Sand The Floor After Remove Carpet

On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

Sand the floor after remove carpet. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. Then you can apply stain and a polyurethane finish to protect the wood. And i had no sanding or refinishing. Use fine grit paper over the floor as the final sanding step.

After you remove the old carpet you need to sand the floor to make sure it s smooth and level. Back at home i was ready to get to work restoring hardwood floors from being under carpet for so long. Power up the power sander and begin a to and fro sanding motion along the direction of the wood grain using heavy grit sandpaper. The next step would be to refinish your floors but before you can do this you need to sand them to remove any scuff marks left by the carpet or by your cleaning.

Let s be real kids are hard on carpet. If the wood is scratched you can buff it to smooth it out even more. With four easy steps my floors were beautiful and shiny. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.

The home stretch refinishing after sanding your floors you should plug any holes caused by nails by filling them with wood plugs or wood paste a combination of saw dust and white. This is a project i ve wanted to tackle for a while and recently got the go ahead from our landlords. A rented floor sander or a floor buffing machine with a sanding disk should get the job done. Vacuum the floor then sand again with 100 grit paper.

Sand the floor with an orbital flooring sander and 80 grit sandpaper to flatten the wood grain and blend the filler. Sanding the concrete floor after glue removal the pores of the concrete can also become clogged with the carpet adhesive. To remove them use a floor scraper. Repeat the process with medium grit paper.

Shorter versions cost about 10. While i was at the store i also bought the bona hardwood floor cleaning system. Remove carpet padding and all debris from the floor. Once you have removed the visible traces of glue using one of the other methods finish up the process by sanding the concrete.

Use an aggressive grit to get the bulk of the glue off and then switch to a finer grit in the 300 s range should suffice to finalize the sanding across the floor. Put on the dust mask. Today i m going to teach ya ll how to pull up carpet and refinish those gorgeous wood floors that may be hiding under your carpet. This is why it s a good idea to sand the floor.