The drum sander (with 12-grit sandpaper), about to make the first pass (Friday night).
What 12-grit sandpaper hath wrought.
Another photo of the living room after the 12-grit pass (Saturday evening).
After a pass with 36-grit sandpaper, I found myself needing to fill a few gouges and cracks. Thanks for the wood glue/sawdust tip, Steve. That's worked well for me.
Au revoir, purple paint (Saturday evening).
The living room floor after passing over with a 50-grit sandpaper (Sunday morning).
Winter sunlight shining on a smooth, "nearly-new" floor.
The dining room floor, ready for a final screening and the first coat of polyurethane (Sunday afternoon).The hard work's done. Applying the polyurethane should be much easier and quicker. The hardest part is just waiting till its fully dried. But I should have a newly-refinished floor by the time Lisa and Ann get here Saturday evening. Which reminds me, Lisa, do you still wear golf cleats indoors? I might need you to take those off at the door.
Update from Wednesday evening:
I applied the final coat of polyurethane this morning, letting the floors dry while I was at work. Here are a couple pictures of the finished living and dining room floor. Now they just have to dry for a few days before I can move furniture into these rooms.
8 comments:
Very nice Ben, but won't you miss that section of floor that was painted purple? These pictures make me want to tear up my kitchen floor to see what the wood under it looks like.
I don't think I'll miss the "Viking Endzone" in my dining room, but if I do I can always paint it back on. And then leave it for the next owner to take care of.
but I can't sleep without my golf cleats on!!
WOW! that looks great Ben.
Very nice job. Looks great. Good thing you had plenty of surface left to start with that 12 grit paper.
Our click-in "wood" floors are feeling a little jealous...probably doesn't help that I printed out several 8x10 photos and told them this what how they were supposed to look.
Wow Ben. The whole time you talked about exposing the underlying beauty in this house, I'd just always smile and nod while secretly feeling very sorry for you. Just goes to show what a little sanding and toxic chemicals can do! Next up: the kitchen cupboards!
Do you make house calls?
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