How To Resurface Wood Floors Without Sanding

Wipe the floor with a cleaner specifically formulated for wood floors.

How to resurface wood floors without sanding. Scrape off hard-to-remove items like dried gum etc. After evenly coating your floor use a damp sponge mop with dishwashing detergent to clean it up. The wood grain will be more accepting of the new finish at this point.

The best way to lighten dark hardwood floors without sanding is to strip stain and coat them. The best way to refinish wood floors without sanding is to use a technique called screen and recoat. Buff and recoat the floors with polyurethane.

Refinishing your hardwood floors without sanding and save yourself a lot of time and money. You may otherwise be on a budget and just want to spruce up your floor. In this video I teach a college student how to give new life to an old hardwood floor in her apartment.

Screening and recoating involves scuffing the finish of your hardwoods with a floor buffer and then applying a new top coat. Restoring hardwood floor to its original shine may require refinishing and sanding before staining with polyurethane. Thoroughly clean the floor with a pH-neutral cleaner and lightly rub it down to provide a key for the next coat.

Basically what youre doing is placing down. However at times you may stain your dull-looking floor without sanding. 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.

Scrape up stuck-on paint or gunk with a putty knife. Make sure to spread it out evenly and avoid leaving any drips behind. This process does not require sanding down to raw wood and removing part of the floors wear layer.