The final steps after prep and major sanding. I used a water based polyurethane.
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DIY 109 – Refinishing wood floors – Putting on finish – part 3 of 3
Posted by admin on January 29, 2011, filed in Home Improvement and tagged finish, floors, major, Part, polyurethane, prep, Putting, Refinishing, wood. You can leave a response via the comment form below and follow any responses via the RSS feed.
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Anyone want to see some nice hardwood floors, Award winning hardwood floors…
google hardwood renovation in Terre Haute… We would be glad to do you floors
This video reminded me why I hate cats…..
1st 120,
2nd 220,
Rolling Rocks with Laptop Big 10-4
3rd no sanding?
4th no sanding?
5th What grit did you use here?
I’m doing my coffee table with a Minwax polyurethane fast drying.
I saw here on utube a guy using a 1300 grit to a glass shine with wet sandind, but then he was doing a counter top,,
coats are critical here, and layer coating seems to be the name of the game.
Floors might require a different gloss
Good stuff man, wish u were my neighbor we could drink some beers.
So much good info from watching this. I’m going to be redoing my floors pretty soon. I gotta subscribe. good stuff.
I’m about to do the same to my living room. It looks like we have approx. the same square footage. Just wondering how long it took from start to finish? Great tutorials by the way.
Wow! I’m impressed, you sure did put a lot of work into that floor. That is just one awesome job!
I just watched all 3 parts to this since I’m about to do my dad’s floors. A few questions: how long did it take you to from start to finish? how long does it take for each coat of polyurethane to dry? what kind of sand paper did you use for that big machine…and also the edger? sorry about all the questions, but i’ve never done anything like this before. you seem to know what you’re doing.
Thanks to you and your suggestions, my floors went from cupped, dingy, ugly, dirty places to walk into a true showpiece! Thank you so much for your help! YOU ROCK!!!! (Speaking of which, I owe you a Rolling Rock for all your help.)
Hey, shorecat nice job and thx for the tips man!
@CosmicGrooves yes, it might be easier, they also have a pad you put on a stick that you don’t roll but just drag slowly across. since what I was doing wasn’t all that much, the brush didn’t bother me.. whatever you’re most comfortable with. for me, i liked the brush – made me feel i had more control. i definitely use rollers when painting walls though.
Would it be easier to use a roller to put on the finish?
Looks good man. Thanks for this.
@supermodel34512 The waterbased finish raises the grain of the wood slightly and some dust settles so the sanding removes this and gives the next coat a little better bite. A light sanding is usually needed after the first coat on most finishes but after that it varies with the type of finish. Gotta read the label for what you’re going to use. Square feet of the two rooms and hall I did in this video were about 300 ft.
why do you have to sand after you apply the finish and how many sq ft was this room?
@theradiantchild Never used polyurethane on my deck and my deck is pressure treated pine. Just standard clear sealer that I reapply every year. Always worried that something like Poly would flake up one day.
hell yeaaa!! Rolling Rock Rulez!! Cookie Rulez!! End of story…
Oh have you ever used a polyurethane to seal a hardwood oak desk with? Seems like that shit takes forever to put on because its so thick.
Well, I thought the old ones were a little boring so I try to break them up a bit. By the way, I never did find out where that rocket went???
might be the most informative/funny how to videos ever, the rocket launch at end made my day
Thanks. The 2 sanders I rented at H.D. and the sandpaper I used was about $100 total. I only used one or two of each of 3 grits on the sandpaper. If you don’t hit nails, it lasts. Emptying the rooms was a day. Sanding was a day and finishing was done slowly over 2 days. I let it harden a couple more days before putting furniture back (also painted). I used a waterbased finish. Oil based is nice too – less coats but needs ventilation. If that’s no problem, you may like that better.
The floor looks great! How long did this whole process take, from moving out the first piece of furniture to when the final coat was dry? And about how much does it cost to rent the equipment? My wife and I are thinking about doing this ourselves, but I need to know a little more about what I’m getting into, and whether or not we can do it vs. hiring someone to do it for us.
It came out really nice!