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Floor sanding problem

811 views 6 replies 5 participants last post by  JakPetrov 
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I wanted to refinish my hardwood floor and watched a video, where a guy did it using a floor pad sander, so that's what I did. I now realize that I should have started with a drum sander, but I didn't and am now in damage control mode. I got what I thought was all of the finish off with the 20 grit, but then I used an edger with 20 grit, and wow, what a difference from the pad sander (swirls, gouging and much more bare wood). I stopped using the edger after a pass on one wall. I'm wondering if I use my palm sander as an edger, will the finish I put down look right, as long as I work my way up to 80 grit with the palm sander, which is what I did with the pad sander. I'm not planning on staining the floors, I was going to use the Minwax polyshades, that has the stain in the polyurethane.
 
#2 ·
JAK - we have a sister forum that is called DIY Chatroom
specifically for the DIY homeowners. there is a sub-forum for "Floors" that is specifically for
all kinds of flooring concerns. many professional floor guys there that do this for a living.
you may be able to gain some additional help there.

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#4 ·
I have seen many try to it yourself flooring refinishing projects. I have rarely seen success when using power equipment. I used stripper, back when it worked. I needed air supplied respirator due to the meth chloride. I sanded by hand with a sanding block, and accepted the deep defects as character. If doing it again, I would hire an experienced professional. Good luck.
 
#5 ·
If doing it again, I would hire an experienced professional. Good luck.
- ibewjon
Yep, sometimes the right tools the right experience and someone to hold accountable, PLUS usually 75% less time invested makes it worth writing the check.

Hope John's tip leads you to a solution, BTDTGTTS, and you get what you want, but having used polyshades once and NEVER again, I would very strongly suggest that you consider stopping now and getting a PRO in for a quote. The floors are a HUGE part of your home and the value, saving a few bucks now and getting a final product that you'd have to do over for resale or satisfaction could be far more painful.
 
#6 ·
JAK - we have a sister forum that is called DIY Chatroom
specifically for the DIY homeowners. there is a sub-forum for "Floors" that is specifically for
all kinds of flooring concerns. many professional floor guys there that do this for a living.
you may be able to gain some additional help there.
I thought that the other site was set up so that our logins here could be used over there too, but that doesn't seem to be working. Did I misunderstand?
 
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