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I would appreciate some advice on refinishing an old oak parquet floor. The floor appears to be the standard quarter inch t&g glue down. The floor is very dark and worn but not necessarily abused. It appears that a light refinishing would work, but I am hesitant to put a sander on such a thin material. Any ideas?
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You're right to be cautious when considering sanding a thin veneer. Depending on the amount of damage to the floor, screening may be a better option.
It will minimize material loss, but at the same time, won't get all the dings and dents out. If there aren't many areas that are badly damaged, consider screening the floor and cleaning up the dings by hand. A definite tradeoff, but less aggravation then watching a drum sander eat throught veneer.
*Thanks for your thoughts on the parquet floor. I had the same idea but thought screening might still be somewhat rough. Have you heard of or seen anyone strip a wood floor and just put the finish back on? Floor is in excellent condition except for worn finish. foot traffic has just worn the finish and stain off in places. No real dings or holes or buckling or splitting, etc. Thanks again. Bill
*BillGet one of those 130# vibrating floor sanders at your local HD or rental place. Did a whole house recently with one and you just cannot wear a hole in the floor like you could with the older drum type sanders -- probaly start wtih 60 grit to clean things up and then go to 80 and 100 put a coat of sealer/varnish on and sand with 120 do it again and sand with 150 and finish with a final coat of sealer and fine quick sanding.Beleve me these type sanders take no eperience to operate and do a mavelous job on floors that just need to be cleaned up -- they are not quick enough for floors that need to be really deep sanded. all the best
*It could work, but based on the unknown age of the floor and the type of glue holding the veneer to the substrate (as well as the glue holding the flooring pieces to the subfloor/underlayment), I'd be concerned about the stripper possibly lifting the veneer. Remote, but possible?I'm not well enough versed in finish stripping to really offer a solid statement on the topic. If you don't get a solid answer from someone else here, you may want to venture over to "Knots". I'm sure there is someone there that could answer your question.Regards, Mongo