By sanding your floors yourself you could potentially save hundreds or even thousands of dollars so long as you do it right.
Liquid sanding hardwood floors.
It is much easier than sanding to help new finishes adhere to old finishes.
One would bring in the heavy sanders and start grinding away.
Liquid sanding products can be used when refinishing wood cabinetry trim flooring furniture and in most applications requiring manual sanding.
Liquid hardwood floor refinishing.
Buffing or abrading the existing coat before refinishing or alternatively applying a chemical etching kit.
Use klean strip liquid sandpaper is a water based non flammable formula that permanently deglosses surfaces.
As i have said many times before sanding hardwood floors by hand can be a lot of hard work.
Don t be afraid to use new belts and more than one.
Back in the olden days hardwood floor refinishing was a nightmare.
It still has to be done in some cases but i find out every day that people forget that they actually don t walk on a wood floor.
Hard work that can be alleviated with the use of a floor sander.
On older floors the first step when sanding is to choose an aggressive grit like 24 grit per square inch to level the boards one to another and remove imperfections if possible.
Liquid sanders work particularly well on furniture.
We call this process rough cutting.
Do it yourself or hire and pay someone else to do it for you.
If your hardwood floor is only lightly worn damaged or scratched you may be able to refinish it without sanding.
This story will show you how to refinish hardwood floors and add a new coat of finish directly over the old by first applying a liquid that roughens the old finish so the new finish can.
Works on paint varnish enamel lacquer polyurethane and stain and is great for kitchen cabinets wood moldings and door facings.
With that said i have now spoken to way too many people that will be sanding their floors by hand no matter what.
If the finish on your wood floor is worn and lightly scratched you can make it look like new without the labor mess and expense of sanding off the finish.
There are two basic methods.