My Weekend Project
10-25-2009, 12:20 PM
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My Weekend Project
The wife and kid left for the weekend so i got busy. My weekend project entailed me smelling fumes all weekend 
I rented a floor sander to sand our hardwood floor in the kitchen. Its been 20 years and 1 husky worth of damage.
It took about 5 hrs total to sand the entire floor. All the wear damage came out really easy.
Before
After some sanding
We picked a Cherry stain for the oak floor. This is after Staining and 4 coats of Polyurethane.
I rented a floor sander to sand our hardwood floor in the kitchen. Its been 20 years and 1 husky worth of damage.
It took about 5 hrs total to sand the entire floor. All the wear damage came out really easy.
Before
After some sanding
We picked a Cherry stain for the oak floor. This is after Staining and 4 coats of Polyurethane.
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10-25-2009, 12:23 PM
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Overall im very pleased with the results. I may take the palm sander with 150-220 grit after 72 hrs and sand the whole floor smooth, remove any little imperfections and hand brush a layer of poly on to get the smoothest finish i can 
Now to paint the walls and stain the new baseboard trim.
Now to paint the walls and stain the new baseboard trim.
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10-25-2009, 12:33 PM
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^ nice.
1) what grit did you use sand the damages away?
2) did your floor come out even or were some areas sanded deeper that the other?
3) what roller did you use for the stain and urethane
4) are you going to put moldings on the wall at the bottom?
5) sorry for so many questions, but i was thinking about doing this
Thnx
1) what grit did you use sand the damages away?
2) did your floor come out even or were some areas sanded deeper that the other?
3) what roller did you use for the stain and urethane
4) are you going to put moldings on the wall at the bottom?
5) sorry for so many questions, but i was thinking about doing this
Thnx
10-25-2009, 01:00 PM
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^ nice.
1) what grit did you use sand the damages away?
2) did your floor come out even or were some areas sanded deeper that the other?
3) what roller did you use for the stain and urethane
4) are you going to put moldings on the wall at the bottom?
5) sorry for so many questions, but i was thinking about doing this
Thnx
1) what grit did you use sand the damages away?
2) did your floor come out even or were some areas sanded deeper that the other?
3) what roller did you use for the stain and urethane
4) are you going to put moldings on the wall at the bottom?
5) sorry for so many questions, but i was thinking about doing this
Thnx
2).Floor came out even. The sander had 3 7" round sand disks on the bottom that rotated and they were on something that rotated so it was like a Dual Action sander. It didnt bite or hook and gouge the floor.
3). I used a 12" pad designed for applying stain.poly
4). Yes, as stated in post 2 i have to paint the walls now (not from sanding or any thing, but because im choosing a different color) an stain the base board trim.
5). No problem. Over all it was very easy, jut took some time to do. I would recommend it to any one with hardwood floors in need of repair.
6). Also like i said im going to let the poly set up and most likely sand it smooth with a DA sander and then Hand brush the final coat on with a 3-4" brush for the best finish (I) can get.
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10-25-2009, 02:30 PM
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10-25-2009, 02:38 PM
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Thanks. Hopefully the wife likes it 
she hasn't seen it yet.
she hasn't seen it yet.
10-25-2009, 04:48 PM
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Looks really nice. I wouldn't bother with the palm sander -- it's a floor. The smoother you make it from this point, the more the scratches are going to show.
10-25-2009, 05:03 PM
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How did you deal with the dust generated by the sander? Did the little vac that is hooked up to it really suck up all the dust?
10-25-2009, 05:27 PM
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10-25-2009, 05:27 PM
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10-26-2009, 06:57 AM
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10-26-2009, 01:07 PM
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10-26-2009, 03:13 PM
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I thought wife and kids out of town = drinking beer and watching TV. 
Really nice work and very quick turn around. So was the whole project a surprise for the wife or just the results?
Really nice work and very quick turn around. So was the whole project a surprise for the wife or just the results?
10-26-2009, 07:20 PM
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10-26-2009, 07:22 PM
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looks amazing!!!! Have you thought about putting some 800 or 1000 grit on the sander and lightly going over the floor to get a smoother and more polished look? (I'm no wood or floor expert, just using some curiosity)
10-26-2009, 07:27 PM
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Yea i though about taking the buffer to it.
10-26-2009, 07:28 PM
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As awesome as this is, I really wish I didn't see this thread.
