[Shop-talk] Hardwood floor saddle

[bjshov8 at tx.rr.com]

If you can make the old piece work, then ok.  Otherwise you can buy the same wood type, cut and shape it to fit, and stain to match.  We did this and had stain custom-mixed to match our flooring.  Or you could try your luck at buying stain at the store.


---- John Mitchell <jmitch at snet.net> wrote: 
> It's funny, I just talked to my nephew about using his to thin down the 
> old saddle.   Thanks
> 
> On 12/4/2010 6:45 PM, shochschild at att.net wrote:
> > Do you have a planer?
> >
> > On 12/4/2010 4:43 PM, John Mitchell wrote:
> >>     Hi all, In my bedroom I have hardwood flooring and there was wood 
> >> saddle where the hardwood met the tile going into the bathroom as the 
> >> tile was a little lower than the wood.  I've redone the tile flooring 
> >> so that it is now level with the hardwood.  When the saddle was 
> >> removed, the wood underneath is no longer the same color or texture 
> >> as the rest.  I've tried sanding and putting on a coat of 
> >> polyurethane, but it still looks ugly.  I'm wondering if there is 
> >> some kind of a thin wood strip that I can apply to hide the area. I 
> >> don't really want to use the old saddle, as it was very thick, and 
> >> was a tripping hazard.  Any ideas short of re-doing the whole floor 
> >> would be appreciated.   Thanks   John Mitchell   Shelton, CT
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