Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Jun 23, 2011 10:27 am We have a beautiful blackbutt polished floor (real boards, not floating) that was installed around 9 years ago. When we had it installed we had a natural oil put on which gave it a satiny-gloss finish. The installer told us that after around 8 years or so we should get them sanded back and a polyurethane finish put on. We are wanting to now get this done, but we also want to get the inside of our place (walls and ceiling) repainted. We have skirting boards on the wall so there is no beading where the floor meets the wall, with the exception of the kitchen area where there is beading against the kick board. My question is... which one do we do first? Do we paint first or do we sand/polish the floors first? I figure if we paint first, when the sander comes in to sand the dust will go everywhere (all over the painted walls and ceiling) and the sander may damage the skirting boards. If we sand and polish first then we risk damaging the newly polished floor with the ladders/tools/etc. belonging to the painters plus any paint drips that may get on the sparkling shiny floor. Would appreciate your thoughts and opinions *2fk* Re: What to do first? 2Jun 24, 2011 9:33 am Remove skirting boards Paint(and allow to complete dry/cure) Sand and polish Re attach skirting boards Clean up Thats how I would do it. Re: What to do first? 3Jul 08, 2011 11:13 pm Ditto as 'chrisandkate' said. LOVE blackbutt flooring. I would have liked that for our floors but would have cost us a fair bit more. Extremely happy with what we chose. Re: What to do first? 4Jul 13, 2011 11:54 am chrisandkate Remove skirting boards Paint(and allow to complete dry/cure) Sand and polish Re attach skirting boards Clean up Thats how I would do it. Agree with chrisandkate, this is the best process order to follow Holly 11 41670 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7302 Can anyone give me any onfo on New Homes WA? Good or bad, hopefully good just need to know if my choice was good or not? Thanks ❤️ 0 8948 |