Monday, March 23, 2009

The Importance Of Sanding Hardwood Floors

Many of those who are into restoring hardwood floors would say that sanding is the hardest (even the most unpleasant) part of the process but also the most satisfying one. They have come to realize the importance of sanding hardwood floors.

Even though sanding is a laborious process, this part of the restoring process is the one that can give your flooring that elegant look. And if you are looking to sand hardwood floors, the job doesn't really have to be unpleasant; all that's needed is adequate knowledge on how to do it right.

You're not alone in wondering why would you want to sand your hardwood floors if doing so is such a hard and laborious process. Not only that it can be costly because you'll have to either rent or buy special tools for sanding.

There is a good reason why sanding hardwood floors is vital despite it being a difficult, time consuming and costly process. Sanding is the part of the hardwood restoration or repair process that would truly bring out the visual quality of hardwood floors.

Knowledge of how to sand your hardwood floors and proper application of that knowledge can bring out the beauty of it. This beauty is a combination of wood grain, color tone and shine. Sanding is what helps bring out the hardwood's grain quality. In addition, sanding makes for smoother hardwood flooring, thereby increasing the comfort value of the flooring.

Be aware that the tools you will need for sanding are not your usual power tools. You'll have to either buy these tools from a hardware shop or rent them from a tool rental company for a few days. Between buying and renting these sanding tools, go with renting. It isn't really cost effective to buy them if you are only going to refinish your hardwoord flooring every few years or so.

The sanding tools you'll need are:

- sandpaper with at least three ratings (heavy, light and in between)
- vacuum cleaner
- buffer
- sander
- edger
- masks, goggles, gloves, etc. for dust protection

There is good sanding and bad sanding. It is vital that before you start sanding, you clean the floor thoroughly. There should not be any nails sticking out and the floor must generally be even.

First, you need to apply the heaviest sandpaper. Make sure you run the sander on the floor in even strokes. Take note that this process takes a while and involves expending a lot of energy so be prepared; otherwise, you'd get a bad back ache. When the heaviest sandpaper layer is used up, use the lighter sandpaper on the hardwood flooring next. Finally, use the lightest sandpaper.

The edges and corners of your hardwood flooring are hard to reach areas so you'll have to sand them using a handheld edger.

Be warned that sanding involves dust particles flying all around so be sure to wear protective gear while sanding hardwood floors. In addition, close all vents that connect the room you're working in to the other rooms in the house. The last thing you want is dust throughout the house. Make sure that the only vent on is the one that's connected to the outside of your house. Close the doors in the room where you're sanding and place wet sheets or towels along the doors to keep dust from seeping out.

Niv Orlian is an experienced Home Improvement Adviser who writes articles for his Flooring & Carpet Cleaning online guides. Visit myflooringhelper.com to learn more about Sanding Hardwood Floors

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

It's Now A 'snap' To Install Hardwood Floors

If you’ve been considering installing hard wood flooring into your home it’s probably not as hard as you may be imagining. Especially since these days most hardware stores sell kits that make installing wooden floors a cinch. They’ve made it as simple as clicking pre cut pieces together with a tight fit nonetheless, where you would never know that the floors weren’t professionally installed. It’s as simple as choosing the type and color of wood that you want, yanking up your old floor – whether it be hardwood floors or old tile or linoleum, and clicking in the new flooring in it’s place.

Now, since you’ve gotten those eloquent-looking and easy-to-maintain floors that adorn your home, you want to be sure that you’re giving them the best care that you can to preserve their beauty. This means that you need to find out exactly what type of care that is, as well as find the right hardwood floor cleaner that to keep the wood looking shiny and new.

There are a ton of different products out there, and that make it difficult to choose the best cleaner for your new floor.

It seems that each different bottle that you pick up touts the claim that theirs is the only cleaner that you’ll need to buy to keep your floors shining while keeping them safe. Should you believe them all?

Well, one thing that’s important is that you need to keep in mind the instructions and care tips that came with your floors. There may actually be a particular floor care product that they recommend. Then again, sometimes if you’ll notice, there is no special product and regular soap and water will do the trick. There’s a money saver right? The fact is, most of the new floors that are being installed these days don’t need much special attention at all.

