When your wood arrives move the end grain flooring into the areas where they are going to be installed and leave them there for at least one to two weeks before installing.
Diy hack for end grain flooring.
Also called wood block flooring end grain floors are made of tiles cut from timber ends.
Generally about 3 inches thick.
End grain patterns are more intense and visually dynamic than any other wood grain.
Bob vila discusses an uncommon way to patch cracks in an old wood floor or grout a new wood block floor.
Old time machine shops factories use end grain wood floors like this.
The look of reclaimed end grain tiles varies with the type of wood.
You can refinish the tiles to create a gloss end grain floor that looks almost like polished brick or finish it with a satin sealer to capture hypnotic patterns unlike any other flooring.