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 Post subject: unfinished, water damage, dry-out or replace
PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:53 am 
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I am in the process of installing and and finishing 3/4 white oak. Currently it is all installed and I was getting ready to sand and finish.

My wife left a window open and unfortunately we had a bad storm, heavy rain and high winds. I walk in the front door and all I smell is a pungent wood smell. Uh oh.

So all under the window was pretty wet. I could see and feel the ends of the boads, where to molding will go, were raised/swollen a little.

I have a fan on it and a dehumidifier in the room. I was going to let it dry out and then sand and finish over it (waterlox + OMU).

Does that sound like trouble - should I just replace the boards that were/are wet? Of course I would prefer not to have to replace them.


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they should be fine to sand and finishy once they have dried out, but replacing them may not be a bad way to do, had a similar problem when a roof leaked on some unfinished w. oak, i don't think the wood is so much the issue but the moisture below it , when we tore it out the sub floor was pretty saturated and the flooring was pretty well dry


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yup,
it's still wet even though it looks dry.
If'n not too many square feet, tear it out and re=place.

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