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Treating floors with a wood texture brush

Brushed wood flooring has become a highly popular option for homeowners looking for floors with more character and style. The brushed texture technique uses a wood texture brush to wear away the softer grains in wood floorboards, leaving an old wood floor texture that adds a sense of character and heritage to the surface.

At Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, we offer a wide range of hardwood floor texture options, along with a broad selection of hardwoods, grades, color and patterns that can transform any floor into a stunning design feature that will add beauty, warmth and elegance to a room.

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Treating wood floors with a wood texture brush

When adding brushed texture to a floor, Carlisle craftsmen use a wood texture brush to gently wear down the softer grains in a floorboard, leaving denser grains standing proud in the surrounding grain. This technique gives new floorboards the soft appearance of floors that have been gently worn down over time by foot traffic. Our craftsmen treat each board four separate times with a wood texture brush that has a unique multi-layer bristle which follows only the softer grains. For more dramatic results, our brushed wood texture techniques can be combined with any of our other surface treatments, including:

  • Hand-scraped edges. A hallmark of colonial hardwood flooring, hand-scraped edges were used in centuries-old floors to smooth the transition between boards when one board was slightly taller than another. Woodworkers would draw a plane across the boards to gently round the edges.
  • Timeworn techniques. This process recreates the distinguishing patterns of boards that have been naturally worn down by footsteps and the passage of time.
  • Footworn textures. This texture replicates the undulating patterns in very old floorboards that were once smoothed by original woodworking tools like Jack Planes or draw knives.
  • Watermill techniques. This technique reproduces the appearance of boards that were originally rough sawn at riverside watermills centuries ago, where cutting techniques left saw marks and rough patches in the planks.
  • Hit or Miss texturing. This process creates a rustic appearance by adding the saw swirls or kerfs that were commonly seen on boards cut at early sawmills.

Our craftsmen can use a wood texture brush and other techniques on both solid and engineered floors. Textured engineered wood flooring is ideal for installation below grade or in areas where surfaces may be exposed to temperature extremes and higher levels of moisture and humidity.

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Choosing a hardwood for a wood texture brush treatment

At Carlisle, we offer 10 species of hardwood that can be treated with a wood texture brush or distressed in other ways. Each species has a distinct personality with different hues, grain patterns and density.

  • Red Oak hardwood offers coloration with deep, salmon tones and has tight, consistent grain.
  • White Oak features more dramatic grain patterns that range from simple and sleek lines to vibrant swirls, with hues that run from brown to beige.
  • Rift & Quartersawn White Oak is cut using special techniques that produce straight parallel lines in the grain with vibrant ray flecks that radiate across each board.
  • Walnut floors are valued for their rich chocolate/mocha hues with surprising auburn undertones and complex grain patterns.
  • Cherry floors have lustrous red tones and subtle but distinctive flowing grain patterns.
  • Ash floors offer higher density and hues that range from cream to light blonde to rich nutty brown.
  • Hickory offers unusual strength and durability and features hues from lighter blonde sapwood to cocoa brown and beige heartwood.
  • Birch floors have warm amber portions and blonde outer edges, along with grain patterns that range from subtle swirls to highly figured flames.
  • Brown Maple floors feature subtle and consistent grain patterns with hues of rich gold, amber and brown.
  • White Maple offers striking, flowing grain patterns with clean and lighter hues for a more neutral finish.
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Why Carlisle is #1 in textured flooring

Carlisle has been a leader in handcrafted wood floors for more than 50 years. When you choose textured flooring from Carlisle, your floor will be sourced from the most reliable timber grown in America’s forests, and fashioned one plank at a time with time-honored techniques and craftsmanship. We know every detail of your floor matters – from the right shade of stain and the nuance of a hand-scraped edge to the fine etchings of a wood texture brush across every inch of every plank. Our knowledgeable design consultants will work closely with you to ensure that your custom-made floor is the perfect reflection of your sense of style and sophistication. With a textured floor from Carlisle, you’ll have a surface that will set the stage for your life at home, and a floor that will always be a welcome reminder of where you are each time you enter the room.