Refinishing Old Hardwood Floors South Minneapolis

Going into this job I was a little scared. I had sanded and removed paint from hardwood floors before, but I never had anything this bad. The floor was totally covered with black paint. I don’t know why somebody thought it was a good idea to do it, but they did, and it just didn’t look good. It is popular it some areas to have painted floors.

I’ve seen pictures on the internet of white painted floors, but most of the time this is in really contemporary settings or abstract styling in houses that you never really would see in the “real world”. Painting your floors is just not practical because it is hard to match up the floors with your furniture and it can really damage the hardwood if you every want to get them refinished in the future.

Back to the story though. As it turned out, these floors sanded up a lot better then I was fearing they would. The paint was applied on top of the finish, so it never really went very deep into the pores of the wood. It actually, help protect the floors. We sanded through the paint and after the first two cuts it was completely removed. We then finished cutting the floor with some very fine grit paper that smoothed out the grains and gave the floor a nice even look.

Once we got done sanding, we then buffed it out, got under the radiators and put the first coat of sealer down. I really like to use a sanding sealer for the first coat on oak because it exemplifies the grain patterns in the wood. After we let that dry we put a coat of oil based satin finish on and that gave it the nice bold, deep, rich look everybody likes in hardwood floors.

The next day we can back, buffed it all out and put the final coat down. I am really glad with the way they turned out. It is so much better then before and it makes the house feel a lot better inside. These old hardwood floors in South Minneapolis really came to life.