Blue Stained Hard Yellow Pine For Floors Hardness

Blue streaks have no effect on the integrity of pine.

Blue stained hard yellow pine for floors hardness. Our blue stain pine flooring is produced from 100 salvaged ponderosa pine trees killed by the mountain pine beetle. Last spring we started work on our master bedroom installing a faux brick accent wall and beginning the process of refinishing the floors a few months later i tore out the carpet in the adjoining hallway and we ve been working on these projects on and off for the last year. Custom kiln dried to 6 8 moisture content. 406 642 7120 floors.

Yellow pine is the state tree of alabama arkansas and north carolina. In the north tight grained old growth eastern white pine is still going strong in many homes. The fungus is killed when the lumber is kiln dried and remains dry. Yellow pine was the flooring of choice in part due to its hardness and durability.

Every tree is hand picked in the forest and range from 100 400 years old. Here s what our 113 year old yellow pine floors. It s more common on white pine than yellow. Use blue stained pine as you would any other type of pine.

You can also use a stain conditioner or wood sealer to improve the appearance of the stain. Beetle kill pine wood is high quality with great color and character. I m back to share a long awaited update on our upstairs renovation. By comparison heart pine is 1 225 so it s slightly weaker than red oak but stronger than walnut cherry or carbonized bamboo.

The wide array of colors are all natural as a result of a fungus from the pine beetle. The earliest wood floors usually softwoods such as pine were often never finished. Learn about our beetle kill pine lumber for walls and floors here at sustainable lumber co. Basswood is harder than some pine but softer than.

The preferred construction wood of the 19th century used for everything from clipper ship masts to warehouse timbers to residential flooring. Often this is simply a physical property of the wood species itself such as maple black cherry and pine whereby it does not evenly accept stain or colorant. The blue stain stops growing and the blue. The blue stain originates from a fungus deposited on the tree by beetles.

Stained colored floors should be uniform in color. Yellow pine and western white pine are the most common types of trees found in the united states and rank 690 and 420 on the hardness scale. Yellow pine is often pretreated with a hard glaze which you should remove for best results.