This floor was pretty tough to do. It was by far the most intense floor I have done. None of the boards were end matched so I had to go through and square cut and router them for t&g. I spent 3 solid months just scraping all the wood.
Install was tough. If it wasn't for my festool plunge circular saw I never could have cut anything. Upstairs, the nosing for the handrail was already installed. Cutting those wide boards to match that radius took lots of care.
The home owner wanted it super black. They didn't want any red coming through which was tough to do with bubinga. I tried everything to get it dark enough for them yet still be transparent. In the end I used black wood stain from general finishes. It was better than any dye I could come up with.
Boards were wiped down with acetone before staining. Stain was applied and then topped with a few coats of high gloss poly.
I would hate to clean this floor, every bit of dirt shows up. Its what the customer wanted so I guess as long as they are happy its good!
More pictures are here:
http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn14/gracefulpete/Hand Scrape/
Thanks guys