Most of the click-it types of flooring come pre-coated with their own coating of varnish and it may be better to skip the hardwood floor cleaner altogether. If there’s no advice from the manufacturer’s that made your hardwood flooring, ask about the cleaning and care tips at the hardware store where you bought the wooden flooring, or call the manufacturer yourself. Many times you’ll find a 1-800 number on the packaging of such materials.

If you live in an older house with pre-existing floors that were laid down years ago, you may discover that a cleaning solution that contains protective waxes might help you maintain a better shine and protection.

Some other hardwood floor cleaner will make the promise of stripping down wax build-up and remove grime from traffic, however be careful that you don’t end up leaving your wood without any protection at all. Stains and dirt may ruin your flooring, which will in effect leave spots or scratches that you won’t be able to clean off. Learn which type of flooring you have and then investigate what might be the best cleaner that won’t damage your wood.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

How To Sand And Refinish Your Hardwood Floors

You might think your old hardwood floor looks really ugly and dingy. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, many homeowners thought their hardwood floors were so ugly, that they would cover them up with carpet.

In the modern day, that would be a sin, but it happened a lot back when wall-to-wall carpet was the craze. We often find older homes with old worn out carpet that covers seemingly faded and weathered hardwood flooring. Don’t be deceived, the resurfacing process of hardwood floors and its potential beauty will have you patting yourself on the back for years.

Restoring hardwood isn’t easy, but it is definitely worth the trouble. If your floor has been covered with carpet, then be sure to remove all the carpet and tack strips. Then you will need to see if there are any nail holes that need to be filled.

If you are resurfacing your hardwood floors because they are old looking, then you will start out with a heavy duty sander called a drum sander. You will be able to rent this sander at any rental stores or building centers because they are very popular and frequently used. To strip off the finish you will need 24 grit sand paper on the drum sander. A drum sander goes in a straight line so you will need to head toward a wall and go in a straight direction until you come to the wall, then you will need to turn around and head for the opposite wall. Do this until the entire floor is done.

You don’t need to be worried about sanding completely through your floor because most hardwood floors, especially the older floors are about 3/4 “thick. You should be able to sand your hardwood floor over a dozen times before it wears through.

You will need to do a second sanding to smooth the rough gouges made by the finish-stripping sand paper. This will also remove any of the remaining patches of finish left behind. You can accomplish this with 36 grit sand paper. Go over the floor the same way you did with the heavier sand paper.

You won’t be able to get very close to the walls with the drum sander so you will need a smaller sander to sand next to the walls and corners. An orbital hand sander will work really well for this. You will use the same grit of sand paper for the hand sander as you will use for the drum sander at each phase of the sanding process.

The third step of the sanding process will be the smoothing phase where the sand paper will sand out all the rough cuts from the heavier sand paper. You will use 60 grit sand paper for this. This grit of paper won’t strip off any remaining finish materials so you will have to make sure that you get it all with the second sanding.

The fourth sanding phase will be where the light grit sand paper brings out the wood grains even without the final finishes. You will use 80 grit sand paper for this step. You will notice how the old hardwood sheds its old appearance for a new vibrant, modern display.

The final sanding phase is very important, yet it is a step often omitted by flooring contractors. You will use 150 grit sand paper with a small hand sander. Be sure to sand with the grain. This will make a huge difference in the deep luster shine and the appearance of the wood grains.

After you have completed the sanding phases, you will then need to sweep the floor clean of all dust and wood particles. This won’t be quite enough though, because you want the wood grains to be completely exposed and free of dust so they soak up the finish better and deeper. If you have an air compressor you can spray the floor with air to get the dust free. If however you don’t have an air compressor, then you can use a vacuum on the lowest surface setting to suck the dust out. Be sure to make slow thorough passes with the vacuum.

Next, you will start the first application of the floor finish. There are many finishes to choose from, but most flooring specialists’ choose a water-based Urethane because of its characteristics. It dries quickly and the odors won’t kill you. The first coat will go on in a copious fashion. You can use a brush or a floor brush on a pole. This will help you get an even coat.

Let the first coat dry for at least 12 hours and then apply the second coat. The third coat should make the final finish appear as a deep finish that makes the wood grains stand out almost as if in 3-D.