We're under contract for a house (thread later if things go well this week with inspection and appraisal) that could stand to have the floors refinished. I talked with a guy that did some tile work for us before and he said he charges $2.50/sf to sand, stain and finish the floors. It sounded pretty reasonable until you posted this. Still, because of time constraints, I don't think I'd be able to do this myself before moving in. Even having someone else do it before we move in might be difficult.
BTW - did you have help moving the furniture and prepping?
We're under contract for a house (thread later if things go well this week with inspection and appraisal) that could stand to have the floors refinished. I talked with a guy that did some tile work for us before and he said he charges $2.50/sf to sand, stain and finish the floors. It sounded pretty reasonable until you posted this. Still, because of time constraints, I don't think I'd be able to do this myself before moving in. Even having someone else do it before we move in might be difficult.
BTW - did you have help moving the furniture and prepping?
10-28-2009, 08:48 PM
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As awesome as this is, I really wish I didn't see this thread.
We're under contract for a house (thread later if things go well this week with inspection and appraisal) that could stand to have the floors refinished. I talked with a guy that did some tile work for us before and he said he charges $2.50/sf to sand, stain and finish the floors. It sounded pretty reasonable until you posted this. Still, because of time constraints, I don't think I'd be able to do this myself before moving in. Even having someone else do it before we move in might be difficult.
BTW - did you have help moving the furniture and prepping?
We're under contract for a house (thread later if things go well this week with inspection and appraisal) that could stand to have the floors refinished. I talked with a guy that did some tile work for us before and he said he charges $2.50/sf to sand, stain and finish the floors. It sounded pretty reasonable until you posted this. Still, because of time constraints, I don't think I'd be able to do this myself before moving in. Even having someone else do it before we move in might be difficult.
BTW - did you have help moving the furniture and prepping?
11-25-2009, 07:33 AM
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Here are a few with the trim up and the new wall color. rest of the cabinets are a mess, wife was baking for a work party this am.
11-25-2009, 07:33 AM
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Ill try to pick up and get better pics
11-25-2009, 10:54 AM
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Awesome. Thanks for the pics. These work just fine. I mainly wanted to see how the dark furniture would look against the red-ish floors.
If you really feel like being overly helpful, you could paint your baseboards white and your walls a neutral tan so I get the complete picture.
If you really feel like being overly helpful, you could paint your baseboards white and your walls a neutral tan so I get the complete picture.
11-25-2009, 11:05 AM
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Awesome. Thanks for the pics. These work just fine. I mainly wanted to see how the dark furniture would look against the red-ish floors.
If you really feel like being overly helpful, you could paint your baseboards white and your walls a neutral tan so I get the complete picture.
If you really feel like being overly helpful, you could paint your baseboards white and your walls a neutral tan so I get the complete picture.
But that aside, the trim was white and looked really good with the floors and sand color walls. The wife wanted a creamish color wall and that didnt look good with the white trim so i replaced it with natural.
11-25-2009, 11:19 AM
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The house already has decent, upgraded, white baseboards and our floor guy said he didn't need to remove them before refinishing the floors. He did say there would be some stain bleeding on them, but he would touch them up after the floors were done.
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11-30-2009, 06:59 AM
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Its a decent amount of work but the result knowing you did it is worth it
11-30-2009, 05:33 PM
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I <3 that cherry stain. I sanded my dining room floor, the previous owner had 3 little kids so there were some scratches from the chairs and what not.
My protocol was
Power sanded hardwood floor in hallways and dining room with 36 grit, 60 grit, than 100 grit sandpaper using an electric belt sander the size of a lawnmower. Stained twice, varathaned three times. There were scratches previously in the hardwood from chairs and tablets, now it is smooth like a baby's behind with a deep rich finish. I had so much dust I needed to use a mask and empty the bag every 30 minutes or so. Did most of it myself spread over a couple weekends.
My protocol was
Power sanded hardwood floor in hallways and dining room with 36 grit, 60 grit, than 100 grit sandpaper using an electric belt sander the size of a lawnmower. Stained twice, varathaned three times. There were scratches previously in the hardwood from chairs and tablets, now it is smooth like a baby's behind with a deep rich finish. I had so much dust I needed to use a mask and empty the bag every 30 minutes or so. Did most of it myself spread over a couple weekends.
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