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The traditional wooden floor can also be viewed as a stalwart of English building. Performing its sturdy job for hundreds of years, in properties grand and humble, no other floor surface matches its natural beauty with practical hard wear. With the complete restoration service: Repairing and replacing missing or damaged timber
Rooms full of heavy furniture and old carpets? We can remove large items - and dispose of bulky floor coverings.
The best quality job: Your floor is a valuable feature, so it deserves top quality floor restoration products. Our stains and sealants will create a long serving surface with good looks to match.
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If you thought that sanding parquet flooring is the same as sanding a solid strip of wood - think again. You might have to rip up the book of rules you have already been taught! There are some differences when it comes to parquet floor renovation.
For starters, instead of going with the grain, as is usually the case, sanding parquet flooring requires an angle of 45 degrees to the grain. Your first step should be familiar - ensure the wood is stuck down and remove any metal objects which may be on the floor. You can start sanding the floor with a 40 grit belt, and remember to pass perpendicular in relation to the previous pass. After this, level the edges with a sanding disk.
You can then make another pass with a 60 grit sanding belt - this should be perpendicular to the previous pass, but 45 degrees in relation to the parquet blocks. Epoxy resin filler can then be used to fill the gaps between blocks. You might find that you need to go twice over, in order to refill gaps in which the filler has shrunk. After drying is done, it's time for the 100 grit sanding belt, and the same rules as above apply in terms of angle. Sand the edges for the last time, removing any wood filler with the final pass. You can now turn your attention to sanding the corners with a corner sander, getting into the nooks and crannies which the edger floor sander could not.
Now it's time to start buffing and finishing, for which you can use a sanding screed disk. This part of the job requires extra care, as it will be pivotal to how your floor looks when the job is finished. You can take this opportunity to remove any scratches the buffering has revealed, and then proceed to hoover the floor, removing any dirt. Any remaining specs of dust can be dealt with by a final mop - we recommend using a micro fibre mop, only slightly damp for this - and then 'voila!' - your parquet floor is ready!
Get in touch with The Floor Sanding Team for more guidance on sanding your parquet floor.
With over 26 years of sanding experience, we're dedicated to
making sure that your wooden floors always get the
best possible renovation service.
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