Multiply length times width of the room.
How to grind wooden floor.
Watch to keep the scraper level not angled and not.
Hardwood floor sanding is a skilled job that takes practice and experience.
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If the floor sanding is good you will use either oil or water based polyurethane liquid to paint the floors.
Regular wood floor upkeep must avoid expensive wooden floor grinding.
The first commandment of sanding.
Finally decide what type of material is required to refinish the floor.
Or you can flip your edge sander over turn it on with 100 grit sand paper on and gently grind the scraper to produce a sharp edge.
Sand with the grain.
About half the floors we will be sanding is a regular hardwood floor and the tiles and herringbone are about evenly over the other half.
Small humps and dips can be ground out of a concrete floor with a sander or a grinder but if you have larger humps in a concrete floor the best option is a concrete grinder.
Use a pry bar to pull up hardwood floors one section at a time or unfasten carpet or laminate and roll it up from one end.
Determine how much flooring and materials will be needed.
But when you have a lot of wood to grind off break that rule and run your belt sander diagonally across the grain at about 45 degrees.
Similar to how you can grind down a wooden floor you will need to do the same thing for concrete warping.
Remove the existing flooring.
Instead of scratching away at the wood fibers the belt will rip them out.
If you re replacing an old floor with a new one your first task will be to get rid of the outdated flooring material.
Add about 10 to that number to account for any possible mistakes and warped boards.
Remove any carpet or other flooring.
It s incredibly fast and dangerous.
There are more ways to ruin a hardwood floor than there are to sand it properly.