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What Is Your Favorite Flat Floor Photo?
Wood floor pros share their favorite photos of floors that are impressively flat.
January 30, 2023
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Wood Floor Rescue: Coming to the Rescue for Grandpa’s Old Wood Floors
Rick Coning arrived at this job after other wood flooring companies saw the floor and simply said “no.”
January 17, 2023
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Wood Floor Rescue: Bringing Centuries-Old Beautiful Fir Back to Life
“It’s so Downton Abbey,” says Danny Stenhouse, owner of York, U.K.-based Sandhouse Floor Sanding & York Parquet Ltd., of this job site, Brockfield Hall, where he brought the wood flooring back to life.
September 16, 2022
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Trick of the Trade: A ‘Little Lifesaver Of A Tool’
When I am refinishing old homes with tight balusters on the stair treads or landings, this tool works perfectly for the job.
July 21, 2022
As22 Tot Orbital Air Sander Between Balusters
Q&A Can I Use Paint Stripper Before Sanding?
Is it OK to use paint stripper on a wood floor before you sand it? Expert Todd Schutte of Bona US, answers.
July 21, 2022
Can you use paint strippers on a wood floor? They are more of a gamble than they are worth.
Wood Floor Rescue: Unveiling Heart Pine in South Carolina
Bobby Newman of It’s All Wood Hardwood Floors LLC in West Columbia, S.C., couldn't even tell what kind of wood floors were under all the layers at this historic home, but he discovered beautiful heart pine.
May 19, 2022
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Wood Floor Sanding 101, Part 2
Two wood sanding experts sharing their wisdom: Russ Watts of Lägler explains what you need to know about using a multi-head sander, and then Norton’s Mark Opperman goes over common mistakes with abrasives.
April 20, 2022
Background image: Mike Reissig. Sanding photos: Top row left to right: Jacob Durham, Josh Rollins, Jose Hernandez. Second row left to right: Staci Martinez, R.J. Cunningham, Stephen Young. Third row left to right: Joe Smith, Eduardo Hernandez de la Cruz, Luis Perez. Bottom row left to right: Jim Kramer, Fino Oficio, Michael Tipon.
Trick of the Trade: Know When It’s Time For An Abrasive Belt Change
March 17, 2022
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Wood Floor Rescue: Expectations Blown Once Layers Removed in Upstate New York Home
March 17, 2022
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Wood Floor Sanding 101, Part 1
Two wood floor sanding gurus—Todd Schutte from Bona US and Daniel Boone from American Sanders—offer their wisdom on abrasives and the fundamentals of the big machine, edger and buffer.
February 9, 2022
Photo credits from top left: Aaron Sheaves, Josh Rollins, Daniel Springroll, Staci Martinez, Jason Mackintosh, Tadas Sadunas, Alfonso Urbano, Maranda Turner, