What kind of dusk mask is that black one your using?...also of you had to stain this before polying would you go about the sanding differently or with different machine. Just finished a floor for someone that looks like absolute shite. Left swatches of poly even if they weren't immediately noticable they were after staining!!! Not to mention the scratches they left with orbitals.
I really enjoyed your video here. Very easy to discern, comprehend and apply to a real-life situation. I felt at such ease watching your video that I am going to attempt re-finishing my own floors as opposed to paying someone else thousands of dollars or whatever it is they charge. *I'm just curious... I have an ugly yellow finish currently and want to change the stain. Would I just do my 3 passes with the various grit levels (coarse, medium and fine), vacuum and clean floor, then apply the stain that I want, let dry and then proceed with poly thereafter?
Man!!! This video is golden!! My wife and I just purchased an older home that still has the original hardwood flooring. This video gave me the confidence to take on this task. Thanks for making this video!
Besides the excellent knowledge, I love how you pass it on. It's like I'm listening to my late father or a buddy trying to teach me. I always learn alot. Thanks so much.
About to make an offer on a house full of hardwood that all needs to be restored. I feel a little more confident in my decision to move forward now. Thanks!!
This was a great video. You were clear, you spoke at a good pace, and you walked us through the entire process from start to finish. I feel a lot more confident in refinishing my floor now. Thanks!
In 1979, I refinished 1300 square feet of hardwood floors in our first house. The house was originally built in 1945. The previous owners had covered the hardwood with carpet. We pulled the old stained carpet up and saw the original hardwood flooring. My total cost to refinish the floors myself was $179.00. That cost included rental fees, sealer and oil based polyurethane. The floors still looked great, when we sold that house eleven years later. Hardwood floors are much easier to keep clean than carpet.
Mike Tracy , it was a lot of of hard work, but we did not have must money back then. We brought the house with a GI bill guaranteed loan, 10 percent interest payment, and a $1000.00 down payment. Our house payment was $279.00 a month, and we thought that was a lot. When I got through sanding the floors, there were four mounds of sanding dust in the back yard. Each mound was three feet tall.
You have inspired me as a woman and I’m going to try it. Just the way you did it to bring back my floors Thank you so much for sharing. I appreciate you wish me luck my name is Lesley and I’m in NY keep inspiring others and let them know they can do it just stay focused positive THANK YOU ❤🙏🏽👍🏽💯🙌🏽
this is the best one I have seen. This video just made me feel so much more confident on refinishing the floors at the fixer upper house I just purchased
who the hell is giving thumbs down? Shannon is the most knowledgeable person i have ever seen on youtube...excellent presentation and he explains it very nicely..so shame on all who are giving him thumbs down....
Not a big talker just a great teacher. You really show the process the real steps involved and the things you encounter doing the job. Very helpful for a 1st time attempt. Thanks very much I know what I'm getting into now
Thank you Shannon! We are renovating our first house, and we have found your videos so helpful, thorough, smart, and calming. When I pulled this one up without looking closely at who made it first, I said out loud, "Oh yay, Shannon!" Thanks for the work you do!
I love this guy he has brought me through so many projects hes real and doesnt edit the mis steps that we all have along the way , keep them coming my friend thank you ,from red deer AB
Great work. I learned so much. We’re doing a 70 year old house’s Oak floors next week. Glad you talked about the other devices we’ll need beside the sander. I guess we’ll do 3 passes like you did. Very thorough video & not a lot of what I call “empty time” in videos. Everything was important. Well done & thanks 🙏🏼
I hope yours did well, we are going to try is as well then be proud of our achievement for years to come rather than paying someone. Did he use clear or did it have a tiny bit of tint to it?
I really appreciate how you put everything in simple terms that are easy to understand and go step by step. This video was very easy to follow and very helpful. Thank you.
Glad I came across this. Just bought my house and the hardwood is beautiful for the most part. Definitely needs some love though. You made this look easy enough for me to be comfortable doing it myself.
Man, I wish I had you confidence and skills to work so close and on the carpet with the finish. I really enjoy your videos, no fuzz, buzzwords, music etc. just showing hows it done with tips and tricks of the trade. Thank you.
Always use a clean dust free drop sheet on flooring next to the hardwood. And get the squeaks out of the hardwood either from underneath or through the top with special screws made for hardwood surface screwing. Doing all that work without fixing squeaky floors is regretful.
29:05 such a majestic and proud pan up😂 but seriously thank you for this tutorial I’m about to redo my living room and bedroom and this was a perfect learning lesson! Beautiful job!
We just bought our first house, and the floors are this amazing old hardwood, but it's in pretty rough shape in places. Was thinking of hiring somebody to do this, but you made this simple to follow. My wife is going to be excited when I show her this. Thanks so much!
I just bought my first house with my girlfriend and someone put laminate floors over the original hardwood floors from 1904! We don't have the money now, but I'm hoping soon. We're going to save up and plan on putting new flooring in, but I'm hoping the original hardwood is in good enough shape to refinish. I had a feeling this would be the process, but it makes me feel even better now. Thank you
Those floors look great! This is the exact same width and type of flooring boards I have. I’m getting prepared to do this. Thank you for your simple instructions. I’m so excited!
Excellent video!! We are about to refinish hardwood floors that dogs had walked on for many years. This was some great information. Thank you and God Bless.
I appreciate your assumption that there is still some common sense in the world. “It stands to reason” and “you’ll see what I mean when I get going”. Thanks for the tips.
I’ve been watching a lot of Fargo lately and came across this video since I’m redoing my floors. It’s safe to say it’s very easy for me to understand you lol
This video was pretty new when I refinished my first floor. I followed these steps and got a pretty good result. I did all I could to eliminate drops and puddles, but every coat I'd seem to add a few. One piece of advice I'd give to anybody following this method is to use water-based poly. You need more coats, but the drops and glops and other whoopsies are very easy to see and thus correct. (The mistakes look like spilled milk).
My boyfriend and I bought a house and the wood floors I don't think have been retouched since the house was built in the fifties. With 1200sqft of wood getting it done professionally is way out of budget. This is super helpful for giving us some perspective on the project to come
@@HouseImprovements thanks for the advice :) my current supervisor used to do flooring when he was younger so I think I'll ask him to take a look at it and see what needs done. I don't feel comfortable using a drum sander if I don't have to.
More than likely you will need a drum sander and edger plus a finish buffer to do an old floor like that. This wimpy equipment will not sand out old varnish or humps
I see your comments and I know its regularly said but you do a great job on these videos and your quality at finish product is seemingly above par in my opinion. Thank you.
I thought that this was a very good tutorial, and you make it seem like a regular person can do this! I might actually try this in one of the smaller rooms of the house I am renovating.
I use a drum the whole time but he is right . At the end , that flat sander is a key tool for pro work . If not scratches will be seen from paper , take your time and do it good. Even if you have to get on hands and knees and you will, with a small orbital. Orbital has saved my ass more than a few times
Interesting video, very calm voice and personality (it's a change from nervous high intensity pitching, trying to be young and dynamic personality) clear instructions ...Watched it twice!
He did really well with this, my only suggestion would be to run your orbital sander or edge sander with the grain of the floor to help eliminate the “halo” or “hat banding” that you see along the red wall. Ideally you would sand in progressively finer grits of paper like you do “in the field” of the floor.
You seem to enjoy doing this work. I'll be honest - not many folks have this patience for detail. I was glad you took the time to show me the T bar applicator. Thank you for sharing these techniques. Go Canada!
remove base, clear floor/room, turn off air, sand, wipe down for dust, stain, let dry, light sand, re apply stain and let dry, re-install base. did i get that right?
I'd love to give you mine. It's hidden by carpet now, but still squeaks like crazy and the previous owner killed any hope of restoring it by riddling the slats with ring-shanked drywall nails :-(
My fiance's house has these through almost the whole main level! We're getting ready to sand and refinish them in a couple weeks. I hope they turn out this pretty!
Yes!!!!!!! this is all I needed I sanded the floors already using the same machine and 20-80grits but have to do the rest and this video did it for me Thank you so much!! i wish i would have seen this vid the first go around.
