Keeping Your Wooden Floors Polished
A home in Gold Coast Australia with wooden floors is always welcoming and cozy. The right wooden floors can make your Gold Coast AU home look exceptional, but you will need to look after these floors properly to ensure that they are in their best condition. A good way to keep your wooden floors well maintained, or to restore wooden floors that are going into shambles, is to sand them down and then seal them with a good varnish that can be polished regularly.
Open All The Windows
Firstly you need to remove all the furniture from the room in your Gold Coast Australia home, or area that you are going to be sanding. Most floor sanding tools feature an efficient dust pick-up, but it is most likely that some dust will escape during the course of your sanding. In order to ensure good ventilation you must ensure that all the windows are open.
All tacks, staples and other unwanted fixings must be removed from the floor, we do that for you. Failure to do so will result in damage to the abrasive paper and sanding drum of your floor sander. If there are any nails protruding, they must be punched below the surface of the floor using a suitable nail punch and hammer.
Any loose boards or block must firmly fixed into place, and any heavy wax, grease or dirt deposits on the floor must be removed by hand. After doing this the floor must be vacuumed and swept thoroughly to remove any dirt and discarded fixings.
Be Sure The Sander Is Moving When In Operation
Floor sanders are powerful machines that you can rent at any hardware store in Gold Coast Australia. Always ensure that you have a firm grip before you switch it on. To prevent damage to the floor surface, always ensure that the sander is moving when in operation and that the sanding drum is in contact with the floor.
Never lift the back of the machine whilst sanding and never apply pressure to try and increase the rate of sanding. It is important to be patient and to guide the sander gently, never dwelling in one place but moving steadily at all times.
The Grain Of The Wood Runs In Many Directions
The floor must be installed in the direction of the main source of natural light in the room. If there is no source of natural light, install in the direction of the longest side of the room. If the room is square, sand in the direction that the furniture is laid out. This technique will help mask any imperfections in the floor.
