refinish your hardwood floors? Hardwood
floors tend to be quite durable and the stains
long lasting. There are, of course, places in
high traffic areas that will begin to show signs
of wear long before the floors have worn out
their beauty of usefulness. With that in mind,
how do you know when the time is right for
refinishing?
Refinishing hardwood floors doesn’t have to
be the stuff that nightmares are made of. In
fact, if at all possible this is the kind of chore
you should really entrust to professionals (this
way someone else is responsible if something
gets messed up). Another reason to entrust
this to professionals is that they have access
to the best of power tools for this specific job.
And using the right tools is sometimes all the
difference in the world. While it wouldn’t be
cost effective for the average home owner to
purchase these tools for a one time project, a
professional floor person would often have
cause to use these tools.
So what is the difference between a floor that
simply needs to be cleaned and one that
needs to be completely refinished? One way
to do this is to go to one of the high traffic run
down areas of your floor and spill a few drops
of liquid onto the floor. If the liquid beads up
there is still some life left in your original finish
and you are not quite ready for a major
overhaul. If on the other hand, the wood soaks
the water right up, it is time to refinish.
One of the great things about refinishing is that
you can choose to go lighter or darker than
before or even to use the exact same finish. If
you’re looking for a way to change the look of
a room, changing the finish of your floors is
definitely a way to make a large impact on a
room. Keep in mind that stain samples will
look different when they are on the entire floor
and that different stains react differently to
different hardwoods, you definitely want to
choose a stain that is compatible to the
hardwoods of your floors. The age of your floor
also has a tremendous impact on how the
stain will look when the floor is finished. A
good place to try stain samples is the
floorboard of a closet.
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