Once the floor has dried, you will notice that it is very hard and durable. The shine and the wood grains are new looking. The floor doesn’t even look anything like the old floor. That is part of the restoration process. Enjoy it. Spread out on the floor and give it a hug. That’s how I feel after so much work, yet so much reward.

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Not All Hardwood Lumber Is Equally Good

So you want to build a hutch or put down wood flooring in the living room. The question is which hardwood lumber is the best for the job. The answer is not difficult if you learn a little about the characteristics of hardwoods and what gives them their unique qualities.

What is Hardwood Lumber?

Hardwood is defined as wood coming from broad leaf trees or those that produce nuts. It is the hickory, oak, Walnut, Maple, and cherry trees that are most popular in North America. This is because the climate is just right for large production of such species of trees. The lumber that is created from these strong trees is given the generic name of “hardwood.”

Not all hardwood is the same. Industry groups have made great strides in standardizing wood by strength and grade. This helps consumers know which are truly the hardest and which are right for specific woodworking jobs.

For example, the hardest of the hardwoods is hickory and Pecan. It is measured by how many pounds of pressure is needed to mar the wood. In the case of these two woods it is approximately 1,820 pounds of pressure before the wood is marred.

On the other end of the hardwood scale is Aspen. It is classified as a hardwood, but requires only 350 pounds of pressure to mar its surface. In between are hard maple at 1,450 pounds and white oak at 1,360 pounds. This give you a comparison of which woods are best for flooring (the harder woods) and which make better material for building furniture. Cherry is just about in the middle of the hardness scale at 950 pounds of pressure to mar.

How Hardwood Can Change

Hardwood contracts and expands depending on temperature and moisture. This is because it tries to adapt to its environment. It was once a living thing and continues to have a life of its own to some degree. In order to minimize the amount of change to wood it is kiln dried to remove much of the moisture and stabilize it. This helps keep the finished wood product truer to the size and shape of when it was manufactured.

Leading manufacturers of hardwood lumber take into account changes in wood and the purpose for which it will be used in designing the lumber. For example, the Windsor plywood is often used as sub-flooring and for exterior wall bases. Dunn, Carter, Lowes, and Siegel lumber all stock their lumber rack with rough cut lumber for any job. Online retailers such as Lumber Liquidators have a huge supply of hardwood lumber mostly for finished flooring applications.

Careful consideration needs to go into the right type of lumber for your hardwood project, but equally as important is the finished look. Many hardwoods vary only slightly in their strength and durability, but as a consumer, you need to decide to you like the grainy look of white oak or the smooth finish of maple. Any type of hardwood lumber can be stained and finished with several colour variations, so look more at grain than colour when choosing what wood looks best to you.

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Clinton Maxwell repeatedly writes summaries on themes relating to 84 lumber and carter lumber. His articles on hardwood lumber are published on http://www.insidewoodworking.com/lumber/hardwoodlumber.html .

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Hardwood Flooring Dominates Markets Today

First, you have to know that numerous houses utilized laminate flooring in the past. But, nowadays hardwood types of floors control the marketplace due to their endurance, durability, as well as tremendous quality.

When installed in proper settings as well as occasions, the proper kind of hardwood floors can help your house, specially when there are kids in the residence. The beauty of hardwood types of floors can truly be dulled by dust and other foreign matters but it can be easily wiped-out compared to other materials like concrete tiles. More over their beauty can be dwarfed by dirt; this is truly why it is so necessary to remove dirt continually in homes with hardwood floors.

Hardwood floors can really get dented by water, realize that your hardwood form of floor cleaner should have a neutral PH; More over certify you don't utilize oil-based soaps to clean them. The cost of the engineered wood floor is one profit of hardwood types of floors as this specific type doesn't cost as expensively as conventional hardwood floors. Hence, it does not matter whether you don't have a large amount of money or not. Most the individuals can easily afford this kind of hardwood floors.

If you choose to do your homework for hardwood flooring on the World Wide Web, it is important to realize that there will truly be many Internet companies clamoring to sell their products; carefully take time to choose those which you are sure of. Laminate type of floors are attaining lots of acceptance each and everyday and this is truly for the reason that they look very much hardwood floors; more so they are trouble-free to install in the apartment.

