Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: For anyone considering DIY floorsanding 21Apr 13, 2010 10:20 am HI your floors look amazing! we are just about to rip all the carpet and lino out of our house to do the same I was hoping that someone could point me in right direction as to the best way to remove the lino (and tips on carpet would be great too) as this is the first time we have ever renovated Thanks Candi ************* First time renovator VIC Re: For anyone considering DIY floorsanding 22Apr 13, 2010 11:07 am Best way to remove carpet is to cut it into 1-2m wide strips and roll it up. But you'll need to cut it from the back, as a stanley will cut into the floorboards. Best tool is a 'cushion back cutter' but you can lift an edge and cut with a stanley through the backing up. Some precautions though... Ideally vacuum the carpet well with a good upright vac first. Then use a P2 face mask when lifting the carpets. Lift a corner carefully (to avoid jabbing your fingers on the smoothedge pins) and pull to unhook the carpet from the pins. Throughout the operation, be careful of those pins... they bite! You'll need to remove the smoothedge now. Use thick gloves! To remove from a timber floor, you use a small pry bar, and get in under the smoothedge and pry up. Some will break, but thats ok. Place them all in a big bucket and think carefully about how/where to dispose of them safely. If any nails are still in place, use a claw hammer to remove them. If its from a concrete floor, give the smoothedge a sideways jolt with a hammer at the point where each nail is. This loosens the nail from the concrete, so the smoothedge comes up more easily. Have fun! Ash. Re: For anyone considering DIY floorsanding 23Apr 13, 2010 11:27 am I do this stuff for a living, and I would gladly lay claim to your floor. Looks a treat. Nearly all floors I do nowadays are with the Bona products - people want the low toxicity and non-yellowing aspect of the finish. It is harder to apply than the older solvent based polys, but it is worth it in the long run. The other product I tend to use are the Hardwax Oils from Whittlewax or OSMO. And as for sheen - Satin is the new black!! As for DYI'ers more power to you I reckon. The biggest problem for DYI sander is not the person but the tools. Most people can only hire the smaller drum machines, and the way they are designed they almost always leave small chatter marks. Also most people aren't able to hire the big finishing sanders (like large random orbital sanders) as these are the machines that make a floor smooth as a baby's butt. The dent in your paper would have been from a nail. This is why 'most' pros spend so much time punching down nails, so they can avoid the gouge marks in the paper. The thing is though, as your long as your sanding with the grain the marks aren't as noticable as one would think. Anyway congrats. Re: For anyone considering DIY floorsanding 24Apr 14, 2010 9:02 pm Hi Ash/Roaylblue thank you so much we are taking baby steps here and this forum is a godsend Candi ************* First time renovator VIC Re: For anyone considering DIY floorsanding 25Apr 19, 2010 8:39 pm Thanks all, we are more than happy with the end result . Good luck with your DIY attempt candice. Namtrak- or anyone else that might know. We spilt hand sanitiser on our floor where the bottle cracked and it sat on the finish overnight. It caused a bubble on the varnish and a spot lifted up about the size of a 50c coin. What can we do now because its just bare wood there. I was thinking maybe i could sand that area and just reapply a small amount of bona on top. I'm not sure if that would work and secondly i dont know if i can purchase just a small amount. Other than this bizzare reaction to the hand sanitiser, the floor is extremely durable and i love the satin finish. Assuming the structure of your cabinetry is good then I would DIY everything as follows: - replace your counter tops entirely, - replace all drawer runners with soft close… 1 4756 Re my second point – yes exactly. And often it may take additional time if the manufacturer recommends no more than X meters… 3 5598 |