Ask This Old House - 2002 Refinishing with Spray Paint Installing a Pre-Finished Wood Floor 10-26 was released on:
USA: 31 March 2012
The only reasons for installing unfinished flooring: you plan to stain the floor a color prefinished flooring doesn't come in, or you are planning to really abuse the floor so badly it will need to be refinished frequently. The finish on a prefinished floor is far more durable than anything you can apply yourself.
No, unless you plan to sand the floor. Prefinished floors are already polyurethaned.
I want to do something different to my wooden floors. What does hardwood floor refinishing look like?
Our hardwood floors need refinishing. Do you know someone who can do this?
The are many prodcuts out there I would recommend the brand Bona Kemi.
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A sanding machine will give your floors a more even look prior to refinishing. Sanding by hand will take a very long time. You can always rent a sander.
Depends on the application really. The prefinished hardwood they are making now is fabulous. I would say, unless you are restoring a historic property, or have a reason to use unfinished, go with the prefinished. You wont have the mess, it will be done quickly, no fumes. No moving everything out at once, you can go one room at a time.Wife of a flooring contractor
The factory seals the prefinished hardwood floor with many coats of finish. Aluminum oxide, the second hardest substance after diamond, is commonly used in finish coats to produce a long-lasting protective finish.
If you ignore them for a while. Many of them will take care of them selfs as the wood expands and contracts with the weather.
Orbital would be enough for refinishing. Much less chance of damage to the floor also. Unless you have used one before or the floor needs leveling, a belt sander can ruin a floor very quickly.