How To Repair Wood Floors Without Sanding

Also spray the mop one or two times to remove any cleaning fluid.

How to repair wood floors without sanding. Had a 75 year old oak floor with some deep gouges. While the floors are drying remove the cleaning solution and turn the mop upside down to remove any liquid in the reservoir. The best way to refinish wood floors without sanding is to use a technique called screen and recoat.

To refinish a floor without sanding you need a floor thats already in quite a good condition. Keep an eye out for scratches ridges or other mars in the wood. Scrape up stuck-on paint or gunk with a putty knife.

In this video I teach a college student how to give new life to an old hardwood floor in her apartment. Instructions for Polishing the Wood Floors. Thoroughly clean the floor with a pH-neutral cleaner and lightly rub it down to provide a key for the next coat.

Spray the cleaner on a cloth not directly on the floor. If your floor is natural unstained wood. We cleaned the floor thoroughly with a Hoover Floorm.

You may otherwise be on a budget and just want to spruce up your floor. Some pros refer to this as sandless refinishing but that can also refer to a different method that substitutes a chemical etcher for the buffer. Remove everything from the room and sweep or vacuum the hardwood floor to remove any dirt or debris.

Use a tiny artist paintbrush or a cotton swab to apply some stain that matches the stain of the floor. In this video I show you how to fix gouges dents and deep scratches in hardwood floors. This involves scuffing up the finish with a floor buffer and applying a refresher coat.