How To Grind Wooden Floor

But when you have a lot of wood to grind off break that rule and run your belt sander diagonally across the grain at about 45 degrees.

How to grind wooden floor.

Hardwood floor sanding is a skilled job that takes practice and experience. Add about 10 to that number to account for any possible mistakes and warped boards. Lot of it is hallway with a ton of corners. The first commandment of sanding.

Determine how much flooring and materials will be needed. Regular wood floor upkeep must avoid expensive wooden floor grinding. Watch to keep the scraper level not angled and not. A 4 inch or 8 inch angle grinder can be used with a cup wheel.

Remove the existing flooring. Similar to how you can grind down a wooden floor you will need to do the same thing for concrete warping. It s incredibly fast and dangerous. Remove any carpet or other flooring.

Instead of scratching away at the wood fibers the belt will rip them out. 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. There are more ways to ruin a hardwood floor than there are to sand it properly. An educational video for public use.

Finally decide what type of material is required to refinish the floor. If you have a vinyl floor you may be able to install your flooring directly on top of it. 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. 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.

If the floor sanding is good you will use either oil or water based polyurethane liquid to paint the floors. 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.