Guess I better act busy.

Meet Steadfast’s newest employee, Lucy! She’ll be functioning as the “branch” manager for the midlands office.

Tore up from the floor up 😵 ... I went out to this project last year to give an estimate and it was literally down to studs. After getting new electrical, HVAC, plumbing, drywall, you name it, they were ready for me. The red oak floors were one of the few remaining original pieces left in this house. They were in rough shape but that says so much about the resiliency of solid wood floors!

It’s nice to do something different. I do so many dark floors it’s fun when a client has a specific vision and I get to play with colors 🎨. This one is a custom mix of “country white” and “fruit wood”.

What can I say? I’m a sucker for wood grain. Special Walnut on poplar with a satin, water based finish.

It seems I always run into something cool in old buildings. The rest of the house was red oak but the kitchen had this. My best guess is poplar. Wish the whole house was the same!

I prefer a premium 100% ceramic grain on my belts. As the grain fractures it remains sharp but leaves a very fine scratch pattern. Molly prefers to utilize it as a hat. To each their own I guess..

All in all, I’d say this one cleaned up pretty nicely!
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Ouch! Wish me luck on this one. This should make a nice update over the green s**g carpet though....

Nothing to see here... just ripping back this factory finished Brazilian cherry floor to bare wood. It’s going natural with a satin, water based finish. Great look for this home!

These flush mount oak vents are a HUGE upgrade over the traditional metal ones. I installed 12 of these prior to sanding and finishing this beautiful house on Lake Murray. Little details like this really set this floor apart from the rest. www.steadfasthardwoodrestoration.com