Hardwood kind of floor refinishing takes a good amount of time and has to be done adequately, more over the approved gear has to be achievable for the most excellent result to be achieved. There is no such thing as the best credit offer; on the other hand, there is such a thing as which credit offer will best suite your needs; finding this will really give you access to a credit card you will fully enjoy.

In rounding off, there are companies offering you hardwood types of floor products on the Net; you do not need to waste energy walking from place to place when you can get all the facts you need, including cost quotes on the Internet.

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Monday, March 9, 2009

Solid Ash Hardwood Flooring: Highlighting The Assets Of Your Home

A floor has a lot of uses to every home, but when it comes to hardwood, the furniture and fixture become second best. That’s definitely not the case with solid ash hardwood flooring. It still allows you to bring out the best attributes of your furniture and fixture, and yet the hardwood can shine on its own.

Why Solid Ash Hardwood Flooring Fits Your Home

1. You have plenty of choices. Generally, a solid ash hardwood flooring has very light texture, but there are still other lighter shades and tones that you can choose from. For example, if you want to add more room into your home, you may like to go for light tan solid ash hardwood flooring. Their light color will bring more volume into your limited space. You can also go for darker tones, such as dark brown, if you want to settle for more rustic ambiance for your home.

2. You don’t have to be a professional to install it into your floor. The solid ash hardwood flooring is one of the “just place the planks and hammer them to your floor” types. It uses the least amount of effort especially during installation. What’s more, you can play around with its finish or stain. Depending on what you want to achieve, you can always choose a stain or a finish using the materials that you can find in home depots and improvement shops. You also don’t need to worry about how you’re going to do the finishing either. The solid ash hardwood flooring makes it a lot easier for you.

3. The solid ash hardwood flooring is durable. If you happen to see solid ash hardwood flooring used in kitchen floors or in shopping centers, don’t be surprised. First, the solid ash hardwood flooring is made of a very durable material, just like any hardwood. It is almost similar to oak when it comes to hardness. If you are going to really maintain it properly, the floor can even last for a very long time, even for a century. It also doesn’t easily give in to trauma or shock. You can allow hundreds of people to step on it, or drop as many heavy pieces as you can, and yet the solid ash hardwood flooring doesn’t lose its strength. These cases don’t lose the durability of your hardwood.

4. It’s very easy to maintain. With solid ash hardwood flooring, you can keep away those harmful cleaning agents and buckets of water. The dry white cloth and a vacuum cleaner will do. You only have to think of two things when you’re cleaning solid ash hardwood flooring: dust and moisture. When there are plenty of dust and dirt in the floor, they may eventually create scratches, which can damage the floor’s lovely finish. Moisture will only speed up the deterioration of the wood. Thus, remove spills, and eliminate the dust; your solid ash hardwood flooring will be perfectly fine.

With your solid ash hardwood flooring, you will be making a beautiful investment for your home.

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Discount Hardwood Flooring - Get It Cheaper From The Same Brand Names

Discount hardwood flooring is available from all the major manufacturers of hardwood flooring materials. One form of cheap hardwood for flooring is engineered hardwood, but some of the discount brands are solid hardwood. This flooring is perfectly suitable for areas where you can nail, staple or glue the boards in place and is even suitable for placing over a concrete subfloor. Even with discount hardwood, you can really spice up areas of your home, such as the rec room or the workshop by buying the hardwood flooring at a cheap price. By buying discount hardwood flooring, you can have the floor or your dreams rather than buying laminate flooring.

If you buy sliced wood veneer when you buy cheap hardwood flooring, you still get the same ranges of choices in design, such as oak, maple, birch or other forms of wood. The discount hardwood flooring also has a hardwood backing, which adds to the durability of the flooring. At the same time, you can get cheap laminate flooring that looks almost like you have hardwood floors installed and is just as long lasting. The hardwood backing used for laminate flooring and cheap hardwood floors is selected mainly because of its expansion and contraction properties. This means that the lumber used was cut in both humid and dry weather conditions.

When manufacturers of discount hardwood flooring make the edge backing, they adhere to strict standards. For example, the factories apply the backing to cheap laminate flooring using an aluminum spine. The spine is stamped onto each piece of laminate flooring to make sure that each piece is stamped a precise 1.5 mm apart. This precision spacing for cheap hardwood flooring allows for flexibility in bending and twisting the planks.

