Beetle-kill Pine floor question

[DaHeel]

We installed some Beetle-kill Pine floors a few years ago knowing full well that the wood is soft and would wear fairly quickly with a 120 pound dog in the house. I know that refinishing is an option but we would like to do something in the meantime to eliminate the yellowing that has resulted from Orange Glow and other cleaner/polishes. Any experiences of folks who have had any luck? Steam cleaners were our latest idea.

A recent furniture rearrangement helps to see the yellowing.
Bottom of the photo shows where the area rug has been for a few years.



Left side shows rug coverage.

[MTT]

I had never heard of Beetle kill pine, as a floor. I think it looks kinda cool. I would just keep it clean and go with it

what happens when you spill Grape juice, wine ect on it?

Or heven forbid, track grease in from the garge? I did that to my off white carpet recently. (It will nver go away)!!

[montanaskier]

I was gonna say PM DaHeel but I guess that wouldn't work much.

[iceman]

A lot of the difference in color is simply because of exposure to light, it will even up substantially after a while. Pine darkens with light exposure but it only goes so far, so the lighter areas will catch up. It'll take a long time to get completely even but the difference will decrease a lot pretty quickly.

[carvedog]

All pine will yellow and darken with age. Not sure what the cleaners influence in this.

As for a finish, there is a super bulletproof flooring a friend put down in a rental house we were in a few years ago and it was the shit. So tough we couldn't even mar it with dogs, kids, no felt pads furniture ( his) and ski boots and stuff. Granted it was over a hardwood but the finish was very, very tough. And it was water based so we were back in the house a day later.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Short story...no. As other's have said, it is the light. It is not dirty or stained, it is chemically altered. You can't get it out. What poly/sealer do you have on there now? Was in stained at all when it was installed?

[4frntmorrison]

Just wanted to say, that looks sick!

[Chainsaw_Willie]

Or heven forbid, track grease in from the garge? I did that to my off white carpet recently. (It will nver go away)!!

Try Castrol Super Clean full strength on the grease stains. Scrub it in with a brush, let it sit for a few hours then extract with a carpet cleaner. It'll take forever for it to extract it all since that stuff is super concentrated but it should remove any kind of grease stain.

[DaHeel]

Short story...no. As other's have said, it is the light. It is not dirty or stained, it is chemically altered. You can't get it out. What poly/sealer do you have on there now? Was in stained at all when it was installed?

It was put in with the poly and sealer already on it.

[iamTRuTH]

Leave it alone, I think it looks nice. Kinda like the tarnish on copper

[Alaskan Rover]

Me, I'd be inclined to just let it age naturally. It looks a pretty tight grain for pine. Pine often gets that grey to it. I've built pine furniture and pine shelves....it had the same grey in places. If you're totally set on cleaning it...you might want to try bleaching it with some teak cleaner. But looks good to me as is...wood is beatiful no matter what the species...but my tastes are simple. I wouldn't use Orange Glo on it, though. There are plenty of better cleaners for wood floors out there. Murphy's Oil Soap is what I use on my wood floors. You can also check out what Maguire's has.

[wicked_sick]

I think it looks better aged than it does fresh.

[XXX-er]

Just wanted to say, that looks sick!

I'm glad somebody likes it cuz we got a whole fucking province full of the stuff

[iceman]

How much do you want for us to haul your dead trees away?

[XXX-er]

you couldn't cut/haul all the standing dead pine before they became too rotten to mill

I had 4 pine taken down/disposed off my lot in prince George and it cost me 40$ each which was a bargain but the pine beetle really altered the treescape of a small city that had pine trees everywhere ...they all had to be taken out

[iceman]

Hire a Black/Mexican person to clean that shit that is what they do.

Don't get to post 12, please, you stupid troll.

[huckbucket]

Hire a Black/Mexican person to clean that shit that is what they do.

Split kook!

[DaHeel]

The silver/blue is actually a fungus that is a result of the beetle feeding on the tree. We chose it because the high mountains of Colorado have suffered an infestation of the pine beetle in the lodgepole species and the USFS was pulling it out of Summit and Eagle county and looking for some uses. There was a mill in Kremling that was milling the tongue and groove product so we thought it would make for a great repurposing. I'm not unhappy with the darker patina on the exposed floor but thought having it evened out would look a bit better. I guess it's good to know it's the result of sun exposure and not something I did with a floor product.

[montanaskier]

you're a bad floor owner....I'm calling floor protective services

[Jethro]

The silver/blue is actually a fungus that is a result of the beetle feeding on the tree. We chose it because the high mountains of Colorado have suffered an infestation of the pine beetle in the lodgepole species and the USFS was pulling it out of Summit and Eagle county and looking for some uses. There was a mill in Kremling that was milling the tongue and groove product so we thought it would make for a great repurposing. I'm not unhappy with the darker patina on the exposed floor but thought having it evened out would look a bit better. I guess it's good to know it's the result of sun exposure and not something I did with a floor product.

I like your flooring. It is cool that a local mill is finding a use for these trees. The local logging around here for beetle kill has resulted in the trees being chipped. I do not think you can do much to stop the yellowing, as that seems to happen to most pine products. If the floor is denting or scratching too easily, could a tougher finish help? I usually see pine in more rustic uses, so wear patterns are an accepted occurance

[iceman]

With pine floors you really just have to put dents, dings, etc. down to "it adds character" and call it good.

[DaHeel]

Picked up a Shark steamer for the floor hoping to do some serious cleaning. There was a ton more dirt on the planks and inbeded in the scratches. They cleaned up nice for sure and the color difference is less noticeable. Still love the pine.