Sanding Old Floors

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Sanding old floors. If an inspection reveals that sanding will damage it you can scuff up the old finish with a buffer and a sanding screen and spread a. One thing i did was remove all of the old quarter round molding before doing the floors. Before you start sanding remove everything from the room and vacuum the floor.

At this stage it can be difficult to see how effective the sanding is. Sanding the floor will kick up a lot of dust so protect light fixtures and tape over electrical outlets. The entire process cost about 350 which included the rentals could have done without the square sander sanding pads stain and sealer.

Remove shoe moulding the wood trim where the wall meets the floor. Did you know that refinishing a floor means that you ll sand over your floor. Switch to medium grit sandpaper.

Use the edger. Sand all the main field areas with the drum sander using your pre determined starting grit. When each coat dries sand the floor lightly with 220 grit paper or 000 steel wool.

Sanding the floor smooth 1. Start on the opposite side of. Replacing that throughout the house cost about 165.

Many finishes take 24 hours to dry. Refinishing 100 year old wood floors. The 13 steps to sanding your floors.