Hand Scrape Your Hardwood Floors

[@shaun7057]

Wow I've been in the hardwood flooring industry for most my life and you guys that hand scrape your entire floors are ANIMALS!!! Hats off to you guys and beautiful work!!

[@jasonurban3597]

Fkn beasts. No way I'm doin that I'll stick with my Hummel

[@RealCaptainJaws]

I hated just doing the closets and corners!

[@ivanjamandilovski7730]

The background music suits the agony of that guy, just boosts it somehow...

[@capliserandall1297]

😂😂😂😂

[@Panasyukvic]

Haha perfect. I literally showed my wife and said "poor guy, respect"

[@darcyklyne]

Been a floorlayer for more than 30 years. Not an aspect of the trade that i would choose to specialize in. Much regard to the scraper. I know your pain. What ever doesn't kill you...? I can appreciate how you switch posture and grip and share the burden of the labour over as many muscles as possible. Cheers and respect.

[@fallingawake2092]

Guys...the idea here is to make newer floors look old and distressed. Looks great. hats off to the labour put into this, must of cost a fortune.

[@fisharmor]

Yeah and those of us looking for info on how to make our naturally shitty floors look less shitty and don't have the money to pay someone for it are a little bothered by how much money people spend to get what we already have and can't afford to get rid of. If you want crappy looking floors just buy a house that had nice floors 50 years ago, then have a couple kids and a dog, and you'll get them for the low low price of free.

[@irisferreira4708]

ahahah...I was embarrassed of my wood floors until I saw this video...who knew that rich pp and I would share the same wood floors.

[@gratefuldude941]

Why not just buy junk to start with and cut out the middle man?

[@isailwind3471]

That looks nasty, doesn't go at all with the rest of the house, what were they thinking.

[@crunch9876]

fisharmor you have no idea what a good or bad wood floor looks like

[@paulrothenburg1945]

love how you've made the floors so old and original, that's a master craftsman at work. gonna have to try this myself

[@CrazyGunNoob]

Legend has it, he is still there to this very day..just scraping away like a mad man.

[@brokenarrowez]

that's a lot of work. I sanded a customer home a long time ago to a mirror finish, I was so proud of my work then the customer beat the floor with chains to create a country look. I almost died all that work for nothing. Glad I don't do it anymore and don;t miss it. Hard work. Good video.

[@josegomez6549]

lol that must have been a good wtf is going on moment. Hey, man, if the customer wants to set it on fire, it's whatever. He paid you for your work and you did your work. All else doesn't matter.

[@sheatherly87]

brokenarrowez dude I had someone hit it with bolts and nails I about passed out after

[@sheatherly87]

brokenarrowez why don't you sand anymore

[@awilson816aw]

My first staircase i did all by myself was in this big house. 20 steps to ne exact. Had them looking sooo good! Came back a month later and some one put a carpet runner all the way down... 😔

[@cynthiacar4370]

Beautiful job, I’m assuming those are oak floors? May I ask what brand and color stain did you use? Also, what brand and type of polyurethane did you use, matte, satin etc.? The reason I’m asking is because the oak flooring in our family room looks identical to your finished floor, color is almost perfect and we have a couple areas, approximately 2‘ x 3‘ that need to be redone. Thank you so much

[@jimp6576]

Since 1987, I am still doing wood floors, with Sanders .The work you do is awesome. Hats off to you.

[@leerosson216]

That’s pretty amazing, I started in the trade about 1986. Still installing and sanding,while I have done this a couple times, I have always sanded the finish off first.absolutely no reason not to,except maybe you don’t have a sander.

[@michaspi]

“Repetitive Stress Injury: The Video” I jest, I jest! Mad props to all masters of their craft.

[@cccc-ru9ex]

Ahh, my shoulders are hurting just watching this.

[@dallastexas4988]

The feel of the wood while you walk on it feels amazing most people are more interested in cheap modern products thst look like wood but in reality is nothing more than plastic stuck on top of particle board. This floor looks awesome

[@bhadz100]

Not everyone can afford maintaining wood. Labor is expensive

[@rickschuman2926]

That's a lot of work. I refinished the floors at a house. When I went there, I took an orbital floor sander. Works great with 36 grit and leaves a nice nice finish with just a little tooth for traction. You have to be careful of the swirls. In the corners I use a scraper to blend in where the sandar won't reach. Then, when I started to sand, I got almost no results except to clog up the sanding discs. Turns out the floor had several coats of some sort of floor polish which just melted and gummed everything up. So, I scraped the entire floor by hand. Once the wood was exposed I was still not able to sand so I re-scraped very carefully. In the end a nice smooth surface was had and the customer was quite satisfied. btw- a traditional scraped floor does not come out looking like the second floor of an industrial factory. It should be smooth and even as you will see in older historic homes which were hand planed and scraped. The floor in this video will be nearly impossible to be kept clean, especially in a kitchen and dining area; unless of course the home owners never actually cook there.