Nice job on the floors. They looked really good once you finished. I hope they paint their walls something more subtle and change out that blue carpet. 😀 That house would look so beautiful with better colours.
Looks good and makes sense - thank you! I think I would stuff towels in the registers to keep the hvac system as clean as possible. Shutting it off is a good point! TY
Hi Shannon, This may seem like a silly question. How do you transition to hallways and adjoining rooms if you are doing one room at a time? Do you sand everything first? Is removing floor trim recommended?
Remove all trim, this is to avoid damaging the trim (while sanding) and makes life easier since you can't get right to the edge. With trim removed its not necessary to get right up to the wall, depending on your trim depth, that's as close as you need to get. Trim covers what you can't hit. Try and get as close as you can but don't damage your wall. Transitioning or doing one room at a time: If it's a bedroom, close the door, on the side you're not doing yet mask off the area with 3 or 4 layers of painters tape right under the door. You layer it so that if you're sanding and accidentally hit it you have multiple layers of tape to protect the side you don't want to do yet. Once you're ready to do the other side: mask the opposite finished side about 1 to 2 inches on to the finished floor. Try and avoid sanding the finished side, you're basically using it as a guide to match. Some blending will need to happen. When you have sanded, stained and are applying polyurethane, on you're 2nd to last coat of poly blend the transition. You'll need fine sanding paper to feather it.
@@TacoFist Could you describe the process for blending in more detail? Is it overlapped rotations like when using a sandblaster on small masked etchings? Is it something done with the poly itself?
I can't stress enough how important preparation is. Take your time and sand well. A scraper is a marvelous tool. Removes old finish easily in tight corners. Change blades as you need to. Probably videos on how to use them. Stain and finish will highlight scratches so do the job when you know you have an extra day or two if necessary. Have all your product and tools nearby and ready. Remove any laplines that show up as you apply the stain. Search for scratches as you wipe down the floor. Remove any because they will be worse after you are finished. Reread first sentence.
That was clear, no tint to it. As to how much is needed for 3 small rooms, that's not a measurement. Buy them at Home Depot and whatever is unopened, you can return it. But I'd say start with 3 gallons.
Here is a link to T bar floor refinishing tool. www.amazon.com/s?k=floor+tbar&ref=nb_sb_noss
What kind of dusk mask is that black one your using?...also of you had to stain this before polying would you go about the sanding differently or with different machine. Just finished a floor for someone that looks like absolute shite. Left swatches of poly even if they weren't immediately noticable they were after staining!!! Not to mention the scratches they left with orbitals.
What kind of paint did you used???
I really enjoyed your video here. Very easy to discern, comprehend and apply to a real-life situation. I felt at such ease watching your video that I am going to attempt re-finishing my own floors as opposed to paying someone else thousands of dollars or whatever it is they charge. *I'm just curious... I have an ugly yellow finish currently and want to change the stain. Would I just do my 3 passes with the various grit levels (coarse, medium and fine), vacuum and clean floor, then apply the stain that I want, let dry and then proceed with poly thereafter?
What color stain is this?
@@allanbenoit8305pa @@qqqqqqqq
Somebody that doesn't speed talk and make us listen to annoying music, how refreshing
i bet he's Canadian
yeah... with no dumb intro... how nice.
My kinda guy.
Amen to that 👌
This can't be updated hard enough
Man!!! This video is golden!! My wife and I just purchased an older home that still has the original hardwood flooring. This video gave me the confidence to take on this task. Thanks for making this video!
How did your sanding floor project turn out?
I really appreciate how thorough he was with explaining every single step in precise detail
Besides the excellent knowledge, I love how you pass it on. It's like I'm listening to my late father or a buddy trying to teach me. I always learn alot. Thanks so much.
About to make an offer on a house full of hardwood that all needs to be restored. I feel a little more confident in my decision to move forward now. Thanks!!
That's what brought me here too!
Same for me
same lol
How’s it go? Just did the same lol
Me too!
This was a great video. You were clear, you spoke at a good pace, and you walked us through the entire process from start to finish. I feel a lot more confident in refinishing my floor now. Thanks!