You can select unfinished and prefinished hardwood when you shop for cheap hardwood flooring. Many people assume that discount hardwood flooring is unfinished and that they will have a lot of work doing the finishing themselves. However, this choice is a matter of personal taste and you do have the option of choosing either one when you want to buy at a discount. You will also have the same range of choices in the type of hardwood you want for your flooring as well as a choice of stains and finishes. With cheap laminate flooring, you do not have the choice of having the wood prefinished or unfinished, but you do have a wide range of choices in color.

The increasing cost of hardwood flooring means that many homeowners look for discount hardwood flooring. They may opt for cheap laminate flooring that uses a manufacturing process of sandwiching composite fibreboard material in between two sheets of melamine. This offers the same effect as hardwood flooring, but at a discount price. Some of the discount hardwood flooring uses an embossing feature that gives it a texture very similar to a real wood grain and this suits any décor.

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Choosing The Best Hardwood Floor For Your Household

Many people shy away from buying hardwood floor because they are unsure of what type of hardwood floor is best, or they have heard one rumor after the next about how difficult it is to take care of a hardwood floor. The truth is that hardwood floors are not as big a mystery as some people think.

Yes, there are many different types of hardwood floors to choose from, but as with most products, you should be used to this. Just like picking carpet, deciding on a hardwood floor is not much different. You just need to decide on one that best suits the needs of your household.

In contrast to what you may have heard about hardwood floors being difficult to take care of, the reality is that hardwood floors are long lasting, very durable and hold their natural beauty impeccably. What’s more, hardwood floors are not as expensive as you might think. They are actually very affordable, require very little upkeep, and actually provide a healthier environment within your home because they do not provide a breading ground for dust and bacteria spores the way carpet does. This helps stave off allergy and asthma attacks, as well as prevents the grime and dirt that accumulates on streets and sidewalks from creeping into your house. The use of a hardwood cleaner is more adept at keeping these unwanted poisons out of your house; poisons a vacuum cleaner is incapable of picking up.

The maintenance a hardwood floor requires is minimal, requiring a small amount of regular sweeping and vacuuming. While it is durable, as mentioned, just like carpet, high traffic areas on a hardwood floor tend to wear down quicker and become scratched, but just like carpet, this is easily preventable with the addition of an area rug.

Another interesting little factoid about hardwood floors is that they are ecologically sound. Most people believe this to be the opposite. Many believe that our forests are devastated and depleted of their resources because of the whims of homeowners looking to raise the value or splendor of their homes, but hardwood floors are actually created from forests which are managed in a way that allows the trees being cut down to be re-grown. Like vegetables and fruit, trees are cultivated in much the same way today.

The variety of choice when it comes to hardwood floors can make the decision process a tough one. You will have to decide what type of wood, color and grain you want. Thanks to technology, you can mix and match these three choices to create you own unique hardwood floor. Even though red oak and maple happen to be popular choices, you still have the option of being unique.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

3 Kinds Of Wood Used In Real Wood Furniture

Real wood furniture is the most popular furniture in
existence. It's been around for hundreds of years and
probably existed when the cave people got tired of squatting
on the dirt floor of their caves and looked around for a
better way.

The woods that are fashioned into furniture fall into three
categories:

1. Hardwoods

2. Softwoods

3. Composites

Even the term 'hardwood' or 'softwood' is deceptive.
Hardwoods aren't necessarily harder, denser material. For
example, balsa wood is one of the lightest, least dense
woods there is, and it's considered a hardwood. Technically,
lumber is classified based on how the tree reproduces. As a
general rule, though, softwood trees are evergreen year
round while the hardwoods create the gorgeous autumn foliage
that we all love so much.

Hardwoods are considered the highest quality and are the
most expensive. Their natural colors vary from the darkest
woods to the lightest ones and and they can be stained or
painted for even more variety. Hardwood furniture is least
likely to warp or bend and is prized in all high quality
homes. The five woods most commonly used in furniture
production are cherry, walnut, oak, maple and mahogany.

Softwoods are less expensive than hardwoods, but they
require extra care. Because they are less durable, it's much
easier to scratch or dent softwood furniture. In addition,
they often don't have the beautiful grains of a hardwood,
and therefore don't stain as beautifully.

