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Reply With QuoteThe issue I see is the boards are already painted.
The boards will expand and contract based on humidity and any filler is best applied to bare timber.
How do you intend to remove the paint in the tongue groove gap ?
floorboard gaps and filling Hey guys trying to get some advice we have cypress pine floors and they are currently getting painted white (yes I know it's not to everyone's taste).
there is alot of inconsistency in the gaps and some of the white paint has gone into the gaps between the boards so the lines are not seamless so its annoying me to no end.
I did read some earlier posts on people advising using sikaflex pro but more than likely there is possibility that they could budge doing high humidity? I am in Sydney on the northern beaches for reference
I have seem that there is now a product call no more gaps hardwood floor which says is specifically made for this type of issue. It says it has timber fibres and is sandable. as they are currently finished but unfortunately pink has come through so there is the possibility of a total resand should the paint fail again. So if it does need a Total resand then whatever is in there will need to be able to be sanded.
I am happy to tape boards and push product in then if needed paint over the product between the boards then remove tape.
thoughts and ideas would be great
The issue I see is the boards are already painted.
The boards will expand and contract based on humidity and any filler is best applied to bare timber.
How do you intend to remove the paint in the tongue groove gap ?
I won’t be able to remove the majority of the paint in the gaps I don’t think.
I used no more gaps hardwood flooring to fill a gap deliberately left between a laminate floating floor and a tiled floor. Actually its between the laminate and an aluminium bead at the edge of the tiled floor. It’s is a long sinusoïdal curve across the room. That was about 2 years ago and it’s doing well - so a pretty amazing product really as the amount of expansion/contraction on the laminate floor in last years weather conditions was diabolical, and it gets walked on many times each day.
Obviously it has not suffered from being attached to metal or laminate surfaces so I think it would be ok with painted surfaces.
I just squeezed it into the gap, gave it a bit more encouragement with a scraper, then troweled it off and cleaned any excess. Maybe a grouting sponge would be a good applicator if you had to do a lot??
I’m not necessarily saying it’s right for your job, but my concerns would mainly be aesthetic.
Get some and try it.
Cheers
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