In 1979, I refinished 1300 square feet of hardwood floors in our first house. The house was originally built in 1945. The previous owners had covered the hardwood with carpet. We pulled the old stained carpet up and saw the original hardwood flooring. My total cost to refinish the floors myself was $179.00. That cost included rental fees, sealer and oil based polyurethane. The floors still looked great, when we sold that house eleven years later. Hardwood floors are much easier to keep clean than carpet.
179 dollars in materials and 50,000 dollars of back breaking labor! That must have been a lot of dust.....
Mike Tracy , it was a lot of of hard work, but we did not have must money back then. We brought the house with a GI bill guaranteed loan, 10 percent interest payment, and a $1000.00 down payment. Our house payment was $279.00 a month, and we thought that was a lot. When I got through sanding the floors, there were four mounds of sanding dust in the back yard. Each mound was three feet tall.
Yes, and if you’ve ever pulled up old carpet, you realize how nasty it is.
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$179 in 1979 is like $1000 now
You have inspired me as a woman and I’m going to try it. Just the way you did it to bring back my floors Thank you so much for sharing. I appreciate you wish me luck my name is Lesley and I’m in NY keep inspiring others and let them know they can do it just stay focused positive THANK YOU ❤🙏🏽👍🏽💯🙌🏽
You can do it!
Could you please, let me know exactly the poliuretano use here ? And what product do you use to clean and remove the dust? Thank you , great video
this is the best one I have seen. This video just made me feel so much more confident on refinishing the floors at the fixer upper house I just purchased
me too! :)
How did it go?
@@Dkellz bahahahaaha well, it could be worse lmao
To the point, direct, didn’t have to hear a story about mom seeing hardwood floors in a magazine and them wanting to do it for years. I like it
who the hell is giving thumbs down? Shannon is the most knowledgeable person i have ever seen on youtube...excellent presentation and he explains it very nicely..so shame on all who are giving him thumbs down....
I did! If this is knowledge on how to professionally sand a floor you guys are getting snowballed
I did! If this is knowledge on how to professionally sand a floor you guys are getting snowballed
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Not a big talker just a great teacher. You really show the process the real steps involved and the things you encounter doing the job. Very helpful for a 1st time attempt. Thanks very much I know what I'm getting into now
Thank you I'm attempting a 70 yr old floor that's been covered with carpet. Hope it goes this good! Looks great:)
Thank you Shannon! We are renovating our first house, and we have found your videos so helpful, thorough, smart, and calming. When I pulled this one up without looking closely at who made it first, I said out loud, "Oh yay, Shannon!" Thanks for the work you do!
I love this guy he has brought me through so many projects hes real and doesnt edit the mis steps that we all have along the way , keep them coming my friend thank you ,from red deer AB
Glad to help
Protect this man at all cost
Pro tip. Change playback speed to 1.5 and enjoy. Always appreciate this guy
If you hold down on the screen it goes to 2x and I just do that during non imp things and let go when I need the info
Great work. I learned so much. We’re doing a 70 year old house’s Oak floors next week. Glad you talked about the other devices we’ll need beside the sander. I guess we’ll do 3 passes like you did.
Very thorough video & not a lot of what I call “empty time” in videos. Everything was important. Well done & thanks 🙏🏼
Good luck!
I hope yours did well, we are going to try is as well then be proud of our achievement for years to come rather than paying someone. Did he use clear or did it have a tiny bit of tint to it?
Your videos are excellent. The time you take in explaining everything thoroughly is unique and needed. Thank you.
This is how all DIY videos should be made!
This video should be titled, “ A Masterclass on Refinishing Hardwood Floors”. It was truly educational. Thank you so much! 😊
I really appreciate how you put everything in simple terms that are easy to understand and go step by step. This video was very easy to follow and very helpful. Thank you.
I just appreciate the clear, concise, slow speech. Of course the talent and tips also!. Good job!
Thanks
Thank you my Canadian brother. Watching your vidio has given me the self confidence to do this project by myself.
Glad I came across this. Just bought my house and the hardwood is beautiful for the most part. Definitely needs some love though. You made this look easy enough for me to be comfortable doing it myself.
Me and my husband are buying our first house next month and are basically DIYing everything. Helpful video, thank you so much!
