Sanded Floors 1700s

Newly laid floors are sanded to make them 100 level and old floors are sanded to get rid of old tatty wood finishes and level out worn areas.

Sanded floors 1700s. Submit a tip all tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. The floors were not sanded or washed or varnished during this early period. My biggest tip is to start with the right paper don t use a grit that s too fine to start with as it ll just take forever to sand the floors. Usually either 80 or 100 grit will be the final cut made with the big machine.

The rule to remember is that no matter what grit you choose as your starting point you must sand in order with every grit that is finer than your starting point. You ve decided you want to renovate your old wooden floor. Hardwood floors can be sanded many times but if they re in an old house they may have been sanded many times before. Keep in mind if there will be stain what the finish will be and.

1 common northern red oak strip floor and it will be finished natural you have many options. Engineered flooring can usually be sanded several times without issue. But if it s regular tongue and groove and from mid 1800 s or later it s probably 3 4 thick. However usually floors are slightly uneven and need the usual 36 grit sanding to start.

This charming watercolour by diana sperling shows the bare wood floor. At a later time varnishes and stains were applied to help make the wood last longer. I have sanded floors that were very flat and i started on either a 60 or even an 80 grit and managed to preserve the bevel mostly. Wood floor sanding finishing and maintenance.

If you want to apply a finish to your floor it will always have to be sanded and prepared first. We sanded some floors from 1700s that were much thicker as the tools were different then. Newly installed floors can be rough sanded with 36grit parallel to the grain. You must go 16 24 36 60 80 on both.

Rarely have i seen floors sanded finer than grit 120 on the big machine. They can last 20 years no problem. So if you start with 16grit you cannot jump to 36grit. At that point you may need to install new hardwood flooring.

I sanded all of the floors in our new home about the same size as yours but split it into two halves which about a month break in between our floors needed a lot of sanding though. If you are sanding a typical no.