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What a friking mess. Should look pissa when it's done!!!
This is my first time doing floors. They are getting hit with 80 grit, them 100 to top it off. Then polyurethane.
All the wood from my house was taken from the trees on my property. The house was built in 1920. I was the first house built on this road.
I also have all new leather furniture coming Wen!!!!
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0725.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0719.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0720.jpg
tanks350x
02-23-2009, 07:23 PM
Hey just so you know, your address doesn't show up on Mapquest,,,, So, when I get to your town, should I stick my head out the window and hope to smell the polly fumes????? :lol: :lol:,,j/k Looks good
Hey just so you know, your address doesn't show up on Mapquest,,,, So, when I get to your town, should I stick my head out the window and hope to smell the polly fumes????? :lol: :lol:,,j/k Looks good
Bwhaaaaaa
It's getting there. The hard work is done. Time for the sanders to do some of the work now.
hublake
02-23-2009, 08:41 PM
You might want to hit the floors 80, 100 and something around 220 to get a real smooth finish. I have done a number of floors and use a water based polyurethane to stay away from the nasty fumes of the other. Usually do three coats. What type of wood are the floors?
thefox
02-23-2009, 08:48 PM
Nice! I will be doing the same thing soon enough, the house closing should be in the next week or two then it is time to start working!
You might want to hit the floors 80, 100 and something around 220 to get a real smooth finish. I have done a number of floors and use a water based polyurethane to stay away from the nasty fumes of the other. Usually do three coats. What type of wood are the floors?
White pine. I use a respirator when dealing with the fumes.
Dammit!
02-23-2009, 09:45 PM
Does Krylon make a floor paint?
How long until you part the house out?
I keed! I keed! :lol:
Howdy
02-23-2009, 10:49 PM
Does Krylon make a floor paint?
How long until you part the house out?
LMFAO, Best reply I have read in a while!!
Howdy
DeePa
02-23-2009, 10:49 PM
Ill only believe its your house if you put your 350x , 177, and 200x in the room and take a picture...
oh thats right, you cant because you parted them out...
I thought you were buying a new house?
smokinwrench
02-23-2009, 11:46 PM
I don't understand why everyone likes hardwood floors. YES they look nice. Always seem to scratch easy, cold, noisy. I prefer carpet soft, warm, quiet.
I see it on all of the home shows (flip that house, built to sell, etc). Say it even adds value, I just don't understand.
aldochina
02-24-2009, 01:11 AM
carpet sucks, it is filthy, no matter how clean it looks on the surface. Woodfloors are far supierior. Hey Edog, what was on the floor you had to strip, paint, adhesive, or somthing. I have been refinishing hardwood floors for 20 years, so if you have any ?'s just ask. What do you plan on using for sanding equipment, rentals or somthing? I can tell you right off the bat that 80 grit will not touch it. On old floors like that, pre poly era, they used varnish, and also waxed the floors, which is a nightmare when sanding. the varnish/wax heats up, and just melts to the paper. With our edging machine, that spins circular, we would normally start with a 36 grit paper, If it loads right up, which on old floors like yours, it usually does, we go to a 24, or even a 16 grit paper. Now you can imagine how course this paper is, so on a soft would like pine, you want to move pretty fast, and just try to take the brunt of the finish off, not really trying to actually sand the wood. Then you go back to 36 grit, and sand out the swirls fromthe rough paper, and any remaining finish. Right from the 36, we fine off with 80. The main machine is a belt, or drum sander, it tends not to load up as bad as the edger, so sometimes you can get away with roughing off with only a 36 grit, then 80. make sure you rough with the edger, then rough with the big machine, before you fine with the edger. when its all sanded with 80 grit, sweep it up real good, and you buff it with a circular buffer, we use 100 grit screens for this. Vacume real good and your ready for poly. Quick buff between coats, with dulled 100 grit screen just to nock the grain down. AS for poly or water base, I like poly better, especially on pine, it gives the wood a much richer color, and is more forgiving to work with for beginners because it doesnt set up fast. Waterbase is trickier to apply, doesnt give as much color, but you can do 3 coats in a day, and it is durable. Ive never used any sand paper finer than 100 grit on a floor. Its a waste of time! If your going to stain it, we would go around the edges with an orbital sander, and 100 grit pads, this takes out the fine scratches that the stain might highlight, but unless your using stain this isnt neccesary. Hope some of this helps
aldochina
02-24-2009, 01:15 AM
if you want to see some pics of my equipment, and supplies let me know. Just be carefull when sanding to always keep moving, our machines will eat through floors with the quickness if you dont know what your doing.
Latex floor paint, varnish.......
I don't need to use a drum sander for the first step of roughing the surface.
I can use the large orbital rental sander instead?
All good points!!!
Thanks for the tips.
aldochina
02-24-2009, 10:35 AM
I dont know what you mean by roughing the surface, your first sanding should take the wood right down to raw, or bare wood, I dont know what the orbital rental sanders look like, or how they work.
mgenest
02-24-2009, 10:41 AM
Not to jack this thread but here is what I am doing right now. I feel your pain.
You might want to hit the floors 80, 100 and something around 220 to get a real smooth finish. I have done a number of floors and use a water based polyurethane to stay away from the nasty fumes of the other. Usually do three coats. What type of wood are the floors?
Pinus stroubus
Not to jack this thread but here is what I am doing right now. I feel your pain.
Looks like your having fun.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0750.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0745.jpg
Here some pics of the living room finished.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0822.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0823.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/edog_02/100_0826_edited.jpg
As you can tell I am a neat freak.
I have a Black Walnut Grandmother clock going to the right of the entertainment center, in the corner.
The pics are chitty. The batteries need charging.
hey 97 is calling they want there TV back
hinddee29
03-15-2009, 09:35 PM
Looks good. Wondering how it came out also. I like the darker spots where it all didn't come up. Kinds adds the age to it.
I wanted to do this with my house with the dog no way I could do it and still live there.
Don't know if I missed it, but did you end up using for the top coat?
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