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I have old hardwood floor that i want to smooth.
A popular design trend is to use the same flooring throughout the entire house or at least throughout the public areas.
It s available in both satin and glossy finishes.
This how to refinish wood floors article will show you how to do just that.
For example your floor may be engineered hardwood and you may have over sanded it and worn through the veneer.
It s really the only option you have other than replacing the floor.
Painting is an alternative to replacement that can extend the life of such floors for several years.
It won t get out deep scratches or stains and it won t help repair cupping or crowning.
Hardwood floors add classic elegance to your home but not when they re dull dinted or dingy.
Hardwood floors are supposed to have a beauty and luster that bring out the best in your living space.
If you have an old worn out laminate floor sandless refinishing is for you particularly the chemical method.
Sandless isn t always a good idea for wood floors though.
Another good to know products like these that were created to refresh floors without sanding have a thick consistency that will fill light scratches and soften small dings.
But as long as the damage is shallow in the coating and not in the wood itself you can renew the hardwood floor by adding a new coat of polyurethane right over the old finish.
Know when to deep clean.
It s possible but without proper knowledge your efforts to restore the look of your hardwood floors can make matters worse.
When floors get dull or cloudy they can be difficult to fix.
But you wouldn t want to use hardwood or carpet in a bathroom or mudroom where tile vinyl or linoleum would be a better choice.
This stuff is created to restore previously sealed old hardwood woods.
100 gloss the highest level of shine possible in actuality you won t find 100 gloss floors but if you did it would be such a high gloss that it would be like a mirror.
A primary wood or laminate floor vacuum is a great investment if you made mostly wood floors and don t want to be limited to using an attachment for cleaning.
Fortunately waxing hardwood floors is an economical tried and true way to restore their gleam.
That makes the rooms look bigger and provides a unified look.
Thank you for your replies we rented a drum sander and started with a 36 grit followed by an 80 grit and finished with a 120 grit the wood felt as smooth as glass before the first coat of polyurethane was put down we are using minwax oil base gloss polyurethane for floors the can says no sanding between coats required we are going to put a fourth coat on this evening but i will lightly sand.
While mopping will deep clean your wood floors you don t want to mop all the time.