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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: G0ALY on September 19, 2013, 01:05:06 PM
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This is how I’ve spent the last ten days.
I repainted my wife’s craft room… And then she suggested new carpeting. I can’t say I blame her, that nasty blue shag has been there since we moved in. Well, we found out that there was hardwood under there!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img809/7048/bkc6.jpg)
I pulled the carpet up and discovered that the padding had deteriorated and left spots of a tar like substance everywhere.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img843/346/fpr3.jpg)
I tried cleaning one of the spots and it just liquefied and spread into the wood… I noticed when I was sweeping the room that the spots attracted the dust and this made them a littler easier to get up with a putty knife. So I spread kitty litter on the floor and drug my feet around. I then scraped the floor with a putty knife. I did this 3 times! (At this point I asked my wife if I could decorate the room as a saloon & tell people that the floor looks this way as a result of a hundred years of tobacco spit. Scientist have not developed a device capable of measuring how quickly she replied, “No”.)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img708/6459/3tz2.jpg)
Okay, here is the floor after drum sanding, and before I did the edges.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img59/8919/70u8.jpg)
And the final product! - Except for reinstalling the quarter-round on the baseboards. I need to let the finish harden for two more days before I put the furniture back in. It was a lot of work, but I’m proud of the result, and as the title of this post states… I made MAJOR wife points!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img197/4215/rayt.jpg)
CHEERS!
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bored house husband :lol (suck up)...ok so what's "the rest of the story"? what did you do to get yourself into such trouble, buy something you shouldn't have?
(very nice job on the floor)
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Outstanding Goaly! For the life of me I can't understand why some folks cover up beautiful hardwood floors. I'd much rather see a nice stained wood grain than a carpeted floor or painted wood trim. Not only does it look better, IMO it adds to the value of your home.
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bored house husband :lol (suck up)...ok so what's "the rest of the story"? what did you do to get yourself into such trouble, buy something you shouldn't have?
(very nice job on the floor)
Honestly, I actually am a bored house husband. I retired (for the first time) in June after 32 years at the same job. I took the summer off and I’m painting a few rooms and getting a few other chores done… I just started submitting job applications. I guess I’m way too young for a rocking chair.
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That looks really good. Very nice job! :salute
68valu
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I agree with uptown....nothing like a well done hardwood floor. Nice job goaly.
Must have been a hell of a lot of dust from the sanding though.
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And for those of you who don't understand....wife points are quite possibly the most important commodity on earth
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Nice job Goaly! Cha-Ching - money on the bank!
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That looks really good. Very nice job! :salute
68valu
x 2 :aok
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And for those of you who don't understand....wife points are quite possibly the most important commodity on earth
i disagree...100 years worth of wife points won't make up for a single indiscretion, especially if it's with one of her relatives or friends... :bolt:
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I agree with uptown....nothing like a well done hardwood floor. Nice job goaly.
Must have been a hell of a lot of dust from the sanding though.
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And for those of you who don't understand....wife points are quite possibly the most important commodity on earth
Thanks for the compliments. It was the first time I’ve ever redone a hardwood floor.
The dust was not that bad, but I still wore a mask when sanding. The sander came with a collection bag, and I had fans in both windows facing outdoors and they blew a lot of dust out of the room.
The best part is the total cost, including sander rental and all of the other supplies was under $250. I could not have put the cheapest carpet down for twice that amount.
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Nice Job...
You wouldn't believe how many houses I go into and "Real" hard wood floors are under something some times 2-3 somethings :lol. People cover them exactly because they don't know or want to take the time and money to rent the two sanders and do a good job like you have done. Most times there is a spot that needs stitching, from a chair that sat in the same place and rubbed, water damage, or rearranging the house, looks like you got lucky :) What finish did you use?
:cheers:
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I used semi gloss Minwax polyurethane for floors, and a lambs wool applicator. It went very smooth.
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Cool the water based doesn't yellow the oil based will a bit. Some folks will still use Varnish... I like Epifanes its really tough Marine Varnish.
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I just started submitting job applications.
Im thinking a carrier in floor refinishing would be a good start...Very Nice!!!
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Very nice. :aok
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i disagree...100 years worth of wife points won't make up for a single indiscretion, especially if it's with one of her relatives or friends... :bolt:
You realize that participating with friend or relative makes all accumulated wife points null and void.
Do you still have all your parts?
