Hard wood floor stripper

You may find that your wood floor has been sanded to many times in the past, and now is too thin to be sanded again. OR there may be a case that absolutely forbids you to make even a spec of dust for health reasons or protecting electronic equipment during the refinishing job, but still, you have to remove all the old finish to do a good job. This article will show you how to use safe, but effective chemicals, to refinish your wood floors. There are lots of circumstances that make sanding of a wooden floor undesirable.

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows the proper and safe way to remove an old finish from a hardwood floor. Place a box fan in an open window so that it blows out. Cover the adjacent doorways with plastic drop cloths. Put four grit abrasive disks on the sander. Turn on the sander and slowly work it back and forth across the entire room.

Show less Under old, soiled, dirty carpet may be a beautiful wood floor screaming to be reintroduced to your home. Coating your floors with a clean, new finish is about as satisfying as it gets. A little hard work and you could have the hardwood floor you've always wanted. Before refinishing your wood floors, rent a detail sander from your local home improvement store and use it to buff away the old finish.

Glue - Many hardwood panel kits come with their own glue. Engineered hardwood floors are a laminate built from multiple ply layers with a thick hardwood veneer wear layer on top. The veneer layer is available in almost any exotic hardwood species with exotic color and grain patterns. Engineered hardwood floors are more resistant to moisture than natural wood flooring, which adds to their appeal because they can be installed in damp regions of the country and in basements with relatively high humidity levels. Another force to reckon with in the prefinished hardwood line is the Hampton Series.