Sanding Wood Floors That Have Been Painted

We love them here at abm and were so excited when we pulled back the gross carpet in the habitat house to reveal the house had possibly original wood floors in ok shape.
Sanding wood floors that have been painted. If the surface has been finished previously. The best of today s designs. For thick paint on an old floor it s a grueling process. Refinishing them was added to the list of to dos.
Hard work that can be alleviated with the use of a floor sander. I m painting old oak floors and i have tried to do everything by the book sanding from 150 to 250 two coats of sw paint and primer not by the book 24 to 72 hours dry time sand between coats vacuum and removed all dust then 3 coat oil fast dry poly for floors same dry time 24 72 and 250 sand paper the finish is pretty but the satin dried. If the floor happens to be raw wood paint can seep into the wood and stain it almost beyond repair. The most efficient method of doing this is to begin sanding with a coarse enough grit of sandpaper to cut through and remove the problems quickly then.
But it only makes your job more difficult plus it gums up the sandpaper. 7 then get yourself a roller with a proper extension handle for painting floors. It was a project i was looking forward to tackling. With that said i have now spoken to way too many people that will be sanding their floors by hand no matter what.
You either hate them or love them. The objective of sanding wood is to remove mill marks which are caused by woodworking machines and to remove other flaws such as dents and gouges that may have been introduced in handling. Another thing to consider is why was it painted. If you start sanding the nails shred the sand paper.
As i have said many times before sanding hardwood floors by hand can be a lot of hard work. If you want to paint a wooden floor without sanding properly remember to do so with care and patience so as not to stain or have paint splattering the walls. The cheap alternative is to paint them. One more thing that happens is that the floor has been sanded so much it doesn t have any more wood left above the nails.
So it is only right that i do an article about sanding wood floors with hand sanders. Often wood floors were painted because they were damaged and could not be repaired. I would recommend having at least 1 belt per 100 feet. You would have to sand deeply into that raw wood to remove the paint pigment.