Beau and Kara Studios- Episode 91- Finishing an OSB Subfloor 

We have a cat rescue and I love this channel! I'm ready to work!

That has to be the most flammable death trap I’ve ever seen.

very good job nice work and thank you for showing this up

Wow, I loved !

Too cool! OSB is not designed to be sanded or finished. Nice work. Looks great. Super cool!

It looks really good.

Oh yeah!!! You kicked ass!!!

I made a fake plank hardwood floor using plywood. It came out well. The rest of the house had parquet hardwood flooring so we custom cut the plywood into 6 inch planks to align with the old flooring and stained to match. We added some "random" cuts, and screwed and glued it all down with hidden break-off screws. It has performed ok for 6 years. While we used the best hardwood plywood at our local big box store, a few pieces of the flooring were missing an inner ply, and so after years of use, and abuse in a few spots the upper ply broke. If I were doing it again I would like to closely inspect the edges of each piece to avoid using those pieces. We did this in a kitchen, an area of the house where it has had lots of abuse. This type of flooring would perform better is a bedroom, office or living room. Places where there is less water, fewer falling cast iron frying pans, and less appliances to move. Dropping a frying pan will dent the flooring, in our case we consider that "added character." When the refrigerator leaked while we were one vacation, it discolored some portions of the flooring. I ran a dehumidifier for four months and dried out the flooring and while some areas are still darker and show water damaged, it is not that noticeable in the kitchen. About 50% of the water damaged discoloration came out as it dried. Hardwood floors are not ever meant to have water on them for a week or more, so the fact that this type of flooring survived that without major warping is a big win. (Cabinet shadows and lighting hide some of remaining stains, others just looks like a natural discoloration.) Life got busy so we only sealed our flooring once or twice. I love the look of your project; and now you embrace OSB for the beauty it has. It has been a couple of years now, have you had any issues with the upper layer of the OSB giving way, due to voids in the lower layers underneath it?

Goodness gracious! I watched it again. It looks so good. I was thinking, "How about a clear epoxy finish?" But, I think poly is more flexible and better suited for the finish.

We did this 15 years ago and it still looks good. You can paint or stain it. People think it’s cork, even. The sanding was hell… 😂 It’s Easy to clean. We used clear. , but. A paint would maybe be better to even out the flecks. Advantec is great

Unique! Considering this in my tiny home. Thanks

I am very interested in going through this process with my floors. I was wondering if you could make a follow up video of how it held up for a year.

I will try this, but I will finish it with oil based paint, probably brown, at least two coats and I will put wood filler between the boards.

You are a pioneer

cool!!!

Would you say this is spill proof? For example, if I put poly on my shed floor and I water animals in it, occassionally making spills, or desiring to mop?

So I have a question. Once installed, what is the way to properly clean and take care of the OSB floor?? I can't find the information anywhere! what has been your experience so far?

I'm going to try A sample and finish it and varnish it.

I think this is neat. On the upside, if it doesnt work, you can just put something else on top.

Otay Alfalfa!...Lol!!... jus kiddn

hi, did you have any issues of the osb absorbing in areas. i finally switched to a wood floor poly to see if it helps, making a large desk L top. the normal poly just got sucked in like water. this is my first attempt with OSB, i have redone wood floors, different projects with sanded plywood like birch. never this type of issue.

Looks great! Did you use an oil or water based polyurethane?

I think it looks nice. Is this a cost savings over laying carpet or flooring?

What an odd dude

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

what is the brand poly did you use thank you

Hi, how did you fill the gaps between the boards?

Do you live in a shed?

can't tell if this a "how to" or a parody

I'm gonna have to take a hard pass

It turned out looking very good. But it is not a subfloor. You took material used as subfloor and made it into finished flooring. Unless you want to be all Meta and consider the subfloor showing through the polyurethane and the finished floor is the poly. Wait a minute. You genius son of a....

Would love to get the info but really obnoxious narrators

so frustrating listening to this guy no action just talks with million pauses

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