[@northerngunner2756]

My floors look distressed enough as is without doing it on purpose. Lol

[@Str8Raiser]

Those chatter marks are insane. There's no way I do that myself or pay whatever it would cost to have someone else do it, but I do admire the finished product. Incredible amount of character in those floors.

[@scubaseppy]

Gorgeous floors. The character put into them is unreal.

[@CreamCobblerFiend]

Real character comes from a lifetime of use. Doing this on purpose cheapens the aesthetic

[@EricNicholsdesign]

Holy hell, that's a shit load of effort. Well done sir, looks amazing

[@mchwd35]

Absolutely gorgeous, as a fellow flooring contractor you knocked it out of the park.

[@iscrapefloors1566]

Thank you complements are very much appreciated in this line of work. I’ve been doing this for 28 years now as a Flooring tech that is. Been doing this for 10. I waited too long to get into this. LOL

[@mchwd35]

I've got 21 years under my belt but haven't had a handscraped one yet that wasn't prefinished

[@mikef2021]

Wow, now that's dedication! I just gave up scraping a 20'x3' hallway around the edges where the sander wouldn't get cause I was sweating too much :D

[@tinajones6211]

Very nicely done. Difficult labor. Beautiful finished product blends seamlessly with the raised panel walls, doors and trim.

[@juancastaneda9371]

Incredible. I’m about to undertake this task, but this square footage is mind blowing…

[@jeremyrock7446]

That floor looks awesome compared to the eighties look it had before . All the negative comments are your personal view my personal opinion the new floor looks amazing a true craftsman not afraid of hard work

[@peggyt1243]

Wow. That was a lot of work. Cannot imagine how tired you were when finished.

[@GF-lo9rj]

Wow, they are BEAUTIFUL! I was exhausted just watching you scrape for 1 minute.

[@genebrockhoff]

If you had an Olympics for hand scraped hardwood floors this dude is the gold medal winner and it's not even close! I do floors for a living out in Oakland and I can't imagine how fit in the core you have to be to do this. Floored.

[@Ramcharger18]

Wow that floor came out beautiful! Floor has so much character! Something a sander would never achieve

[@corknakovastein]

Love the rustic feel to these floors. really makes them look like resealed century old floors

[@gonedeepseafishing]

We put in a floor of 5/4" rough cut maple at a camp that 30 years later became a home and the 70+ year old guy refinished the floor like this. He had a large hand plane that he made wich had a high speed steel blade with a negative angle. He did about 800sqft in about 5 days and it came out awsome just like this. Nice work!

[@roguetactical852]

I don't cry much over hard work...This made me want to cry real tears!

[@CreamOfBeats]

Hats off to the guy doing the work! Looks great! Wood floors don't have to be perfect and flat, and I'm sure that isn't the look the homeowners were going after. I'd need to take a long vacation before the job got started, and immediately after! 😂

[@michaelguajardo3278]

Beautiful. Takes me back to the days as a kid growing up in an old New England house.

[@subscriber8706]

Looked up the video just to see if people understand what I do all day. Glad I'm not the only one I've been doing this since I was a teen and it's how I make a living. God bless.

[@spod2011]

Incredible work. Back breaking, artistic and a very unique look. All the people giving this video a "thumbs down" are probably ready to faint at the sight of a hard day's work. For all the haters, stick to your belt sanders and your cookie cutter floors. Bravo my man.

[@iscrapefloors1566]

Thank you! It’s not for everyone. Just a mother option.

[@amiltonrocha4975]

In 20 years doing floors work I never did job like that and probably will not do it for the rest of my life ... thanks god! But you did great !

[@gundersonflooringanddesign4064]

Wow. Awesome work! We did that on a reclaimed wide plank pine job in a historic home. I had two strong young guys on my side. Nearly killed us. I like the scraping tool! Looks like you retrofitted the installation mallet and screwed a scraper blade into it. Great idea. Gives you weight and leverage.

[@tedshred3510]

All I can say is worn out shoulders. I'll stick to my big sander.

[@georgefeary4277]

Ted shred amen brother!

[@pacificnorthwestnative5050]

I have restored a few hardwood floors! It's an acquired taste for that look but the look is unique and satisfying to a select client

[@betuinseattle7532]

I need to scrape a small area to refinish. Thank you for your demo.