Man, I wish I had you confidence and skills to work so close and on the carpet with the finish.
I really enjoy your videos, no fuzz, buzzwords, music etc. just showing hows it done with tips and tricks of the trade.
Thank you.
Always use a clean dust free drop sheet on flooring next to the hardwood. And get the squeaks out of the hardwood either from underneath or through the top with special screws made for hardwood surface screwing. Doing all that work without fixing squeaky floors is regretful.
If your using an orbital sander only, say for small hallway/room; just hook the vacuum hose to the sander itself.
29:05 such a majestic and proud pan up😂 but seriously thank you for this tutorial I’m about to redo my living room and bedroom and this was a perfect learning lesson! Beautiful job!
its like a hunter posing next to his kill🤣
We just bought our first house, and the floors are this amazing old hardwood, but it's in pretty rough shape in places. Was thinking of hiring somebody to do this, but you made this simple to follow. My wife is going to be excited when I show her this. Thanks so much!
I do Flooring for a living and its always fun to watch you, sincerely David,
First time I see someone taking his time explaining the entire process! Loved the video! Thanks
I just bought my first house with my girlfriend and someone put laminate floors over the original hardwood floors from 1904! We don't have the money now, but I'm hoping soon. We're going to save up and plan on putting new flooring in, but I'm hoping the original hardwood is in good enough shape to refinish. I had a feeling this would be the process, but it makes me feel even better now. Thank you
Sir, I'm just amazed at your skill sets. A lot of guys can do different stuff, but not good enough to explain every little thing in depth like this.
Those floors look great! This is the exact same width and type of flooring boards I have. I’m getting prepared to do this. Thank you for your simple instructions. I’m so excited!
Glad it was helpful!
HouseImprovements, the do it youselfer's goldmine.
Excellent video!! We are about to refinish hardwood floors that dogs had walked on for many years. This was some great information. Thank you and God Bless.
You just saved me $4500. Thank you! Great video and great work!!
@David Puchny yes! Once you start its really not so intimidating. Like vacuuming!
What sander did you end up using?
@@bhadz100 rented one from the home depot
@@patricecomedy yeah but was it an orbital, drum or pad like what he used?
@@bhadz100 orbital
I appreciate your assumption that there is still some common sense in the world. “It stands to reason” and “you’ll see what I mean when I get going”. Thanks for the tips.
I’ve been watching a lot of Fargo lately and came across this video since I’m redoing my floors. It’s safe to say it’s very easy for me to understand you lol
That is awesome!
This video was pretty new when I refinished my first floor. I followed these steps and got a pretty good result. I did all I could to eliminate drops and puddles, but every coat I'd seem to add a few. One piece of advice I'd give to anybody following this method is to use water-based poly. You need more coats, but the drops and glops and other whoopsies are very easy to see and thus correct. (The mistakes look like spilled milk).
Coming to this video and actually commenting to say; thank you, big save and saved me almost $4000.
You are welcome
How did it turn out
Just off the comment, very shocked someone would charge you $4,000 for that room, but glad you could save the money hope it came out well!
@@martinblaszczyk638 for 1000 square foot home. Thanks for your input
@@FromTheHood2TheWoods beautiful honestly
Love this. No obnoxious music or gimmicks- just straight to the point.
Great job, thank you for these videos. Just one thing always use plastic on the carpet to protect from stain.
My boyfriend and I bought a house and the wood floors I don't think have been retouched since the house was built in the fifties. With 1200sqft of wood getting it done professionally is way out of budget. This is super helpful for giving us some perspective on the project to come
If its in good shape physically this will work fine if there is lots of wear and dings you will likely wanna drum sand it do get rid fo the blemishes.
@@HouseImprovements thanks for the advice :) my current supervisor used to do flooring when he was younger so I think I'll ask him to take a look at it and see what needs done. I don't feel comfortable using a drum sander if I don't have to.
Thanks for your video. You have explained the entire process very meticulously. I am now going to give it a try on my hardwood floor.
