Sand Old Floor Boards

Sanding a timber floor.

Sand old floor boards. Restoring floorboards from start to finish the ultimate guide. Every time you run over a bump on a deck with a drum sander you re likely to create a deep gouge. If you have really really uneven floorboards you could start by sanding with the large drum sander diagonally to the floorboards to even things out and then move on to sanding in the direction of the boards. Firstly if your floorboards have quite big gaps between them like most of the old houses you will end up with quite a lot of paint sticking in between them making it look a bit messy and frankly speaking not how you would wanted your original floorboards to look like.

The same is true when using a flooring edger which is a heavy duty disk sander designed to remove finish from the edges of the floor and smooth out the wood. It weighs about 40 kg so three cheers for jan. Remember never turn your sander on or off while it is in contact with the floor. Wide gaps between boards can become dirt magnets and the floor may even become a tripping hazard if the boards begin to cup or curl a common occurrence with old wood flooring.

18 00 the very last sand on the ground floor begins. Most decks are made from softwoods and the surface is more uneven than an interior floor. You will have to sand around the edges of the room with the edging sander and sand the rest of the floor with the large drum sander. Sand directly along the boards instead.

However i m not sure if this can be rented and to buy it knew is 550 600 then another 500 700 if you want a dust extractor. You may have to sand off the carpet adhesive to get a reliable. You can paint your floors with a roller instead of a brush but you have to remember about couple of things. It is still popular to expose the floorboards instead of carpeting in many of the older houses.

Do not sand on the same diagonal path as the first sanding job or you may end up with stripes on your floor. As before vacuum up dust once this stage is finished. If the floor has been hidden under carpeting it may be because the boards are curled or that a significant number are broken. Although some gapping is inevitable severe gaps become more than just unsightly.

So restoring floorboards is a good way to go. Sand along the grain. Jan is now using the edging sander and i m using the big floor sander that jan just carried down the stairs. Whether you are sanding normal wooden floorboards engineered hardwood flooring or woodblock floors you will need to know how to use a floor sander.

18 10 i plug in the sander to start the final 20 minutes of finishing sanding on the ground floor. You can remove old varnish and wood quickly sand right up to the edge of the floor apart from the corners and produce a very high quality finish.