Tips on hardwood floors?

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I'm going to tackle 6 rooms, two hallways, and a set of stairs.
They all have just a thin coat of a sealer. Don't know what it is because they are 37 years old.
I'm just going to use a vibrating upright sander.
Any tips?
I need some guidance because the footage is over 1400 square feet plus the stairs.
 
Id love 2 help u.but i live in shack....down by the river......Z
 
Have a good friend thats a contractor. builds houses, he does a lot of hardwood floor work. Hes actually doing some work on my house. What exactly did you want to know? i can ask him if you want...
 
it's going to take you forever starting out with a Vibrating Floor Sander.

there is a process
depending on how bad the floor is
plastic off every room you don't want dust in.. Tape plastic to door frames to seal them off.. Turn off any forced air or heat.. You will screw up your system if you don't..(huge mistake)
make sure no exposed nails.
1st run Drum sander (grit will depend on the floor 36grit to 80grit)
2nd run 100-120grit (can skin run 1 and use just this if floor is in very good shape)
fill any cracks with putty
Vibrating Floor Sander to smooth out the roughness
apply sealer
then topcoat
repeat up to 3 coats.(depending on your liking)
 
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bump at bass.. i did some acouple years ago in an old house i re-did.. rent a machine.. trust me you have to.. they give you all the paper you need and it's cheap.. so always keep a fresh piece of paper on the machine.. but witht he floor being older i didn't fill in any cracks.. i liked them showing.. and i mean older floor.. they where in REALLY bad shape.. example is by the window they where all cupped and stained.. the machine will take it ALL out.. one thing about the machine it's very strong.. so make sure that you are ALWAY going with the grain.. and be extrta careful around corners not to hit them with the machine because if they machine gets hung up just for a second it will scar the floor up that fast.. but it's really easy

now to the sealler.. Home Depot has a water base floor sealer that works VERY good.. some of the oil base ones can be harder to put on.. once again making sure that you always go with the wood grain.. i tested it in one of the closet and took the product and just slapped down the stick/sponge thing that i was using to put it down with and made a big pudle and it slef-leveled(if you will) and looked as good as the rest of the floor.

it's easier than you think if you know anything about wood.. and will turn out look like million bucks

hope that helps
 
HugelyGifted said:
Have a good friend thats a contractor. builds houses, he does a lot of hardwood floor work. Hes actually doing some work on my house. What exactly did you want to know? i can ask him if you want...
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Recommendations for sealer, polyurethane, and application technique.
 
now to the sealler.. Home Depot has a water base floor sealer that works VERY good.. some of the oil base ones can be harder to put on.. once again making sure that you always go with the wood grain.. i tested it in one of the closet and took the product and just slapped down the stick/sponge thing that i was using to put it down with and made a big pudle and it slef-leveled(if you will) and looked as good as the rest of the floor.
 
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