Remove Trim Before Sanding Floor

Remove shoe moulding the wood trim where the wall meets the floor.

Remove trim before sanding floor. Sanding can lower the floor height creating a gap between floor and trim and it can scuff trim. The 1 4 round base trim should be removed at the very least imo. Expect to touch up the staple holes in the new trim. Before you start sanding remove everything from the room and vacuum the floor.

Ask for references and see if you can get one of the references to let you look at the job your prospective contractor completed. For more information see the angie s list guide to hardwood flooring. If you start at the top the cleaner can run down the wood and create hard to remove streaks. You ll need to sand the entire floor not just one section.

But it only makes your job more difficult plus it gums up the sandpaper. To decide the best solution that works for your home here are seven things to consider before renewing or refinishing old hardwood floors. You would have to sand deeply into that raw wood to remove the paint pigment. Good for paint acrylic varnish lacquer shellac.

My installer removed the baseboard trim installed the wood then immediately reinstalled the trim before sanding. So get the floors done paint the trim still attached to the wall paint the new molding before installing and then install. If the floor happens to be raw wood paint can seep into the wood and stain it almost beyond repair. Sanding the floor will kick up a lot of dust so protect light fixtures and tape over electrical outlets.

It can be used to refinish hardwood floors or it can be used to remove varnish from much smaller surfaces a. Paint that has dripped and hardened on a sealed surface will come off floor sanding. Typically refinishing floors is a messy process and you re likely to get both stain and poly on the lower edge of your wall and or trim. Remove varnish by sanding.

Wash wood from the bottom upward with slow easy up and down strokes so the solution has time to soften the grime. Don t tell me this is normal. Yes there will be a noticable difference between the original and refinish if not in level in finish color. That s because unlocking a sad floor s hidden beauty doesn t always involve messy sanding and staining particularly if yours aren t damaged.