A Floor Refinishing: Sanding

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Flooring - some from the Baroque period of 1625 to cover some of the most famous Royal properties in France - not as a nightmare few thought it would be of bodywork. The main objective is like the grain of the wood parquet ninety degrees from one field to another, and how this squares on milling wheat.

Patience is the key!

Parquet secret ground so that the grain will not be affected, is patience.That's right - patience. Most of us want to hurry and get the job done and over done. Make rent a drum Sander and a couple of attempts on the floor, wipe the stain of polyurethane to protect everything, and the tree ... You're done! But if you want the best results are patience, as well as a good, old-fashioned hard work.

Although Sanders will drum the job done quickly, there are two potential problems in dealing with them. Number oneUnless you are a true professional, with one of the big ones, you run the risk not only spoiling the grain floor, but also from reality, making the big gouges in the wood, that can solve any amount of the adjustment. The large orbital sander can make rent this danger, even if they are a bit 'lighter drum control Sanders.

Use smaller Sanders for better control, less dust

Alternatively, it is a proposal to use a handheld orbital sander. The work to makeTake a little 'longer, but the potential to ruin the beautiful parquet floor gouging is close to zero. Maintaining a much better control over the machine, you can also do a better job. These small dust Sanders even less, so that one less thing you have to be, when you are fighting this work.

Many are (with pockets like a vacuum cleaner!), To catch the dust, so that all you have to do, it's usually empty. Smaller, 3-4-inch belt sander can also be used forMain open part of the ground speed things up a bit ', but you must use the orbital position of the edges and maybe even a paint scraper (hand tool) to get the last remnants of the old surface angles of view.

Reduce the abrasive grain

Another tip for finishing wood floors that has to do with patience, with sandpaper in a decrease in the level of granularity for the best surfaces. Depending on how bad the old floor, you start with a grain naturally enough, maybe even 20 Kdeeply scratched floors. For an average working body, but it is very likely, you can start with a 60-sandpaper. From there you can take 100 and 150, and finish the job with sandpaper 120 for a smooth-as-possible surface.

Stain, polyurethane, wax or oil

After the adjustment, the choice is yours whether to stain or not. You can then polyurethane - three layers to get the best - or you can choose, the simple application of tung oil, or goWax. You have the hardest part is grinding the middle so that what is done at your side, but the most important thing to remember is to enjoy a great new interface on your amazing too parquet!