How To Refinish Wood Floors

Deep clean once per month using a concentrated wood floor cleaner.

How to refinish wood floors. Clean the Floor with a Hardwood Floor Cleaner Photo by Reena Bammi. Refinishing wood floors of a standard size home may take 4-7 days. Read these 6 steps for refinishing the wood floors in your home.

Well here are the top 5 signs that its time to restore and refurbish your hardwood. How to Refinish Hardwood Floors in 10 Easy Steps Step 1 Determine if Your Floor Needs Refinishing Step 2 Determine if Some of the Floor Planks Need Replacing Step 3 Filling the Gaps. Watch how to refinish hardwood floors instead of having to replace them.

But they do require care and maintenance. Periodically they need to be sanded and refinished. This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to apply a new finish to an old hardwood floor.

You should be careful about doing each step mentioned earlier. Try to keep the areas clean while you sand and refinish the wood floor. Then plug in any holes with wood paste or wood plugs and vacuum the floor to remove any sawdust or debris.

To refinish hardwood flooring you must allow yourself two to three days to do the job and then at least another two days 48 hours for the final coat of sealant varnish to fully dry before you can use the room again. You need a walk-behind floor sander which you can rent. You also want to rent a handheld power edge sander for sanding tight against walls and in corners and doorways.

How to Refinish Hardwood Floors. See below for a shopping list and toolsSUBSCRIBE to. Between coats of polyurethane let the product dry completely refer to manufacturers instructions for drying times and buff the floor between each coat with a machine buffer or by hand with a 2 fine steel wool pad.