Man….I wish I had someone as professional and detailed as this to do my floor. Great video.
i do flooring right now and my dad does painting but i want to learn THIS right here . Thank you very useful ♥️
Nicely done. It has been about 20 years since last doing a floor. The bar was very nice addition. I will watch this video a few more times.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My wife and I are closing on our house on the 16th and I cant wait to refinish the hardwood. The house was built in 1941!
More than likely you will need a drum sander and edger plus a finish buffer to do an old floor like that. This wimpy equipment will not sand out old varnish or humps
I see your comments and I know its regularly said but you do a great job on these videos and your quality at finish product is seemingly above par in my opinion. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for a great video. I have a old house with lots of wood floors. Great help in explaining how to do this. Will save me thousands of dollars.
Concise, easy to understand and follow, a rarity these days.
Easy thumbs up.
Excellent video! Loved how you went through everything step by step which is so helpful for someone who's never done this before? Thanks again!
Beautiful work. Thanks so much for the excellent and thorough details. I'm about to do 2,000 square feet of my old farmhouse after tearing out carpet.
Amazing work! You've got the perfect disposition for this kind of project. I'd be confused, agitated and cussing.
Man, I like this guy. No nonsense. Just likable for some reason. I wish he was my dad.
Thanks son ! LOL
Another great video, as usual. Many thanks. Doing my oak floor, sanding then Danish oiling 👍
how does it look a year later? are you happy with it? is it much darker with the oiling?
I thought that this was a very good tutorial, and you make it seem like a regular person can do this! I might actually try this in one of the smaller rooms of the house I am renovating.
Canadians are so damn cute and wholesome. This guy is adorable. Great video great information thank you for posting
Ikr! Thinking the same!😉😆
This guy knows what he's talking about. Very helpful advice, 2 thumbs up!!!
I use a drum the whole time but he is right . At the end , that flat sander is a key tool for pro work . If not scratches will be seen from paper , take your time and do it good. Even if you have to get on hands and knees and you will, with a small orbital. Orbital has saved my ass more than a few times
I agree with everyone, Thank You Shannon. You're the Best!!!
Exactly what I need to do to my floors! Wonderful job. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video! Love how it’s thorough yet straight to the point.
Such an easy process!! Thank you!
Thank you for making this look so easy…I plan on restoring my wood floors which are currently carpeted…I can do this myself 😊
Thanks I’m having thoughts of doing this I’m going to start building my home for family too
Interesting video, very calm voice and personality (it's a change from nervous high intensity pitching, trying to be young and dynamic personality) clear instructions ...Watched it twice!
He did really well with this, my only suggestion would be to run your orbital sander or edge sander with the grain of the floor to help eliminate the “halo” or “hat banding” that you see along the red wall. Ideally you would sand in progressively finer grits of paper like you do “in the field” of the floor.
Thank you
pretty sure that's a reflection, you don't see it on the dry/dull floor
Phenomenal job explaining that at such an elementary level! It way harder than most may think!
Great video I like that you share your knowledge and learned a lot watching your videos
Came looking for engineered hardwood but stayed because of how satisfying the video was. Very well done I must say, liked and subscribed.
29:04 That slow panning to this man's expression of true craftmanship really got me geeking. What was this camera-man thinking? xD
HAHAHA that is kinda goofy!
@@HouseImprovements it was hilarious and i think yall should do it again
You seem to enjoy doing this work. I'll be honest - not many folks have this patience for detail. I was glad you took the time to show me the T bar applicator. Thank you for sharing these techniques. Go Canada!
Well done! God grant you health!!!
Excellent,,, I’m refinishing 450 sq ft this weekend, thanks for your video.
remove base, clear floor/room, turn off air, sand, wipe down for dust, stain, let dry, light sand, re apply stain and let dry, re-install base. did i get that right?
Looks great! Thanks so much! I am about to refinish 100 year old floors and this was so helpful!
camera work on point
I'll second this for sure!
Man, thank you for this video. Very helpful for a first time homeowner.
Those old narrow slat wood floors are beautiful. They're hard to find now.
I'd love to give you mine. It's hidden by carpet now, but still squeaks like crazy and the previous owner killed any hope of restoring it by riddling the slats with ring-shanked drywall nails :-(
Jack Jones eww no they’re not! They look like cheap builder grade on the east coast 🤮😷
My fiance's house has these through almost the whole main level! We're getting ready to sand and refinish them in a couple weeks. I hope they turn out this pretty!
