For those who adore the hardwood floors in their homes, hardwood floor refinishing comes as a routine task so that the floors will be maintained properly to look new and sparkling. Refinishing hardwood floors can sometimes be a tedious task, which can consume lots of money and time. But this is the price you need to pay to maintain your hardwood floor. While you consider hardwood refinishing, you will be astonished to know that this is a task that you can do yourself without paying professionals high amounts of money to do it for you. But it would be worth to understand that you would need to have time to spend on your refinishing project to make sure that you end up with the effect you wanted to achieve.

Hardwood floor refinishing is definitely a time-consuming project, if you want to do it by yourself. However, it does require you to move out of the home until you complete this task. Also, the coatings for refinishing hardwood floors do not have any strong fumes that may be dangerous for anyone with respiratory problems. But the only thing you will have to remember is not to walk on the floor until the finish is dry. If you forget our advice and jump on to the fresh refinished floor, your completed task will have your footprints all over it, and believe me it would be in more ways than one. There are many books you can buy on refinishing hardwood floors and you can also get many useful resources when you search online.

Now when you have weighed all the possibilities, you can move on to refinishing the floor. For this project you will need some equipments like the heavy-duty sander that you can always rent from your local supplier. When you begin with the hardwood refinishing, you first have to move all the furniture and take up any rugs or mats that you have on the wood floors. If you have some sort of allergy with the dust, you need to wear a dust mask so that you won’t breathe in the dust coming out.

The most important equipment you will need for refinishing is the heavy- duty sander. When you use one, move gently back and forth over the wood floors. Move the sander in a straight line similar with the pattern of the hardwood boards. Try not to go across, if the hardwood has a beveled edge with small grooves. Also do not apply additional pressure in one place that in another. This will help you to avoid taking out the gouges from the floor. When the first finish is sanded off, you have to sweep or vacuum up the dust and give the floor a light washing. This will help you avoid the staining marks if dust is present on the floor. When refinishing wood floors, it is essential that the first coat is dry before you apply another coat. The more coats you put on, the shinier your floors will be. But at the same time will more coats will result in added cost.