Refinishing Floors

One of the many benefits of natural hardwood flooring is its outstanding endurance.  Many natural hardwood floors can last much longer than twenty five years when properly cared for.  But despite the strictest adherence to basic hardwood flooring upkeep, overtime, your hardwood flooring will still show damage.  Whether this will be in the form of stains, scratching or just general wear–there is something that you can do about it.

One of the most effective methods of extending the life of your hardwood flooring is by having it refinished.  During floor sanding and refinishing, the top plastic-like layer of the flooring is sanded away along with some of the surface of the hardwood flooring itself.  And depending on how thick the installed wood is, refinishing can be done multiple times throughout the life of the flooring.  This is best reserved for hardwood floors that have seen a large amount of damage—like deep scratches, severe stains or other damage associated with heavy traffic areas.  Each time the floor is refinished it will be rejuvenated and if done correctly, it will appear good as new.  It will give the floor a nice sheen and a full bodied color.

Floor refinishing is a very in-depth process and not one that I would suggest every homeowner undertake themselves.  There can be quite a few of industrial tools involved, large floor sanders and buffers and so on.  There will also be a lot of dust generated that the refinisher has to be careful to protect themselves and the floor they’re working on from.  But for homeowners who enjoy DIY projects and for floors that aren’t too badly worn there is another option available to them called liquid refinishing.

Liquid refinishing is basically the process of restoring the clear, plastic-like coating that protects hardwood flooring before its completely worn away and before the underlying floor has sustained significant damage.  This is a dustless way of improving the look of your floors and once done most methods will allow you to walk on the floor that same day.  One of the pioneers of this form of hardwood floor refinishing is NHance and you can visit their site here.