Sand Filled Floor
After sanding wide cracks in the floor will be filled with sanding dust.
Sand filled floor. I think i raised the floor above the water table. It expands and contracts with changing climatic conditions in the room and gaps may develop between the boards even after you have filled them and sanded the floor. Raw wood flooring more so than engineered varieties or pre finished flooring stabilized with a finish coat on both sides is susceptible to moisture. There are many different types of wood floor fillers.
That way you have only fine dust from the 80 grit. There are five options. Vacuum out the cracks with a high powered utility vacuum. I didn t though and as i sit here today and write the crawlspace is chock full of all that sand.
If you take a close look at any prefinished wood flooring right out of the box you will see that it has been filled. Now that you are done flattening the floor vacuum and fill it as needed. By the way the reason i ordered sand was because it was cheap at 11 per yard and because it shoveled easily. It also packs well.
Before you start filling you should have completed the edge sanding to a 50 or 60 grit and sanded the main body of the floor with at least 80 grit. If the cracks are packed with old dirt scrape it out with a. I still can t believe it. Upgraded door draft stopper for large gap widened door sweep seal gap up to 1 2 5 for interior exterior and garage doors keeping draft dust noise unwanted light and pests out 3 w x 37 l black.
Start in the corners and hard to reach areas with a small hand held power sander. I sand the floor to 60 grit empty the dust bag then sand the floor with 80 grit. The first one is to full trowel the floor. Whether sanding a new floor or refinishing an old one many situations call for filling the gaps nail holes and voids in the floor.
Finish sanding with a large upright sander to save time these allow.