Disappointed mc. Thought you'd just have strapped a bit of hardboard and sandpaper to the bottom of a flymo 🙂
Disappointed mc. Thought you'd just have strapped a bit of hardboard and sandpaper to the bottom of a flymo
Rik, we just spent the weekend with the Dangerous Brothers, after a weekend of their madness, your suggestion almost sounds practical.
Still not finished yet! Small bits around corners and doors to sand, then the varnish. Poor nbt, he went back to work today for a rest.
This is what I worried might happen if I went right up to the skirts with the sander - you can see where the sander has taken the paint off the skirts
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Luckily that bit will be hidden by a bookcase.
Did this by hand - as in by hand with no machine. There was an inch of unsanded board that had been covered by the door and the masking tape I'd used to seal the gap
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this is the last major bit left, need to take it back to the wood so that the door covers the changes - will add a strip of metal to cover the actual join, dunno what they;re called bu t we had one to cover the change from laminate in the hall to the boards in the front room, that'll be repurposed for the doorway above
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Next problems once it's all sanded is going to be arranging a day off work to do the varnishing!
And now, some SEVEN weeks after starting it, I've finally found time to get the last bits done. In the past week I've hand sanded the awkward bits and today, on the nicest Sunday in weeks, while my wife was out riding with the rest of the gang, I got it varnished. Done two coats today, I might add a third coat I think.
First coat down:
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Pleased? Yes. Would I do it again? No, I'd pay someone else to do it.
What you doing about the gaps between the boards. Our floor looks like a worn version of yours and the drafts in winter are annoying.
I would use a belt sander with a hoover on it to start with.
The go through the grades using an orbital sander to get a nice finish!
[quote=jonba ]What you doing about the gaps between the boards. Our floor looks like a worn version of yours and the drafts in winter are annoying.
at the moment, nothing. If it gets bad I've got a bag of sawdust I can mix with PVA to put down, or there's a crawlspace underneath so I could go under and tack on a blanket as has been done in the lounge
Looks great. You will be properly astonished by how much difference insulating under that floor will make to comfort and heating bills. You'll be able to walk around barefoot too so it'll stay that way.
Cheers
(oh and one hundred 🙂 )
Looks great mate!
Came back from a great ride to find hubby slumped in a garden chair at the front of the house, tired but happy.
I am sooooo pleased with the result.
To resurrect this thread.....
Our lounge has pine floor boards which were varnished a while ago. This has now worn down to the point where we're back to bare wood where people walk. To get it looking fresh again do i need to go through the whole process as nbt has or will one of these and a few coats of varnish do the job?
http://www.hss.com/g/5432/Floor-Re-Finish-Sander.html
I presume (perhaps incorrectly) that its an easier job than the one nbt has just completed?
Personally I'd go over the existing varnish with a sheet of fine sandpaper and then wipe down with some white spirit, then just varnish it. If it looks great then you've saved loads of time and effort. If it doesn't work, then use a machine. If you've a fair sized room then an upright machine like that will be a lot easier to use, but TBH removing varnish is not hard work at all, the problem I had was that I was removing a layer of wood. I've had to take the odd bit of varnish off over the weekend while tidying up and even doing it by hand it came off really easily
then again that might just show that i'm using cheap nasty varnish!
Hmmm, ok, thanks for that. Will have a go with my mini sander and make a call on what sander to hire from that. 16 sq metres and a quote for just under 500 for sand, fill and varnish makes me tempted to have a go.
Well done that man!
End result looks great - well done.
I would like to sand the floorboards in one of my bedrooms. The thing is the boards each have a pretty big gap between them, approx 2-5mm between each board. What should I do about that?
The gaps are too big for filler.
I have heard of people using wood strips to fill big gaps, but that seems a lot of work when it has to be done every board.
Seems like I could lift all the boards completely, relay them and probably fit in another whole board. Again lots of work though.
Any advice?
