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My wife and I did our house. Saved about $3k and learned a new skill. Ours actually came out better than our friends who paid a good bit to have it completed.
living in a dump neighborhood with wood floors makes you king of the block. great selling point...
Why have refinished hardwood floors in a house with all the copper stripped out?
When Trump finishes with America we'll all being living in shacks with dirt floors.
Sanding and refinishing wood floors is pretty damn easy. Rent a drum/edge sander from home depot and mow it down. Start at 30 grit, 60, then 80. Then a sand/screen or buff with a 120 grit. Vacuum and tack it, and a few coats of poly and you're done.
myself as it's way too time consuming if you're doing something like 1,000+ sq.
Sanding and refinishing wood floors is pretty damn easy. Rent a drum/edge sander from home depot and mow it down. Start at 30 grit, 60, then 80. Then a sand/screen or buff with a 120 grit. Vacuum and tack it, and a few coats of poly and you're done.
My wife and I did our house. Saved about $3k and learned a new skill. Ours actually came out better than our friends who paid a good bit to have it completed.
ent a drum/edge sander from home depot and mow it down.
joshuatrio saysent a drum/edge sander from home depot and mow it down.
Drum sander for a first timer? Wouldn't an oscillating sander make more sense?
Drum sander for a first timer? Wouldn't an oscillating sander make more sense?
Beautiful work!
especially because he claimed that it was an easy task for him and his lady.
Oh you can certainly fuck it up. And from his picture it looks like he left the baseboard on.
I can stain and put on oil based polyurethane myself easily enough
I hate using oil based finishes in the mid-Atlantic. Dry times are fucking miserable.
I've heard oscillating sanders are useless for removing old poly in the past.
I was warned about beginners fucking up the floors with drum sanders, but figured that a coordinated person who is familiar with diy ought to be able to do it. Thanks for confirming that joshuatrio
Oh you can certainly fuck it up. And from his picture it looks like he left the baseboard on.
Edging is where you earn your money. Or stairs. But there’s little to no room for error, so if you do bitch something up, your plan to save money goes bust-ish.
Also the type of wood makes a difference.
I wouldn’t sand a floor using any sander other than Galaxy
Also Josh didn’t seem to have to tape anything off. If your vacuum isn’t perfect, it makes a big mess.
I wouldn’t recommend it to a DIY’er, but at the same time, it isn’t rocket science
I would use water based if I were you. We used Bona traffic, and it has held up great. Water based finishes are really strong these days. I hate using oil based finishes in the mid-Atlantic. Dry times are fucking miserable. If you are staining anyway, you have control over color. Water based dyes are effective with that too.
Friend is re-dong a house to sell. It still has it's original 1950 hardwood floor, that was underneath the carpet. They need refinishing, and are very dirty, but have never been refinished. Two contractors have already said to just get get carpeting put over the hard wood floors again, since it's cheaper than refinishing, and hardwood only matters if it's an expensive house (which this one isn't). Never heard this before, since I thought that had wood floors are a desired feature at all price points. Any thoughts?