subject: Tips to Refinish Hardwood Floor [print this page] Tips to Refinish Hardwood Floor Tips to Refinish Hardwood Floor
If you are getting bored with the dull-looking hardwood floor of your house, now it is time to refinish it. You can follow some tips below to get it shiny again as it used to be. Do the sanding first before start refinishing the floor.
First time you need to do is to remove all furniture. Check the floor thoroughly. If you find any nails and carpet staples, make sure that you remove them all from the floor. Now you can go to a rental shop to rent a sander. This tool is specially made for smoothing a surface with sandpaper. You can use a traditional drum sander. However, one thing you should know about the sander is that the device can work fast that you have to ensure it moves all the time. Orbital sander is easier to use rather than the former one.
Choose a proper supply of the sandpaper. Ensure it fits your rental device. The supply ranges in grits: 36, 60, 80rits: 36, 60, 80, and 100). However, select the 36-grit sandpaper and clip it into the sander. Now turn on the sander and run it with the direction ond run it with the direction of the wood grain of the floor. You can do the sanding by pushing or pulling the machine in straight, but not across the grain.
As it has been mentioned, you have to keep it move all the time while it is in 'on' mode. If you have finished sanding the whole floor, replace the 36-grit sandpaper with a lighter-grain one (60 grit). Now you may start sanding the gouges and lines of the floor until you remove them. When you replace the sandpaper, take a vacuum cleaner to clear the floor from the sanding dust. the sanding dust. Then you had best. Then you had better sand the floor again with 80 to 100 grit sandpaper. To get a smooth hardwood floor, you have to use the sandpapers moving up from the heaviest one (36) sequentially to 60, 80, and to the lightest one (100).
Now it is time for you to refinish the floor. Use polyurethane finish and pour it into a container. Stir and shake it until air bubbles emanate. Take a paintbrush or roll a paintbrush or roller to spread the polyurethane using smooth strokes with the grain. Let the finish dry for about 3 hours. Do the same action once more for the second coat. Let it dry for at least 24 hours before you move back the furniture to the room.
