Stripping Wood Floors Without A Machine

Using a sanding machine manual stripping allows you to sand down the floors and get all of the old finishes off.

Stripping wood floors without a machine.

Buffing or abrading the existing coat before refinishing or alternatively applying a chemical etching kit. In this video i teach a college student how to give new life to an old hardwood floor in her apartment. Stripping floor without machinery. Machineless stripping is designed for floors and areas inaccessible to floor machine equipment.

We cleaned the floor thoroughly with a hoover floorm. A heavier reliance on the stripping solution is needed since agitation from the machine is not available. If your hardwood floor is only lightly worn damaged or scratched you may be able to refinish it without sanding. Even freshly washed and waxed floors.

You will need to hand sand or use a small power sander to reach all of the nooks and crannies that the larger machine can t reach but it s still a quick and harmless process. There are two basic methods.