If you are looking to find information on how to refinish wood floors, a great website to look at is younghouselove. They offer great tips and advice on this matter.
Yes, you can sand and refinish a bamboo floor much like you would any other wood floor. Bamboo has a very low burn temperatures. Most manufactures recommend professional refinishing because of this.
Thisoldhouse.com contains great videos on how to refinish hard wood floors. Since there is a lot of work that goes into this process, I would take a look at the video to be sure you get all the details into your project!
Although it is a little more expensive it is always better to hire a contractor to refinish wood floors for safety reasons and to make sure your floors arnt ruined
Brake cleaner. You might end up having to refinish the floor.
That depends on where you are, Here in California, S.F., It cost $4.25 per sq. ft. to refinish a wood floor. And being that it has a wax finish, it can cost more because the floor contractor might have to use extra steps to get that wax finish off. That is my profession, and wax is one floor I hate to refinish. Like I said before, it depends on where you are.
About $80 to rent a floor sander and polyurethane is about $25 a gallon. So depends on how big of an area
You need a professional sander in order to refinish wood floors. It's easy to do if you have the right equipment.
DIYNetwork.com is one good site for information on wood floor maintainence. You can also go straight to their trade group at www.woodfloors.org. There they have all the information on every aspect of buying and maintaining wood flooring.
Refinish cherry wood cabinets is a great home improvement project. This website, www.faceyourkitchen.com, has step-by-step tips on how to refinish cabinets and also recommends many products specific to the different wood types.
Are you trying to refinish the Bluing, The mechanism or the wood? If it's the wood, then it's the same as refinishing any wood product. I suggest you find a book on refinishing wood. It would take to long to answer you here.
Your color should be determined by the floor owner, the colors of wood in the surrounding envoirnment would help. Many consumers are actually not using any color but, putting on just a clear finish.
A chemical stripper is one way. Simply sanding off the wax and stain so you restain and finish is another. Be care with the chemical stripper though, it might soak into the wood and make refinishing a hassle. If all you want to do is refinish the floor without re-staining use the Basic Coatings no sanding method, or find someone who uses that method; everything is done in one day with no dust.