Hardwood Floor Refinishing

How hard is to refinish your hardwood floors? Preparation, preparation, preparation

The hardest part of finishing flooring is removing all of the dust from the surface prior to finishing.

Today is easy to rent the proper equipment including floor sanders, vacuums, and scrapers.

Patience is critical to vacuuming all the surfaces in a room, removing all potential dust, hair or fiber sources in the house. Closing off sections of the house is critical to minimizing debris from getting into the final finish.

The cleaning process I use is to sweep, vacuum, water wipe, and then use a solvent wipe to remove any residual dust, debris, waxes or oils. All of which can cause failures in your final product.

In addition using dust free tools, coveralls and shoes will help prevent contaminating the surface.

The photos below I used a hand orbital sanders for the entire floor. Holes from wall removals were wood filled and then three coats of semigloss finish resulted in a professional result.