| While having hardwood flooring is modern, chic and | | | | replace them completely. |
| cozy, the shine of this type of flooring will not last | | | | As refinishing is quite tough on the wood, you can't |
| forever. It will simply fade away with time and lose | | | | do it often and sadly after a few times the process |
| its luster. One way to enliven this type of floor is by | | | | will no longer be useful for the wood. One way to |
| waxing, but that is only a temporary solution. The | | | | check how much wood you still have is by checking |
| best way to get back your original shine and sparkle | | | | the board edges. |
| is to refinish your hardwood floor. | | | | So how do you refinish your hardwood floor? |
| Truth be told, it is not an easy feat to accomplish. | | | | First of all check for any gaps in the wood. If you |
| Unless you really know what you're doing and you're | | | | notice them during winter, that's OK, but during |
| kind of a DIY type of person, you'd better hire a | | | | summer you need to fill in those gaps. Next you |
| professional to do the job. Especially if you have | | | | need to sand which means using tools such as drum |
| maple floors, as they are particularly tough to take | | | | sander, buffer, palm sander, floor edger, a vacuum |
| care of. | | | | cleaner, all tools that are quite noisy in nature. This is |
| First of all you need to decide if you indeed need to | | | | why wearing ear protection such as ear plugs is quite |
| refinish your floor. Sometimes it is not necessary, | | | | necessary. Also avoid leaving the sander in one place |
| even though at first it seems like it. When you only | | | | all the time as it tends to damage the wood. |
| have some minor scratches on the surface or the | | | | Once the sanding process is done, next comes |
| luster has decreased in intensity, you could get away | | | | staining. First get the proper type and shade of stain |
| with adding a coat of finish. But you might have a | | | | and then apply it with the grain in five foot wide |
| floor that has really worn off and nothing short of | | | | parts. To get your new floor ready you need to |
| refinishing will help. And there are also cases when | | | | leave it for about a day to dry. |
| even refinishing might not be enough, when you | | | | If you've done once floor refinishing you already |
| really have to replace the planks of wood on the | | | | know how difficult yet how rewarding this job is. |
| floor. For example if the planks are already soft or | | | | There is nothing like looking at your new and fresh |
| sagged, if they seem spongy, you might have to | | | | floor, knowing that it was all your doing. |