REFINISHING HARDWOOD FLOORS

You have finally achieved installing hardwood as your flooring at home. As time passes, you notice that your floors are starting to have a different color, or it looks dull. You search the web for the best way to resolve this issue and voila, it is floor sanding.

Floor sanding is done because it actually helps scrape off the bad color and the damages that are on your hardwood floor. After sanding, the refinishing happens, which would make your hardwood floor good as new. Floor sanding is just one of the many steps to maintain a good-looking hardwood floor.

THE PROCESS

​​To be familiar with the work that Floor Sanding in Portland does, here is the process of floor sanding hardwood floors.

• ​​1. Make sure that the room is empty and clean of any object that can obstruct the floor sanding. Our team has big floor sanders that might damage items that are obstructing its path. To avoid this, make sure that the floor has no objects on it. 
• 2. Check if the damage on your floorboards are still repairable. If these floorboards are beyond salvation, no matter how much sanding happens, it would still be too damaged to be used at home. If this is the case, it is much better to replace the boards that are too damaged. If the damage on the floor is not too extensive, sanding will help scrape off the dirt and the damaged area will reveal healthy wood that will be coated during the refinishing.
• ​​3. Ensure that there are no protrusions on the floor, like a loose nail. If possible, clean up the whole place first before undergoing sanding. This way, the sanding process will not be a hazard to the sander and will save time from mobilizing the floor sanding machine.
• ​​4. When the sanding starts, the sanders will make sure to even out the floorboards. The edges to the walls will also be sanded. Some floors will be difficult to sand since most of the floorboards have existed in different conditions in the house. Based on how it is seen, as well as the texture of the wood, the sander would choose the best sanding technique for your floors.
• 5. Cleaning up the sawdust after a good sanding would be taken care of by the vacuum cleaner. Floor Sanding in Portland makes sure that after the sanding process, everything would return to normal at home. That includes cleaning up the sawdust accumulated from the sanding and making sure that the floors are cleaned and varnished well. This way, it would not be difficult to clean and maintain the hardwood floor. 

Contact Us!

If there are many questions swimming in your head about floor sanding, do not hesitate to give us a call. We, at Floor Sanding in Portland will be more than happy to speak with you and share the services we offer as well as free estimates on our services that you prefer to avail. What are you waiting for? Call us now!