Learn How To Screen/Buff & Recoat Refinishing Solid Hardwood Floors With Finish Em Coatings

[@AlexSh154]

Used to work at an 80 year old apartment complex as a maintenance supervisor. All 100 original units have hardwood floors that we were going through and refinishing. We contracted out all of the refinishing and maintenance coats however I still got to see the process done. If you need to screen a floor, first off use as fine of a screen as possible on your 14" buffer. And that being said keep it moving and DO NOT let it sit in one place. You will burn through the finish in a heartbeat if you are not careful. Get a good vacuum with HEPA filter and bag and a soft brush attachment to thoroughly clean the floor after scrubbing or screening. Also professional hardwood installers all utilize lambswool t bar applicators for applying finish. It is worth it to invest in the best and learn with the right tools. I now work at a local carpet cleaning and restoration company but when I was at the apartments I was looking into buying the necessary equipment to do all maintenance myself on the floors.

[@rotoclean]

So if there’s aluminum oxide, how would you approach an engineered hardwood floor differently?

[@mrjswartzy]

do you sell the screening pads used? Do you have a link to what is needed after the cleaning and before the recoating?

[@jerryburns764]

Can this product and application be applied to an aluminum oxide finish?

[@chien-shengtsai8626]

Had some scratches on existing hardwood floor in Living, Dining, Kitchen and hallway. (Had hired a guy to install hardwood floors in two bedrooms that were previously carpeted.) He said he could screen and coat the floors. The floors had spots which were not strictly flat--so he ended up "over screening" or "over-sanding", and removed the finish and stain to bare wood in many areas. So the floors ended up with spots and patches of no stain--white spots. He ruined my floor. Can those white spots be touched up and restained or would a complete sanding down to bare wood is necessary, with re-staining and two coats of poly? He also messed up on the bedroom hardwood installtion, so the floor he put has to be ripped up and redone.

[@RandallBlackwell-vn2ci]

How do you test for aluminum oxide and how do you deal with this situation?

[@rotoclean]

Same question

[@ctpreddog1411]

What about something that’s got a color dye in it that dripped on a wood floor is that something that can be removed with a good deep cleaning or would that be down in the finish?

[@mrjswartzy]

What pad were you using on the 175 for prep here?

[@TruckMountForums]

3M prep pad.

[@nocogarden]

I might be missing it, but what’s the coverage per container for that product?

[@AlexSh154]

It's about 700 SF per kit.

[@hugoveliz9101]

Wat pad did u use?

[@TruckMountForums]

Prep pad.

[@AlexSh154]

For applying finish most hardwood installers use a lambswool applicator.