Sand and refinish a hardwood floor yourself

In this video I show how to sand stain and refinish an antique hardwood floor.
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[@mrkraymnd]

"Doing stuff you dont know how to do, is the only way to learn how to do them" amen brother

[@BadHomeowner]

exactly

[@TheoSmith249]

you mentioned dust...The best way to help with dust infiltration, is to seal a box fan into the window. crack open a door for draft and set on full power. Nice job,

[@vickileonard72]

Bravo!😊

[@CamaronesFuegos]

Just wondering if its smart to try to fill gaps with sawdust mixed with woodglue before doing the stain job.

[@BadHomeowner]

I've read mixed opinions on this. I chose not to, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything without doing it.
If you do fill gaps, you'll want to sand the whole floor afterwards to smooth out the filler

[@curtisbme]

@2:27 - absolutely should if you can. If you don't do that, you will risk chewing up your baseboards trying to the edge and you won't get to the edge so you will have a strip all around the room where the stain doesn't take the same and the color will stand out (which you had a minor issue with due to edge sander).

[@BadHomeowner]

yep this is exactly right

[@williamholmes8339]

I cant wait to redo my floors this week 10/01/24

[@BadHomeowner]

let me know how it goes

[@vickileonard72]

I ended up painting my floor bcuz i couldn't get the black off. I didnt know i could steam it😢

[@BadHomeowner]

noooo well maybe you can steam the paint off

[@vickileonard72]

@@BadHomeowner lol

[@TheNuclearManx]

Looks fantastic! Would you recommend this if the floor is a bit unlevel/sloping?
A contractor told us if we want a level floor we can either:
1. Put down a lot of leveling compound, 6mm plywood, and then engineered/solid wood on top.
2. Remove all of the original floorboards, level the joists, put down plywood, and then engineered/solid wood on top.
I don't like leveling compound, and it seems sad to lose the original floorboards, so I am thinking of just sanding the original floorboards and calling it a day.

[@BadHomeowner]

I made a video on floor leveling: ruclips.net/video/UztX9Ey3hYg/видео.html
That was for a different room, and it just depends on how bad the sloping is. If it's super wavy then it will be very hard to sand

[@mrkraymnd]

@00:24 with the reel mower 😛

[@BadHomeowner]

lol wasn't sure if anyone would notice