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Posted by Dr. Edmund M. Hayes on October 9, 2006, 5:23 pm
I live in a home that has beautiful hard wood floors but over the
years there are some spots in heavy traffic areas that need to be
refinished.
Is it possible to do one area at a time or should we have the entire
level done at once.
The home is fully furnished and I can't imagine how we would move
everything out of the house while the floors were being refinished.
Lastly, what is the best (longest lasting) finish that can be applied.
Thanks
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Posted by Joey on October 9, 2006, 6:33 pm
I would say do it all at once. HD rents a four pad, disc type sander
that will not gouge the floor, even a novice could get good results from
it---I did. And it will sand right up the edge of the room so a second
sander won't be needed. Buy extra sanding discs as they will take back
what you don't use. I only used the regular grit and the fine for the
finish sanding. Make sure you zip up the dust bag, I didn't realize
that for some time and ended up with a lot of extra dust.
HD sells the stain and Poly for the floor. You'll have to choose the
stain you like best. Here is a big time saver. Buy the lambs wool
floor applicator at a specialty paint store. Buy two heads and use one
to put down the stain and save one for the Poly. It goes down quick
this way and no streaks or smears. You could get by using a rag for the
stain but don't skimp on the Poly--use the lambs wool applicator. For
drying time use the directions on the can. My job consisted of two
coats of stain and three coats of Poly. It turned out great and I'd do
it again in a second the same way.
J
Dr. Edmund M. Hayes wrote:
> I live in a home that has beautiful hard wood floors but over the
> years there are some spots in heavy traffic areas that need to be
> refinished.
> Is it possible to do one area at a time or should we have the entire
> level done at once.
> The home is fully furnished and I can't imagine how we would move
> everything out of the house while the floors were being refinished.
>
> Lastly, what is the best (longest lasting) finish that can be applied.
>
> Thanks
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Posted by Joe on October 9, 2006, 7:25 pm
Dr. Edmund M. Hayes wrote:
<snip>
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> Is it possible to do one area at a time or should we have the entire
> level done at once.
> The home is fully furnished and I can't imagine how we would move
> everything out of the house while the floors were being refinished.
<snip>
You can do one room at a time. Rent a storage pod and put the room
contents in that. Then seal off the other rooms with tape and polyfilm
and go to work or hire the pros. The latter often have some neat setups
for sealing off areas they work in from the rest of the house. It may
be a bit pricey, but the convenience and time saving is worth it. HTH
Joe
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 9, 2006, 9:15 pm
>I live in a home that has beautiful hard wood floors but over the
> years there are some spots in heavy traffic areas that need to be
> refinished.
> Is it possible to do one area at a time or should we have the entire
> level done at once.
> The home is fully furnished and I can't imagine how we would move
> everything out of the house while the floors were being refinished.
>
> Lastly, what is the best (longest lasting) finish that can be applied.
>
> Thanks
When you say "entire level", do you mean there's just one continuous floor?
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Posted by on October 9, 2006, 10:00 pm
>>I live in a home that has beautiful hard wood floors but over the
>> years there are some spots in heavy traffic areas that need to be
>> refinished.
>> Is it possible to do one area at a time or should we have the entire
>> level done at once.
>> The home is fully furnished and I can't imagine how we would move
>> everything out of the house while the floors were being refinished.
>>
>> Lastly, what is the best (longest lasting) finish that can be applied.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> When you say "entire level", do you mean there's just one continuous
> floor?
Probably. That used to be dirt-common. Hardwood in living room, hall,
bedrooms, dining room. Entry/Kitchen/baths were slate/vinyl/whatever. When I
was a kid, we put in acres of Bruce prefinished- it was cheaper than quality
carpet back then.
As to OP's question- get a pro refinisher in to look at it. As long as the
bare spots aren't too bad, they can sometimes do a spot refinish, and fade
it into the rest of the floors using a cleaning/buffing. Yeah, you still
need to move furniture around, but you can usually do the cleaning/buffing
half a room at a time. If the floor was factory finish, salvage that if
possible- it's harder than anything you can field-apply.
aem sends...
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