Start in the middle of your floor and sand from end to end overlapping each pass by just an inch or two.
Cheapest way to sand wood floors.
An edger can be difficult to control so practice your technique on scrap wood first.
Using a pole sander is a bit more time consuming but also easier to use than a buffer and more affordable.
Typically you would do this with a drum floor sander a large piece of equipment you can rent from home improvement stores.
Use an edger sander or small orbital sander to sand corners edges and small areas such as closet floors bathrooms or stairs.
When pulling around that heavy floor sander you need to think about gouging or sanding your floor unevenly i will teach you how to make a perfectly flat floor.
Using a 120 grit sanding screen buff the floor along each board moving back and forth with the grain.
Once you re done sanding you can stain the floor again.
It may save your floor from a fate worse than death.
An even cheaper floor for you.
You must sand the floor completely several times over with progressively finer sandpaper in order to make sure the floor is as smooth as possible before refinishing it.
This is a must read before you pick up that floor sander.
You ll do this several times once for each grit of sandpaper you re using.
Rub out 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm from the edge of the baseboard so that you re sure to cover the areas your mechanical floor sander can t get to.
The hardwood floors in your rental property take a beating.
Close the windows and doors to keep dust contained in the room you re sanding.
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.
Most property owners think that to get that new again sheen they have to sand down their.
While sanding you ll need to keep moving.
Remove all the furniture and spray the floor with a hardwood flooring cleaner or your own mix of 10 parts water to 1 part white vinegar.
In between stages clean the floor to remove dust and dirt.
Rent a floor sander and sand fill sand stain and then do not poly.
This ebook will be cheap insurance when it comes to sanding your wood floors.
As with the drum sander start with course grit paper and then move to finer grades.
3 use a floor sander.
Some people rent an industrial floor buffer for this step but a pole sander pictured is another great option.
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 bond to it.
Hand sand or palm sand the perimeter of the floor with coarse 180 grit sandpaper.