Pine is an example of a softwood that is commonly used for
furniture. These woods are often used in construction as
well so the choicest pieces are reserved for furniture. In
construction, knots and splits are common. Lots of
construction lumber will not accept paint and this kind of
wood is used for shelves or packing crates.

The softwood used in furniture is designated as "Appearance"
lumber and includes most softwood lumber that has been
custom milled to a pattern or otherwise surfaced on all four
sides.

Composites are the cheapest form of wood and are literally
manufactured, rather than grown.

1. Plywood: multiple layers of thin wooden sheets are glued
together and pressed. Plywood is strong and resists
swelling, shrinking and warping. There is some furniture
made directly from plywood, but generally it is only used as
a support when incorporated into furniture.

2. Particle board: sawdust and small wood chips are mixed
with glue or resin which is then shaped and pressure
treated. When used for inexpensive furniture, particle board
is usually covered with laminate or veneer. This is
necessary because particle board splits easily and the
laminate prevents splitting. However, the downside is that
the laminate may separate from the wood because the particle
board responds to temperature and pressure changes by
swelling and shrinking.

3. Hardboard: is made like particle board but it's placed
under higher pressure so it's stronger.

4. MDF or Medium Density Fiberboard: wood particles are
bonded with resin and compressed. It is harder than particle
board or hardboard, and can be cut like plywood although it
isn't as strong as plywood. Some MDF is covered with
melamine which is a durable plastic in a variety of colors.
The exposed edges of MDF are rough and need covering with
molding or some other decorative material.

Technically, furniture made from all of these wood products
is "real" wood furniture, even the composites. Prices and
quality range from the hardwoods down to the composites.
The higher you go up the spectrum, the more you can expect
to pay for your wood furniture. The good part, of course,
is that with proper care hardwood furniture will last for
decades or even generations. If you can afford it, always
choose hardwood furniture.

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Getting Your Hardwood Floors Clean Again

Now a days, when homes are being build, the push for hardwood floor in the main parts of the house is big. Even in renovation of older homes, more and more people are switching out carpeting to more durable hardwood flooring. In fact, most relators out in the field will tell you that if you are going to do anything to upgrade your flooring, consider putting in hardwood floor as it is more enticing to home buyers today. And it is true that a clean hardwood floor (giving it that brand new look) will definitely make any room in your home shine.


Let’s focus on hardwood floors that have been around awhile as new floors really do not need much work on them if properly maintained. The first thing you need to do is really take a look at your floors. Is there a traffic pattern noticed on the wood? Are there any scratches or gouges in your floor that are very apparent? Are the boards separating? Does the floor look dull to you? All very important questions. If you answered yes to any or all, then might want to consider getting your floors refinished. By getting them refinished, you will not only make your house look beautiful again, but you will also add value to your home.


If you are going to get your hardwood floors refinished, then you want to make sure that the professionals that you hire are doing their job. When a hardwood floor is refinished, it requires that the floor be sanded. Yes, this is a messy job, but essential to making your floors look like new again. This will take out all those sightly gouges and scratches as well as remove any ground in dirt that is leaving the high traffic dirt mark on your floors. This can be a long process because there are several different passes over your floor with different grades of sandpaper. Also, between each sanding pass there is a cleaning pass with a cloth to get up the excess sawdust so that they can see where the floor needs a little bit more work. This is also the time that they repair any boards that are separating or are damaged to the point that they need to be replaced.


Once this process is completed then comes the fun part. If you want different types of staining on your floors, this is the time to do it. For example, if your floors were light in color to begin with and you want a more rich tone, then staining the floors darker is a great idea. If you are one that likes the lighter tone, then this step can be skipped and onto the finishing work. Finishing up the job with a top coat of some type of varnish or shellack will seal and protect your floor as well as making it much easier to clean in the long run.


Regardless of whether or not you have your floors completely refinished or just have them cleaned professionally, you will be happy with the results. Now it will be up to you to make sure to do proper maintenance on them to ensure that their beauty will last.

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Abagail Odalis is a home restoration specialist who currently works in the New York Carpet Cleaning Industry. Her many years of home restoration experience has taught her how find proper Floor Cleaning New York to diaster clean up.

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