How To Grind Wooden Floor

Remove any carpet or other flooring.

How to grind wooden floor.

There are more ways to ruin a hardwood floor than there are to sand it properly. Lot of it is hallway with a ton of corners. An educational video for public use. Add about 10 to that number to account for any possible mistakes and warped boards.

Sand with the grain. If you re replacing an old floor with a new one your first task will be to get rid of the outdated flooring material. Determine how much flooring and materials will be needed. Similar to how you can grind down a wooden floor you will need to do the same thing for concrete warping.

Small humps and dips can be ground out of a concrete floor with a sander or a grinder but if you have larger humps in a concrete floor the best option is a concrete grinder. Use a pry bar to pull up hardwood floors one section at a time or unfasten carpet or laminate and roll it up from one end. Remove the existing flooring. Finally decide what type of material is required to refinish the floor.

It s incredibly fast and dangerous. Or you can flip your edge sander over turn it on with 100 grit sand paper on and gently grind the scraper to produce a sharp edge. The first commandment of sanding. Regular wood floor upkeep must avoid expensive wooden floor grinding.

About half the floors we will be sanding is a regular hardwood floor and the tiles and herringbone are about evenly over the other half. Hardwood floor sanding is a skilled job that takes practice and experience. A 4 inch or 8 inch angle grinder can be used with a cup wheel. Multiply length times width of the room.

Watch to keep the scraper level not angled and not. Instead of scratching away at the wood fibers the belt will rip them out.