Hardwood Floor Refinishing

Maintaining a property is a prime concern for every individual who owns it, whether it is your business place or a home. Well maintained places look cool and attractive to everyone. If you own a business and the floor is not well maintained, you will lose some customers. Refinishing the hardwood floors is very important, as it increases the durability and the life of the floor. Moreover, it will also make your floor looks new. For this, our company, Great Hardwood Flooring, will help you to refinish your hardwood floor in Chicago, Illinois.

Well, the newly finished floor always looks shiner and clean. Over time, the shine starts to diminish, and the wooden boards also start to break or get some minor cracks. There might be possibilities that the strains and watermarks will appear on the wooden board, which will make it look even worse. Refinishing hardwood floors will completely eradicate all such kinds of issues. Great Hardwood Flooring offers two different types of Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Chicago, Illinois. The first is related to finishing only, whereas the second is related to repairing the damage. For the finishing purpose, we will buff and coat on your wooden floor, which will make it shinier. If there is a need for damage repairing, Great Hardwood Flooring will change the strains, or do the Floor sanding. After that, the Refinishing hardwood floors will make like a new floor.

There are several cleaning products and floor waxes available in the grocery stores. These cleaning products are not that expensive, and they have already written on them that this specific product is suitable for wooden floors. However, when you apply these products on your wooden floor, it sometimes makes your floor even more pathetic. For example, Acrylic wax used to shine the floor builds upon it and makes the floor looks even worse. When the wax is successfully removed from your floor, it will just look fine. However, if the wax has damaged your floor a lot, then there is a need for Floor sanding. It is a process in which wax reacts directly with the polyurethane. By doing this, the new floor finishing will not come off easily.

Screen & Recoat is a methodology in which the existing finished floor is made rough. In this way, the new finishing will remain intact with the floor. It is compulsory to make the floor rough as much as we can to restore the floor completely. By doing this, all previously floor finishing will be removed, and after that, we can apply the new finishing. This will make the floor shine. By using the technique of screen & coat, we can delay the process of floor sanding. This process is important for engineered hardwood floors, where the upper layer is thick enough where you can start two cycles of floor sanding. The following are some of the standard operating procedure for Refinishing hardwood floors.

1. Switch of Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Moreover, cover the ducts which will prevent any dust particles from entering into those ducts. In addition to this, remove all of the furniture from the room where wood floor refinishing has to be done.

2. Clean the floor and use a Vacuum cleaner to take off all the dirt from the floor. Some metal objects can scratch and crack the wooden floor.

3. We can also use a wood floor cleaner to remove all stains and contaminants from the floor that is needed for Hardwood Floor Refinishing.

4. We may also use a pole sander or buffer with a high grit of 100 or 120 to erode the old finishing from the floor. These things are meant to be used at corners, cabinets, edges, and the room's radiators.

5. Clean the floor once again and pin a microfiber cloth on the floor.

6. Apply a line of 3 to 4 inches wide along the single wall of the room and through the grain of the wood. It will help to place the finishing from the cans.

7. Draw the finishing along the length of the room with the help of the T-bar and the coater. When you reach the end in a single length, turn the rest of the finished liquid in front of you and keep on doing it until the liquid is spilled throughout the room. Water-based polyurethane required skill to apply; as it gets dry easily, that's why it's quite popular.

8. Get out of the room and let it dry.

9. If there is a need for another layer, repeat all previous process evenly.

Floor Sanding is a process in which the upper layer of the floor is removed by using an abrasive material. Great Hardwood Flooring also offers floor sanding for Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Chicago, Illinois. The following are some of the reasons to sand away the top layer of the wooden floor.

• To eradicate scratches and wax from the floor.
• To eliminate the patches and makes the floor smooth.
• To remove the previous finishing from the floor.
• To remove the stains and the damages.
• To recolor the wood.

The task of floor sanding must be accomplished by the professionals, as it is a technical procedure. Some unprofessional dyers do the job of sanding, which further damages the floor. A professional may be able to remove the least amount of wood from the floor (approx. 1/32"). Removing the appropriate part will allow the floor sanding in the future.

Well, floor sanding is not a single step process; there are tons of other processes include in this process. It starts with sandpaper to remove any scratches from the wood. The process starts with the rougher sandpaper, usually 36 grit, depending upon the type of floor. This rough sandpaper will remove the previous finishing. After that, the grits of the sandpaper will increase to 100 or even 120 to remove any scratches from the wood that is caused by the previous grit level. Professional Wood floor refinishers use a drum sander for sanding the main parts of the room, and for the edges, they use an edger. The corners of the room can be done with the help of a hand.

We understand that it is quite important for our clients to know that where the specific type of flooring will be used, and it helps them understand the type of flooring in a better way.

Let us discuss this in a detailed manner so that you can have better insights regarding floor refinishing.

If you wish to sand your floor on your own, then you must keep the following things in mind.

