This information sheet will cover two aspects of older floors. The first is that the timber itself along with the coating will change colour over time. Secondly that due the before mentioned, if stains are present they will become more visible when the floor is resanded. Some boards may darken their colour tones with age while others will lighten with age. Some coatings will darken or yellow with time while other coatings may result in a floor becoming lighter with time. These changes will occur over time from one degree or another with all timber floors. As the change is gradual it is not generally noticed by the owner, or a new owner will not be aware of what the floor looked like when first sanded and coated. The change in colour upon resanding and coating can at times be quite dramatic and similarly stains that were not noticed previously can become quite obvious. However, when a floor is resanded and coated it is just being brought back to the colour that it was originally, when first sanded and coated, and perhaps with some stains now evident. Many see the fact that a floor can be resanded and coated as a significant benefit, and with most floors this is the case, because we are able to transform a floor that is perhaps looking old and tired, into a floor that looks brand new again.

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