Sanding hardwood floors might seem like a pros only project.
Hardwood floor trial and error.
If you have children or pets there s a good chance your hardwood floor is going to see its share of juice spills marker streaks and pet accidents.
Once the carpet was ripped out of the rest of the house there were all kinds of bumps and pet urine stains to sand out of the plywood to make sure the new hardwood flooring would go on as flat as possible to avoid future squeaks.
With a market full of all kinds of wood cleaning products picking the wrong cleaner gets easier and easier.
Identifying the root causes of cloudy or milky looking hardwood floors can help get you to a proper solution without hours and hours of trial and error.
Again your contractor and the flooring installer are likely liable for correcting or replacing a newly installed crowned hardwood floor.
Nail in securely and you have repaired patched up your hardwood floor successfully.
I tried pecan and walnut meat on the scratches.
I have struggled for years to find a good system for cleaning my hardwood floors and after a lot of purchases trial and error i believe i have found the most convenient hardwood floor cleaner on the market.
Refinishing your hardwood floor.
If you find your hardwood floors need a repair clean your floor thoroughly first and assess the situation.
But the homemade flooring sander contraption came in handy later.
I ve helped hundreds of homeowners some of them complete diy novices.
That just made my floor really slippery.
I ve got a whole top floor of scratches to fix.
Note that hardwood floors can often only be sanded just a few times so sanding down the crowning may fix the problem but it will reduce the life of the flooring because it leaves one less sanding possible.
At least i know how to fix it now.
And then there s that big scary sanding machine but it s really not that difficult.
Use of improper cleaners.
How to get stains out of hardwood floors.
I can t tell you how excited i am about this recent discovery.
I ve received lots messages comments asking what all i tried.
Same thing with old english.
I tried a stain pen in the same color as the floor.
It may seem basic and silly but i lived with unsightly white scratches on my hardwood floors for years before finding this solution.