How To Refinish Parquet Floors Without Sanding
Dragging it along the floor spreads finish evenly quickly and without leaving bubbles or.
How to refinish parquet floors without sanding. Sanding with the grain is best because its less aggressive and you have less scratching making for a smoother better-looking finish. If we attacked the floor straight like a strip floor we would dish out the softer grain spring wood causing humps. A start to finish demonstration of sanding and refinishing a parquet wood floor.
Squirt a small stream of Bona Hardwood Floor Polish onto your floor work from a corner opposite the exit Spread the polish onto the floor. The parquet floors refinishing without sanding consists of several stages. Carefully wash out the floor with water It is recommended to use a special cleaner which contains a wax.
Staining your parquet flooring will help to enhance its appearance and also provide extra protection against wear by penetrating the grain and sealing the wood. Remove the blue microfiber mop pad and replace it with the cream microfiber applicator pad. Clear a surface by means of the vacuum cleaner and a damp rag.
This involves scuffing up the finish with a floor buffer and applying a refresher coat. The reality is that a little bit of sanding is necessary before you can refinish your hardwood floor but there is a safe way to refinish hardwood floors with very little sanding. We go diagonally to most of the grain to prevent as much cross-grain sanding as possible while still flattening the floor.
You will need this for sanding the corners but if you really are on a budget you can rub corners down literally by hand and sandpaper of course. In this video I teach a college student how to give new life to an old hardwood floor in her apartment. This means that the blocks which are perpendicular to your sanding machine are going to be sanded down deeper than the blocks on which you are sanding.
Refinish Parquet Floors Without Sanding. Our first pass is with a 40-grit belt on the big machine. The best way to refinish wood floors without sanding is to use a technique called screen and recoat.