Redoing Hardwood floors

[waffles]

Anyone ever redone hardwood floors, what king of sander, grit, and what did you put on it afterwards, would love to see some before and after pics if you have them

[mikeb1206]

You can rent drum sanders from Home Depot and buy your sand paper there.

It is tougher than you think or looks. The drum sander can out a divit in your floor quick that will show up like a stain on carpet.

It takes a lot of work to sand smooth and even before you apply the stain.
How large of an area is it?

[Slick8]

A drum sander is the way to go.

I used one years ago on a wooden deck. The above is so true you can cut a divot in seconds. Use the finest grit paper you can find and practice before you start on your house.

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[Hawkpuppy 1]

Done it once and won't ever again. Not the sanding part anyway. As mentioned, start with a finer grit until you get comfortable with it. Always keep it moving no matter what!

[Knttactical]

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In residential we use an 8" Drum sander, the wood species has a lot to do on how aggressive you have to get. Most cases its 36 grit, 50 grit, 80 grit and then 120 grit. The key is to remove all sanding marks, because if you are staining the floor, all those marks will stick out.

[wal1809]

Done it once and won't ever again. Not the sanding part anyway. As mentioned, start with a finer grit until you get comfortable with it. Always keep it moving no matter what!

I did a rent house floor. Never again. You ain't never going to save enough money doing it yourself. Even if you did, how much saving vs the time and effort. Not this guy!

[krisw]

Helped redo the floors at our house growing up. I'm not sure what it costs to pay someone, but I don't see me doing it again. It's a pain.

[cashcropper]

Ive done a few,1a parquet floor and 2 traditional plank floors. As mentioned above get used to the sander on either a place that does not show or on a spare board. Do not let sander run in one spot without moving. Start with coarse grits and work down to fine grits. Rent from Home Depot and get the corner and edge sander too or its tough to get up against walls and in corners. Its not a bad job but does take a good bit of time.My floors came out nice.

[bermise]

Around $2.50 per sqft to refinish floors with oil base polyurethane

[sailor]

I've done it........................................once

[mmoses]

I've done it. And will do it again. Rented a sander from home Depot.

Staining was easy. Wipe on wipe off.

Poly was a little more of a pain

[woodsman]

Rent from a place that tunes/balances their drums regularly. You'll only be as good as your equipment, don't ask me how I know .

Wife and I installed and refinished 900 SF (salvage material from historical tear-downs). Saved $7-8k but was a real pain since we were living in the house. Never again while living in the house...

[cashcropper]

The job does create a lot of dust.Its more trouble if its in an occupied home. If you can seal off the room,open a window and put a fan in it blowing the air out you will be better off. Ive done them in my rent houses as well as the house I was living in. The sanding took a little while but really wasn't too bad. The sealer is what took the most time but you don't want to rush it because if its sloppily put down it will show.The urethane sealer we used had a long curing time so there will be a lot of down time between coats. If using urethane remember to stir and not shake. Shaking makes air bubbles.

[krisw]

I think the biggest issue was the occupied house for us too. But it was still a pain.

[Lazyman]

We just finished this one up at a church youth building....We had about 11 days scraping and sanding the liquid nail they used to glue down plywood on top of this...Used a drum sander then vibrator sander then a handheld da sander to get everything good....Had a stencil to paint there logo on the floor...Just finished the clear a few days ago so don't have a finished pic yet...