1930's original wood floors

I LOVE our wood floor upstairs, which is a good thing considering the months it took to finish.



Blurry picture...but best pic I could find to show
off our BEAUTIFUL wood floors

If we would have know, we probably would have put in new floors instead of refinishing the old ones.  What we figured would have been a relatively easy project:  sands, stain, and seal...turned into a nightmare.

We sanded with a hand held sander- got nowhere

We rented a professional sanding machine- barely made a dent and spent a fortune on sand paper

We used chemical stripper- finally started seeing progress

We sanded again by hand hour upon hour



Dust, Dust and more dust
Happy the project is finished
and I can keep up with
cleaning house!

 

It took 3ish hrs. to sand each board...if not more.  There are 40 something boards upstairs.  You do the math :) Every time I go upstairs I admire the floor..it was probably worth it.