• Take care of your own safety, use earplugs, and mask to save yourself from the dust.
• Avoid overusing the sandpaper. Check the sharpness; if required, change the sandpaper.
• Keep on emptying the dust bag on the drum sander before it's full.
• To remove the stains and the damages.
• To recolor the wood.

The following is the process of floor sanding which is offered by Great Hardwood Flooring for Wood floor refinishing in Chicago

• 1. Take out all the furniture, curtains, and decoration pieces from the walls of the room. This will prevent the dust particles from attaching to these things. Moreover, turn off the HVAC system and close all the vents. In addition to this, if possible, remove the doors from that room as well.
• 2. Clean the floor and ensure that there are not any sharp particles that can put a scratch on the wooden floor.
• 3. Using a drum sander with initials grit, start sanding the floor for parquet floors, where the drum sanders will always be going against some grains, sand at 45o of angle.
• 4. Use an edger to sand the edges of the room with starting grit.
• 5. Clean the floor before starting with the next grit
• 6. Repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 with all four levels of the grit.
• 7. With the help of buffer, buff the entire room with high grit to remove the scratches from the previous grit. Also, buff on the areas where edger was used.
• 8. In the last step, clean the floor once again at this point, there are more chances of getting stains, so be careful. Wait until the stains are dried completely and apply the finish after that. To apply the finishing, follow the steps mentioned in the Screen and Recoat method. You have to apply 3 to 4 coats of water-based polyurethane.

We have enlightened you on the whole process of refinishing hardwood floors. Some damages are irreparable. If you are not sure that you can do this work on your own, don't take risks and let the professionals like Great Hardwood Flooring do the task as Great Hardwood Flooring has years of experience and required equipment to Refinishing hardwood floors. You will be astonished when you will look at the Hardwood Floor Refinishing of the Great Hardwood Flooring.

It is a process in which the already finished and scratched wooden floor is maintained in such a way that it will look new. Moreover, it will also bring the shine back on the floors. Here are the steps of Hardwood Floor Refinishing.

Preparation: It is the first step in Hardwood Floor Refinishing. During this process, the whole room is cleaned. Pictures and Curtains from the walls are removed. In addition to this, the dust particles from the floor are removed. The surface will be prepared for the hardwood floor refinishing. Moreover, the HVAC system is turned off, and the vents are closed, which will prevent any dust particles from entering into the vents.

Sanding:
This is a second step is Hardwood Floor Refinishing. You have to get a sanding machine and need three kinds of sandpapers—coarse (30-40 grits), medium (50-60 grits), and fine (100-120 grit). Now start floor sanding with the help of these sandpapers and sand from the corners and edges as well. When the process of sanding is completed, clean the room with the help of mop.

This product has various ply's (the layers) that come with 3 to 5 layers. It can be treated as both with glue or with the nails. And it also gives it the flexibility over the top of radiant.

Buffing:
This is the third step in Hardwood Floor Refinishing. It is usually done with the help of fine-grit sandpaper and is used to remove the coating and put a new layer on the wooden floor.

Cleaning:
This is the fourth step in Hardwood Floor Refinishing. During this step, you need to clean the whole room, including the walls and windows. Moreover, use mineral spirit to remove the stains from the wooden floor.

Staining:
This is an optional step in Hardwood Floor Refinishing. If you want to change the color of your wood, you can do staining; otherwise, you can skip this step.

Sealer:
If you skip staining, you have to do the sealing. During this process, you need to start from the farthest point and move toward the door. You have to take off the direction while applying sealer.

Apply Clear Polyurethane:
This is the last step in Hardwood Floor Refinishing. Polyurethane has a pungent and strong smell; you need to open the windows before applying this on the wooden floor. Start with the farthest point and reach your way towards the door. Before applying this, you need to clean your brushes so that any fiber from the brush doesn't get stick with the floor. When you have applied it, let it dry. You can read the instruction manual on the polyurethane. The second coat requires more time to dry, in some cases, even days.

Put Back Everything:
When all the previous steps of Hardwood Floor Refinishing are completed, now you have to put everything back on its place. Open the vents that you have previously covered and turn on the HVAC system. Moreover, place back the pictures, decorations, and the curtains in the room. But before doing this, make sure that the floor is completely dry.

Well, we have illustrated all the required steps for the Hardwood Floor Refinishing. If you are not sure about the steps and don't have previous experience, we would recommend that you leave this task to the hands of professionals. If you haven't done this before, it can cause permanent damage to your floor. You can save up a few dollars, ruin your floor, and then repair it, and it will cost even more.

If you are looking for professionals, feel free to call Great Hardwood Flooring at 708-369-3372 We will be more than happy to help you out. Moreover, we will also come over to inspect your wooden floor on your request and will offer you a quality Hardwood Floor Refinishing at Chicago, Illinois.