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How to refinish old floors

HotRod

05-31-2006

Re: How to refinish old floors

scott21230

05-31-2006

Re: How to refinish old floors

dadiOH

05-31-2006

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Posted by HotRod on May 31, 2006, 9:32 am

I have some very old, 100+ years, cedar floors in my house and decided that
I'd refinish all of them. I started with the amster bedroom with a drum
sander and 24 grit paper but it still took all day. First I needed to get
through the paint and then the yellow stuff underneith (like putty) just
keeps gumming up the sand paper when it is heated. I tried stripping parts
of the floor first with stripper but that didn't help much. Using a heat gun
helps a bit but is very, very labour intesive. Does anyone know how to
remove this"putty" without 200+ sheets of sandpaper?

Posted by on May 31, 2006, 9:40 am

I would use the heat gun.

HotRod wrote:

> I have some very old, 100+ years, cedar floors in my house and decided that

> I'd refinish all of them. I started with the amster bedroom with a drum

> sander and 24 grit paper but it still took all day. First I needed to get

> through the paint and then the yellow stuff underneith (like putty) just

> keeps gumming up the sand paper when it is heated. I tried stripping parts

> of the floor first with stripper but that didn't help much. Using a heat gun

> helps a bit but is very, very labour intesive. Does anyone know how to

> remove this"putty" without 200+ sheets of sandpaper?

Posted by dadiOH on May 31, 2006, 9:59 am

HotRod wrote:

> I have some very old, 100+ years, cedar floors in my house and

> decided that I'd refinish all of them. I started with the amster

> bedroom with a drum sander and 24 grit paper but it still took all

> day. First I needed to get through the paint and then the yellow

> stuff underneith (like putty) just keeps gumming up the sand paper

> when it is heated. I tried stripping parts of the floor first with

> stripper but that didn't help much. Using a heat gun helps a bit but

> is very, very labour intesive. Does anyone know how to remove

> this"putty" without 200+ sheets of sandpaper?

How thick is it? Could it be linoleum?

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