Ugly floor hides true identity
The sanding process is underway.
An aggressive sandpaper was used to “hog” through the old brittle, but rubbery carpet pad. I call this kind of sandpaper “shards of rock, bonded to paper” as the grit size is about 1/8″ and very sharp and angular.
Remember, always wear hearing protection and a breathing mask. I do not recommend those paper throw away dust masks. Spend $20 for a good fitting mask with HEPA filters-HEPA filters are generally pink color coded.
Read MoreThat ugly floor can be refinished!
YES IT CAN! This floor was covered with the same carpet for 50 years.
The house became a rental and many times the carpet was shampooed. As a result the carpet pad had glued itself to the wax residual finish on the wood floor.
I walk into new projects daily, I will give you concise information about the status of your wood floor and the options for proceeding.
Read MoreFreshen up the floor surface with a recoat!
A recoat of wood flooring runs about a 1/3 the cost of refinishing the floor. If the existing finish on your floor is loosing its shine (but has not worn through to the bare wood) we generally can add another coat to extend the life of the floor. An onsite inspection can verify a floor candidate.
For the floor in this picture, I used the following are steps:
- wet sanding with a mild degreaser
- a hot water wash of the degreaser
- thorough cleaning
- apply top coating
