If you are planning to get started refinishing hardwood
floor, there are a few things that you are going to want to be
aware of, to ensure that you get the best results.
Hardwood floor
installation and maintenance does not have to be difficult,
but here are a few tips that you will want to keep in
mind.
How to Refinish Your Hardwood Floor
If you are interested in refinishing hardwood floor, first
and foremost you need to realize that refinishing hardwood
floors is something that takes a lot of time and patience. This
is not a job that you can rush, and so you are going to need to
be aware of this and willing to take on the task.
Materials Needed
First you are going to need to gather together the materials
you are going to need for the job of refinishing hardwood
floor. This would include such things as wide brooms, heavy and
light sandpaper, gloves, rollers with long handles, floor wax
or polyurethane finish, brushes, dust masks, wood stain, rags,
floor sanders and edgers, and shop vacuums.
Anything else that you can think of you will want to get
together as well, and ensure that you have everything you need
for refinishing hardwood floor ready to go so that you don’t
get halfway through the job only to realize that you are
missing an important tool.
Sanding, Staining And Finishing
All you need to do now is to get started on actually
refinishing hardwood floor. You will need to check the floor
for nails and other protrusions, so that the floor will be
completely evened out in the end. Get a floor sander and buff
down the existing floors, and then you need to stain the
floor.
There are various different colors of wood floor stain
available these days, and you may even end up deciding that you
would prefer to leave the floor natural in tone, in which case
you simply need to apply a finish.
Finishing the floor is quite easy, and all you need to do is
stir the container of polyurethane finish, making sure that you
mix it properly, as shaking it will create air bubbles that
will stay in the final finish and throw the whole look off. You
want to apply the polyurethane with a brush or roller, and make
sure that you are stroking evenly back and forth, never in
straight lines because this may end up showing up, leaving a
streaky effect.
