Refinishing the Floors

Over the long Easter weekend, me and my parents decided to under take the task of refinishing the hardwood floors in my house. My Father did the sanding, my mother performed the clean up and mopping and I took care of staining and polyurethane the floors. So far I have only added one coat of poly because it takes 4 hours to dry and I started at 8:00 tonight. So here are some before, during, and after shots.

Before:

The Living Room

The Gray Room

During:

The gray room

The hallway

The Living room

The hallway

the Living room

The dining room

First coat of poly:

The Living room

The dining room

The Dining room

The hallway

The hallway

Living Room

As you can see or DIY floor refinishing did not remove all of the black spots from years of ground in dirt and carpet powder. But I believe that there is a rustic quality to the floors and that makes them ok by me.

Going to put another coat of poly on the living room, dining room, gray room, and hallway tomorrow. I'm supposed to sand between coats but not sure if I'm going to be able to. Might just give them a general scuffing with the orbital sander and the fine grit paper.

OK.. enough for tonight. I'm headed to bed I have work in the morning.

Hope you enjoyed your Easter weekend.