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Posted by adkoch on July 17, 2006, 12:57 pm
My wife and I are moving into a house with beautiful hardwood floors
that have been hidden under shag carpet for years. The carpet and pad
appear to have left the wood it almost new condition (1950's)
I know fully refinishing hardwood is either expensive to have done
professionally and an enormous amount of work to do yourself. So, I am
looking for a simpler way to treat the floors prior to our move-in.
Is there a problem with simply applying a coat or two of modern
polyurethane to make sure the surface stays in great condition? If this
works, would I have to lightly sand the surface first or could I just
apply the polyurethane after a good cleaning?
I have not closed on the house yet, so I haven't' been able to test
the current surface for water absorption, wax, etc.
Thanks in advance for any help
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Posted by JimL on July 17, 2006, 2:14 pm
On 17 Jul 2006 09:57:49 -0700, adkoch@gmail.com wrote:
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>My wife and I are moving into a house with beautiful hardwood floors
>that have been hidden under shag carpet for years. The carpet and pad
>appear to have left the wood it almost new condition (1950's)
>I know fully refinishing hardwood is either expensive to have done
>professionally and an enormous amount of work to do yourself. So, I am
>looking for a simpler way to treat the floors prior to our move-in.
>Is there a problem with simply applying a coat or two of modern
>polyurethane to make sure the surface stays in great condition? If this
>works, would I have to lightly sand the surface first or could I just
>apply the polyurethane after a good cleaning?
>I have not closed on the house yet, so I haven't' been able to test
>the current surface for water absorption, wax, etc.
>Thanks in advance for any help
Lightly sand would be nice.
If you have some imperfections, Start with 80 grit, move to 150 grit
and finish with 220 grit. Use a tack cloth to remove dust between
sandings.
Then finish off with 400 grit and remove all dust from the room and
lay down your poly.
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Posted by m Ransley on July 17, 2006, 2:50 pm
Dont recoat without sanding the old finish, it is hard, the new finish
may not bond to it. It would be fairly cheap to hire out the work, a
floor buffer is used with sanding screen to roughen it up. You must
check and remove any old finish or wax.
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Posted by basscadet75 on July 17, 2006, 2:47 pm
adkoch@gmail.com wrote:
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> I know fully refinishing hardwood is either expensive to have done
> professionally and an enormous amount of work to do yourself.
What is your definition of "expensive"? As home improvements go, it is
about as cheap as it gets to have anything done professionally.
How much square footage are you talking about? It's usually about 50
cents a square foot in my experience to sand and refinish. It cost me
$350 to have my entire first floor refinished.
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Posted by TCG on July 17, 2006, 3:57 pm
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> What is your definition of "expensive"? As home improvements go, it is
> about as cheap as it gets to have anything done professionally.
> How much square footage are you talking about? It's usually about 50
> cents a square foot in my experience to sand and refinish. It cost me
> $350 to have my entire first floor refinished.
I heard that it was more like $2-$3/sqft. What type of professional did
you get? A hardwood specialist, handyman, other?
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>that have been hidden under shag carpet for years. The carpet and pad
>appear to have left the wood it almost new condition (1950's)
>I know fully refinishing hardwood is either expensive to have done
>professionally and an enormous amount of work to do yourself. So, I am
>looking for a simpler way to treat the floors prior to our move-in.
>Is there a problem with simply applying a coat or two of modern
>polyurethane to make sure the surface stays in great condition? If this
>works, would I have to lightly sand the surface first or could I just
>apply the polyurethane after a good cleaning?
>I have not closed on the house yet, so I haven't' been able to test
>the current surface for water absorption, wax, etc.
>Thanks in advance for any help