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Finishing a Rustic Hardwood Floor
Here are the steps to finish your rustic hardwood floor
- First you have to remove all your things and everything from the room because sanding the wood will produce some dust, so it is better to lay a tarpaulin down the room.
- Remove the baseboard carefully from the room using a carpenter’s pry bar and a hammer. Don’t forget to mark the each piece for easy identification. Check the floor carefully for damage.
- Then clean the baseboards with close attention because if the boards have any obstructions it leads to bad paint. And after cleansing keep it aside to dry completely.
- After removing all the baseboards just hit the floor with 3-foot length of chain or take an old key ring and wing it on the floor or with a help of hand scraper make some extra scratches and dings on the floor. Do it throughout the room, actually this is done to damage the floor too much.
- Then using a floor drum machine sander like 80-grit sandpaper removes all the paint and stain from the existing hardwood floor. Usually, floor drum sanding machine which is an over-size belt sander is mostly used to remove the wood quickly.
- The perimeter of the room is sanded using the flooring edge machine sanding and the same grit sandpaper.
- Repeat this procedure for about 5 and 6 times using different grit sandpapers, such as 120grit and 180grit sandpaper. Make a point to clean the boards in-between passes. Do not fill the dings and cracks that remains on the broads.
- Now stain the floor using a rustic color and rub out the rotory sander extra stain as you move. And let the stain dry and then proceed your next step.
- With a low luster polyurethane floor finish on the floor thoroughly. Then paint a lambswool applicator on the floor and it should be done following the directions mentioned in the product label.
- Repeat this staining procedure for at least five minutes that is about five layers is usually needed to finish the rustic hardwood floor.
Now reinstall the baseboards as it was earlier.