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Don't want to steal the thread but just a quick safety note for those thinking about sanding their floors. Something you might not think about is only reason I am posting the note. Be careful, the varnish sanding dust you collect can be very,very combustible. Can give a flash fire. Just don't dump on a fire or the like.
Great job.
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You realize that participating with friend or relative makes all accumulated wife points null and void.
Do you still have all your parts?
plausible deniability... :D
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You forgot to do the baseboards, since there is no base shoe that would have been you should have put that on. The carpet guys prolly took that off. But other than that nice job.
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Very nice :aok
btw, how did you sand and keep the floor smooth, what size sander did you use?
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Very nice :aok
btw, how did you sand and keep the floor smooth, what size sander did you use?
Ardy, usually you use a drum sander,they come in a couple of sizes but 12inch seams most common. Then you need an edge sander which is just an overgrown palm sander that usually random orbit.
You should get the drumsander moving before you turn on so it doesn't dig in,they can wreck a floor in seconds if not careful. The real hard part is getting the finish right!
@Goaly, nice work,amazing how good they look after abit of elbow grease!
:salute
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Ardy, usually you use a drum sander,they come in a couple of sizes but 12inch seams most common. Then you need an edge sander which is just an overgrown palm sander that usually random orbit.
You should get the drumsander moving before you turn on so it doesn't dig in,they can wreck a floor in seconds if not careful. The real hard part is getting the finish right!
@Goaly, nice work,amazing how good they look after abit of elbow grease!
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Cool thanks for the info... been thinking of ripping out the carpet at my place.
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You forgot to do the baseboards, since there is no base shoe that would have been you should have put that on. The carpet guys prolly took that off. But other than that nice job.
Actually I took the quarter-round off of the bottom of the baseboards before I started. This allowed my to get closer to the actual base board and the slight area that I missed was covered up when the quarter-round was reinstalled. It resulted in a much cleaner edge. I would have liked to refinished the baseboards… But my wife wanted them painted. And since this is basically her room, I just went with it. I didn’t complain about the baseboards, and she didn’t complain about me buying an airplane tail to use as a decoration in the garage. Fair trade if you ask me.
As for the sander, I rented it from the local home supply mega-store. It had an eight inch wide drum. I watched a few videos on how to use it, and was real careful… But I still have a couple of spots where it dug into the wood. I feathered those spots with a palm sander. My wife and daughter say that they don’t see them, but I do. Like morfiend stated, you have to keep the sander physically moving while you raise and lower the sanding drum. Unfortunately you are using the coarsest sandpaper at the very beginning… Just when you don’t any experience running one of these things, and it will leave a dip very quickly.
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Cool thanks for the info... been thinking of ripping out the carpet at my place.
Well get to it then Man!! :rofl
As Goaly said,you will make the odd mistake,it happens even to the best in the business! However you can fix any gouging,provided it doesn't go too deep or through the flooring!
Ya through it,not all hardwood floors are thick! some are only 3/8th or even less and I'm not talking about these new laminate floors but floor that were made back in the 40's and 50's. If you remove a floor vent you can usually see how thick the floor is your dealing with,if it's 1/2 inch or thicker then it's pretty easy to do yourself and fix and BooBoos..... :devil
It's the finish that's really difficult to get right,dust is the enemy and so are those darn bubbles in the finish! Avoid making bubbles when you stir the finish and take care loading up the applicator and you should be good!
Oh and plan ahead,dont paint yourself into a corner!!!! :devil :devil
:salute
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wife points are only good if you can redeem them.... :joystick:
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Looks great, nice work
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:cheers:
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wife points are only good if you can redeem them.... :joystick:
Dont you love her madly...
Dont you love her as shes walking out the door!
P.S.
he said house husband :rofl
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Since GOALY is my semi-neighbor, I'm thinking about putting him to work one of these days. Seems like everything he does comes out beautiful. :salute
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Cool thanks for the info... been thinking of ripping out the carpet at my place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJGksvSzXzs
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Since GOALY is my semi-neighbor, I'm thinking about putting him to work one of these days. Seems like everything he does comes out beautiful. :salute
I only post pictures of the successes. That is why it looks like everything comes out beautifully.
There’s a website called instructables.com. And I have a few instructables posted on there… I was going to do one about my Father-in-law’s recipe for grilled chicken, but all of the photos show that I burned the crap out of it. So you will never see it…
CHEERS!