[@woodbineshark]

wow I will never complain about working again! Good job sir

[@badboydrugonnagiveittoya6515]

Madd respect, I've done this process many times light to heavy. I hope you got extaly what you wanted a ft.

[@mrkoolster3]

they do sell an electric plainer that does that same thing, I own it and I have to say it makes it a hell of a lot easier. But you are a beast for all that hand work my man and those floors look awesome

[@jeffreykeene6913]

Dude - You are an Artist...and a Beast.

[@michelledebrouex5057]

You did a hell of a job my friend you wasn't playing no games with that floor.

[@cinimatics]

The color and texture are real nice after that.

[@rustynail3159]

So I'm getting ready to build a hand hewn maple wood barn beam cabin and I've been trying to think of what I can do for a floor and now I know what to do thanks to your video. Thanks !.

[@anthonywhitehead9660]

Miterd corners and patterns in the floor would take up the "time factor" and create something much more beautiful for the "I have to much money" look.

[@EdGHill-rr3du]

I scrape floors: for a look back, you might enjoy the results of a search for Gustave Caillebotte and "Les Raboteurs de Parquet" painted in 1875 - now in the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.

[@barkebaat]

That's exactly the painting that sprang to mind when I stumbled across this video (got it on my computer). But I'm guessing that back then they did it to remedy the 'distressed look'.

[@MorganBrown]

This is a young man’s job! Crazy as it seems, though....the floors look beautiful!

[@snakeclaw]

When arthritis and tendonitis sets in you will love the sander once again. Your career doing this will be very short but i wish you luck and good health while you still have it

[@user-wt1eo9ho7i]

Looks like a lot of hard labour but it’s beautiful. I would have liked to see how they finished it.

[@benoitlambert100]

the floor looks darn good. Great job!!!

[@gasaxe6056]

You scape floors for sure. I tried to sand a floor but the finish gummed up the paper. Ended up doing similar with my electric hand planer. Charge large brother as that looks hard on the knees and lower back. Nice finished product.

[@straggler1009]

Gas Axe use heavier grit

[@mike85180]

the best looking floor I've honestly ever seen.

[@TheFaithtrix]

Beautiful and with a great soundtrack.

[@christopherjones4545]

This looks awesome! I go into a lot of really expensive new homes and most have floors like this. Smooth is out! If you can you afford this is what people want these days.

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

I scraped 200 ft. of Hickory for the first time in over ten years today - I wish I had that scraper.. BTW, nice job, I think I'll call you next time :)

[@holmessph7]

It doesn’t matter what he charges, he’s earned it.

[@lyndastrait]

That's a work of art,& I'm in the flooring industry. I hope you charge enough, that's going to be hell on the body when you get my age. But Beautiful.

[@221Dw]

A piece of feasces can be a work of art in some people's mind.

[@jdlives8992]

My arms knees and eyes hurt now. Looks amazing

[@fixitfelix718]

Looks nice i achieved Similar look by sanding with the wrong grits and botching it up but your finish looks great

[@babajija]

Hey Joshua its Eric. Love your channel

[@widowworks]

You're a beast !! My back hurt just watching. Nice job.

[@samumoth]

Looks absolutely beautiful...but what killer work !

[@mikekosar6135]

GREAT!! Just don't call me to resand, and finish.. lol..

[@jem8rZ7]

i like the texture. looks rustic

[@chadmathis4042]

Hard work paid off sir, looks good

[@iscrapefloors1566]

And thank you sir hard work will always pay off

[@feber]

Massive labor behind this. Really nice result.

[@anthonyvallario7561]

Looks like a lot of work. Hats off to you

[@jeffjohnson6181]

I did flooring for 30 years my friend I have to say you are amazing and an animal that is some hard ass work true craftsman I appreciate you and what hard work you do

[@rogerhodges9721]

Quality work. I have typically seen the entire surface of the floor scraped without leaving the strips between passes. I understand that may help you get a slightly flatter floor. It is too bad that so many posters don't understand the look or the goal.

[@auntiechrist7485]

That's what you call hard labor

[@clarkcreative1]

Auntie Christ i

[@isailwind3471]

The Watcher Do crazy people know they are crazy?

[@isailwind3471]

Lol, okie dokie, is that why you removed your comment of insanity? :)

[@isailwind3471]

Yeah, kooks are good at blocking out reality. So are you both in some cult that shares the same profile pic?

[@isailwind3471]

Lol, says the guy pretending to be 2 people.

[@lambofeaby_1262]

And the music makes this video so beautiful and dramatic. . Amazing!!