My 1938 Tudor Revival has 1.5” white oak floors. Definitely, not cheap builder grade. Smh
This video was helpful. It was easily the best of the ones I watched.
Those look amazing!!
Yes!!!!!!! this is all I needed I sanded the floors already using the same machine and 20-80grits but have to do the rest and this video did it for me Thank you so much!! i wish i would have seen this vid the first go around.
Did a few pine floors for an old boss when I was young. Couldnt go more tha 2 feet with the edger before the paper started smoking lol
@Jay Paccc Yea it was 50grit had to go buy a bunch of 35
Thank you Shannon! Now I can help my Mom! Her floors need to be done and I don’t want her spending $$$.
24:30 when the camera man realizes he isn’t going anywhere
LOL!
Lmao
Thank you for this! I'm contemplating buying a home where it has hardwood that deeply need a refinishing. You made it seem so easy! ❤🎉😊
Nice job on the floors. They looked really good once you finished. I hope they paint their walls something more subtle and change out that blue carpet. 😀 That house would look so beautiful with better colours.
Color combinations can be tricky. And this all depends on the persons involved. But great work out there.
Floor looks great. Yea, the wall colors, carpet and couch are right out of the late 1980s - 1990s.
The best video I’ve ever seen that’s so easy to understand. Thank you
That square buffer is not going to knock down any floor in need of real refinishing. It’s just a heavy random orbital. Good for buffing between coats.
He said that in he beginning
Looks good and makes sense - thank you! I think I would stuff towels in the registers to keep the hvac system as clean as possible. Shutting it off is a good point! TY
Looks really nice, hope mine comes out the same😊
You taught me bro I wish I could show you these floors my man , I followed you step by step
Hi Shannon,
This may seem like a silly question. How do you transition to hallways and adjoining rooms if you are doing one room at a time? Do you sand everything first? Is removing floor trim recommended?
This was the exact question I had. Sorry you didn't get a response....
@HouseImprovements
Remove all trim, this is to avoid damaging the trim (while sanding) and makes life easier since you can't get right to the edge. With trim removed its not necessary to get right up to the wall, depending on your trim depth, that's as close as you need to get. Trim covers what you can't hit. Try and get as close as you can but don't damage your wall.
Transitioning or doing one room at a time: If it's a bedroom, close the door, on the side you're not doing yet mask off the area with 3 or 4 layers of painters tape right under the door. You layer it so that if you're sanding and accidentally hit it you have multiple layers of tape to protect the side you don't want to do yet.
Once you're ready to do the other side: mask the opposite finished side about 1 to 2 inches on to the finished floor. Try and avoid sanding the finished side, you're basically using it as a guide to match. Some blending will need to happen.
When you have sanded, stained and are applying polyurethane, on you're 2nd to last coat of poly blend the transition. You'll need fine sanding paper to feather it.
@@TacoFist Could you describe the process for blending in more detail? Is it overlapped rotations like when using a sandblaster on small masked etchings? Is it something done with the poly itself?
Great video, clear and easy to follow instructions. Not boring at all.
He was ready for the pandemic since last year. That mask nice! lol
That's what I thought when I saw it.
If that’s a respirator mask, only he would be protected. If he had covid he might give it to people near him.
@Padraig He
Just STFU.
I can't stress enough how important preparation is. Take your time and sand well. A scraper is a marvelous tool. Removes old finish easily in tight corners. Change blades as you need to. Probably videos on how to use them. Stain and finish will highlight scratches so do the job when you know you have an extra day or two if necessary. Have all your product and tools nearby and ready. Remove any laplines that show up as you apply the stain. Search for scratches as you wipe down the floor. Remove any because they will be worse after you are finished. Reread first sentence.
Thank you for video - QUESTION: What color is the polyurethane that you used and how much did you need for 3 small rooms doing 3 coats??
That was clear, no tint to it.
As to how much is needed for 3 small rooms, that's not a measurement.
Buy them at Home Depot and whatever is unopened, you can return it. But I'd say start with 3 gallons.