Once all the old finish is off you may be able to smooth the floor with an orbital floor sander article on this in the case in point section and finish it with 3 4 coats of omp.
How to finish prefinished hardwood flooring.
Bruce fresh finish is a urethane dressing designed to restore bruce hardwood floors that have been scratched or worn down by high traffic.
In lieu of a commercial cleaner mix a cup of white vinegar per gallon of warm water and use that to mop the floor being careful to dry the floor thoroughly afterwards to prevent water damage.
Go to the plank floor section of the hardwood authority and you ll soon realize that you cannot screw and peg a prefinished floor.
A prefinished plank floor over 4 is a poorly designed product and i ve been hearing all winter of these amazing shrinking floors.
Solid pre finished hardwood flooring lasts longer than unfinished flooring and here s why.
This last method may not work well if the floor is a waxed prefinished product you didn t say.
Factory finish is usually 7 10 coats of an aluminum oxide finish.
If the flooring is engineered hardwood the answer is usually no the same equipment and process is used to refinish both site finished and pre finished wood although sanding pre finished wood is bit more challenging and take a bit longer see video towards the end of this article.
This flooring material is generally nailed down to the subfloor with finishing nails or staples driven at an angle along the tongues or the edges of the planks.
The finish applied to the flooring at the factory is completely different than the finish applied on site.
Installation of prefinished solid hardwood flooring planks is similar to that for unfinished hardwood which means it requires special tools such as a power floor nailer or pneumatic stapler.
Step 6 dip a sponge mop into the bucket and completely coat it with the cleaning material.
The answer is generally yes as long as the pre finished or site finished floors are solid hardwood.
Pour bruce fresh finish into a 5 gallon bucket.