Wood Floor Polish

If you want to renew your wooden floor, there are a lot of solutions other than laying a carpet. No matter if you have hardwood floor or parquet, sanding can make your floor look good as new and last for many years. If you're curious how to renew your sand floor in Sydney, wood floor polish and also sand tips given below would be more than helpful, so you must keep on reading!

Floor sanding itself is a process including a few stages, which require a lot of care. When I first found out how to sand floor, I was shocked how complicated that is! First, you need to prepare the floor before any work can be done. It needs to be checked for woodworms and any defects. In case of any serious damage, boards have to be replaced with the new ones or secured from underneath. Once you're sure all the boards are secured and healthy, you need to hammer down all the nails or screws in order to make the surface smooth for further sanding. In addition to that, you need to check if there are any gaps between the boards.

Any gaps should be filled with slivers. This improves the stiffness of the floor and stops cold air from underneath. It also reduces the probability of any insects coming into your house dramatically. Once you've done all that, you're ready to start the actual work. All these preparations are essential for wood floor polish and sand process.

The next step is the initial sanding. A regular sanding machine should be used for the main surface and an edge sander is used for (surprise!) the floor edges. At this stage, you should use P40 sanding paper with both sanders. After that, the floor needs to covered with a thin layer of sawdust and resin mix to fill all remaining screw/nail holes and deep scratches to smoothen the floor even more.

To finish the sanding stage, you need an orbital planer sander. It removes the remains of resin and leaves an extra smooth surface ready for varnishing. There is no single golden rule on how to sand floor with a sanding machine.

The sanded floor cannot be left like that without protection. It would get damaged extremely quickly. So if you want to learn how to sand floor, you need to learn how to lay varnish on it too. The whole surface needs to be dusted first. Make sure that not even the smallest bit of dirt lays on the floor before varnishing. If there is something, a grain of sand or a hair, it will stay there for good. Next, the varnishing starts. You need to lie prime varnish first. It is done with a roller with a long handle, just like ones you use for painting. Prime varnish takes around 30 minutes to dry.

After that, the floor has to be buffered. Buffering is similar to sanding but much gentler. The aim of buffering is to matte the floor, which makes the next layer of varnish stick better with the first one. Finally, after dusting again, the actual varnish is applied. The drying time depends on the temperature and ventilation.

All the above steps would give a brand new look to your timber flooring.