[@iscrapefloors1566]

Thank you very much it took me a minute to find music that flowed with my craft that was not copyrighted. LOL

[@dominicpetruzzelli3134]

Looks great....but how many miles did he take off his arms and shoulders.....

[@JamesFloorSander]

I hope you're charging well! Such hard work!

[@towag]

Bet he doesn't have a gym membership!! Bloody hard work!!

[@homerco213]

That's some impressive scraping. I think stair risers are probably more punishing still. I need one of those scrapers.

[@Jooffee]

what a beast, well done

[@alexdelara9858]

Good lord, that is hard work indeed ! You are a brave man (you who are doing the scrapping)

[@smartthinkerg8129]

Wow a lot of work. Well done.

[@Korgon2013]

Wow. Holy abs Batman. Incredible results btw. Good music too- accents the bodily sacrifice that goes into this type of finish.

[@jimcole2648]

Looks great. Why does the baseboard have such a huge gap from the floors? I have wood and 5in base and no gaps.

[@downhill240]

All I can say is really big shoulders! Beautiful work too!

[@metaspencer]

interesting finish ... that's a lot of serious work! I'm impressed

[@josephwashington2837]

This makes me tired just watching this man, God bless you

[@michelledebrouex5057]

Right!

[@screenman2649]

Your crazy man. I've been sanding floors for 20 years now and have never seen someone actually destress and scrape a floor like that before. Very impressive and freaking hard a## work. I would have charged $20 a sq ft to do something that insane...

[@markfloors6988]

Screen Man You are right..I've also been sanding floors for over 20 years and thats madness lol

[@rollerbladinggeek5507]

Well you're greedy & lazy

[@americanbrookie]

rollerblading geek ....knowing the worth of quality skilled labor doesn't make him greedy or lazy. Not knowing the worth of quality skilled labor makes you entitled and cheap. I am glad I saw the demonstration so i can appreciate the extremely hard work that went into that floor. $20/sq.ft. is fair for the brutal work and those results, if that's what you're going for. I couldn't afford it, and I'm not willing to do this kind of back breaking work on my own. Bitching about what someone thinks is a fair price is distasteful.

[@rollerbladinggeek5507]

and bitching about someone else's opinion is distasteful. $20 per square foot is $220 per square metre. At the speed he's doing it in the video, that's approx. $220 per minute which is $13,200 per hour. No one's forcing you to do that job but that's more than a highly educated heart surgeon earns & perhaps thinking you're worth that much makes you the entitled one.

[@markfloors6988]

rollerblading geek Damn right, I don't give a damn what a heart surgeon makes, a heart surgeon's job is tedious and technical..NOT hard labor, so in my opinion a skilled hardwood floor guy should get MORE than a heart surgeon, and that's MY opinion

[@fishwithamonocle8340]

I love it, you work will pay off if your the person flipping the house...

[@masturavince]

The floor looks like its been there for over 100yrs..awesome look..

[@GF-lo9rj]

Wow....absolutely BEAUTIFUL

[@mjayb83]

I appreciate this kind of hard work.

[@jeffjohnson6181]

deplorable Irishman Amen brother

[@221Dw]

deplorable Irishman Didn't look that hard, it's not like it was a huge room or indoor sports facility.

[@daniels1293]

@@221Dw scraping floors is about the hardest manual labor there is to do.

[@daniels1293]

Except maybe bein a brick fetcher. or framing laborer

[@anthonyrodriguez7218]

Incredible Finish. Came out great!

[@dropthepost7803]

wow amazing. I'll be doing this as we have two finishes on oak in our place. While its a lot of work is cuts down on dust and clean up. And I prefer a natural look, wood is never perfect and having more texture is what I love about wood. Well done.

[@clackdwack]

Looks good, your one tough son of a bitch !!!

[@221Dw]

Looked better before he started, that must be one of the few jobs where you get paid to make something worse

[@Godallmarley]

You are nuts

[@realamerican911]

Looks great! What art work should look like.

[@eliresnick]

Great result. Looks like fun. What kind of a plane do you recommend?

[@HowToSandAFloor]

Very cool! How long did that job take? and what did you finish it with?

[@ajgodinho6364]

My God!! So hard!! Congrats!! Beautiful and a good look

[@seanlangaker3724]

What was the process between the hand scraping and coating?sanding? Grit? Hummel?

[@johnriddle9868]

Man , nothing but respect to that man. 👏 I know that is some tough work right there, looks awesome 👌 👏 👍

[@Sunnysets]

Wow. Good job! Is there any type of wood that cannot be hand scraped?

[@simoneblue1263]

BEAUTIFUL reminds me of old farmhouse floors