Best way to clean a hardwood floor?
Monday, April 19th, 2010 at
12:27 am
I uncovered hardwood floors in my house that had 2 layers of plywood and 5 layers of tar paper to vinyl tile. A total of 7/8 inch thick. at this point they are covered in sheet rock mud,sand, antibiotics buy online adhesive in some areas and dirt.I need to clean this off before refinishing the floors what is the best way?
Clean up the excess sheet rock mud, and sand with out scratching the wood. You can use an orbit sander to get the adhesive off the wood. Depending on how thick the adhesive is, I would use a 60 or 80 grit sand paper to start with then go up to 160 or 180 grit. If it is a large floor, you can rent a floor sander, but start with a fine grit (120 to 160) sand paper as these floor sanders are quite aggressive and will dig down into the wood very quickly.
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Sweep them up real good and then call in a professional refinisher.