The work has begun-
We have been reading up on old hardwood floors- and have decided that "screening" would be the best way to redo these floors and get the look that we want. {still keeping the 90 year old charm but cleaning them up a little to add some shine and bring out the old charm.}
This is how they started out. We rented a vibrating sander- from Home depot- used a 2 inch pad and started with 80 grit sand paper and ended with 150 grit screening material....looks like material you would use on a window screen. {rented everything from Home Depot.}
The room facing the hall has been sanded....is waiting for me to vacuum and dust it off. {each room was sanded twice with 80...then 120 grit and ended with 150 grit screening material....we also vacuum between each sanding.} Can you say, Holy cow, 8 times going over the same floor!
Next step---dusting cleaning and then added 3 coats of polythene.
That will be this weeks project.
I will make sure to share the before and after as soon as we get it done.
