Badly Sanded Hardwood Floors

How to sand your hardwood floors.

Badly sanded hardwood floors.

Unlike waxes or other hardwood floor refinisher products that provide a short term shine this added coat will last for years and extend the life of your floor. We recently bid on a 1200 square foot flooring project and were not chosen by the owner originally. Despite a background in art history and english literature she s spent 13 years sanding hardwood and teaching others to do it themselves. Hardwood floor sanded across the grain.

The end result will be blotchy because i couldn t get the wood to an even color. Use 150 grit paper if the finish isn t completely worn through or if the floor is finished with oil. The restored hardwood floors look rustic and the few dings that we did make with the sander didn t matter. The coarser paper will cut back the finish more efficiently.

Admittedly my floor is over 100 years old and pretty warped. This does happen occasionally but not too often as even though we aren t the least expensive flooring installation and finishing company around normally when everything is considered quality price reputation dust free sanding etc. If your hardwood floors are in need of refinishing you have two main choices. By sanding your floors yourself you could potentially save hundreds or even thousands of dollars so long as you do it right.

They are not at all noticeable unless you get down there to look. I ve never had any issue. And competing in roller derby in her spare time. Our contractor had one of his workers sand our hardwood floors across the grain.

With that said i have now spoken to way too many people that will be sanding their floors by hand no matter what. It might be way easier to do an even sanding job on a newer floor that hasn t had 100 years to move around and become uneven. Bad floor refinishing pictures of a terrible floor refinishing project. Do it yourself or hire and pay someone else to do it for you.

Here are some of my most important tips on how to sand hardwood floors. This story will show you how to refinish hardwood floors and add a new coat of finish directly over the old by first applying a liquid that roughens the old finish so the new finish can bond to it. We used four different grits when we sanded the floor starting with 40 for the kitchen. I have on occasion sanded on an angle about 30 degrees to flatten a floor.

As i have said many times before sanding hardwood floors by hand can be a lot of hard work. Now no matter what they do it shows lines or grooves across the floor. So it is only right that i do an article about sanding wood floors with hand sanders. Hard work that can be alleviated with the use of a floor sander.

Despite all of this there are still finish marks on the floor. Sand with the grain and create a scuffed area significantly larger than the spot you re repairing.