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Do you have the time?
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Equipment
Refinishing involves two major pieces of equipment ? a drum sander and a buffer. These large machines can be rented at most home stores, and are large enough that you will most likely need a truck to haul them home. Dealing with these alone is often enough to make some people opt for hiring a professional. There is also a small amount of other tools you will need including an orbitalpalm sander.
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Sanding and buffing floors is not an incredibly difficult job. However, the machines may take a little getting used to, especially the buffer. At times the buffer may seem like it has a mind of its own and you may have to work with it a bit, but this is typically not backbreaking work. However Cheap David Long Jersey , the job of refinishing gets more difficult as you go along.
After you have sanded and buffed the floor, you will need to do a very thorough job of cleaning up. You will need to clean up the dust from the floor, walls, and ceiling. Once cleaning has been done (along with some other small tasks which may have needed to be done before sanding - things like sinking nails and filling cracks), it is time to finish the floors.
Applying stain to wood floors requires a lot of elbow grease, and you will be on your knees a lot. You will need to carefully cover the entire floor, section by section Cheap Darrell Henderson Jersey , being carefully to feather out any brush marks. Also, you will have to do this not just once, but twice ? so kneepads are a must! Once the second coat is done, you will have finally finished this job!
As you can see, there is a lot involved with refinishing your own floors, but if you do decide that you can handle it, perhaps you'll get some satisfaction of a job well done on your new Cheap Taylor Rapp Jersey , beautifully rich wood floor.
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