from Gardners 2 Bergers

Okay, I’m in love with these darling little homes and I don't care who knows it! They’re called trulli and from what we read, they’re only found in this Puglia region. We are in Alberbello, where trulli homes are abundant and date from 1400 AD. I think they’re enchanting.

My favorite is with the lights! 💙💚💛🧡❤️ Homes are made of local stone. Roofs made without mortar so they could be quickly taken down to avoid taxes several hundred years ago. They are still lived in and worked out of.

Although the door ways are teeny tiny (I'm 5'5) these homes are surprisingly spacious inside due to the the conical roofs. Here s quick shot when we first drove into town!

Maple has a bad rap in the wood business because it's super hard to stain with traditional products. But staining maple is not a problem with our products, as you can see. Just apply stains and let them air dry! So this is a great project for your old maple flooring, to update it and bring it into the 21st century! Not to mention, this is the easiest way to stain your own flooring. Let's get to it!

MATERIALS

Hard Maple Flooring

Sand 80, 120, 320

Weatherwood Stains' Reclamation Stain

Weatherwood Stains' Polyurethane Topcoat

Directions

1. SAND

We had our floors sanded by professionals, since this is the trickiest part to refinishing floors when using Weatherwood Stains. Normally, floors are tricky all the way around- sanding, staining, and topcoating, but we make things easier with our products. We had them sanded to a 80, then a120 grit. Another option is to purchase wood that's pre-sanded and ready for a stain.

2. REMOVE DUST

Remove all the dust. Using a dustless sander can help with this. Now they are ready for stain.

3. PREP

Pour all your stain into a 5 gallon bucket. Tape off anything you don't want stain to touch, tiles or whatever. You may want to tape off your sections of wood, as well.

After sanding- you can apply a heavy coat of Weatherwood Stains' Reclamation wood stain. Do not wipe off- allow wood to absorb stain. This time-lapse video condensed 30 minutes into a few seconds. You're gonna love watching it! It looks so cool-- the gray just sort of appears out of nowhere. You can see that I applied a heavy coat of stain and then the wood does the rest.

4. STAIN APPLICATION

Edge the floors using a brush or large sponge brush.

Dip the broom into the bucket and lightly push the stain into the wood grain, cracks, and grooves. Unlike most waterborne finishes, the goal is not to wipe on and wipe off, but rather you should flood or drench the wood's surface and then allow the wood to absorb the stain.

Work in sections, a few planks of wood at a time. Either tape off the floor into sections or keep a wet edge as you work across the floor, this will avoid overlap marks. Do not stain half a piece of wood and then come back to stain the other half. Like regular stains, it will be difficult to blend the stain if the product dries mid board, and then you add more stain to the other half.

See above video for additional information.

5. DRY TIME

Floors will dry within 2-4 hours, drying is quickened in warm environment with good air flow.

6. SAND

After the floors were completely dry, we had them sanding with a high grit, 320, just to smooth them out. It was a very light sanding, so it didn't effect the color at all.

7. TOPCOAT

Follow up with 2-3 coats of Weatherwood Stains' Polyurethane Topcoat to lock in the wood color. We buffed the topcoat, to create a smooth, flawless surface. Now the floors will never need ongoing maintenance or care. They're ready to enjoy for a lifetime.

If you have any questions, please let me know! I would love to help you get the perfect wood floor.One more thing, if you're looking to achieve this color on your OAK FLOORS, you will want to use this stain: Weatherwood Stain's Light Oaking - You can see that here- DIY Driftwood Gray White Oak Floor-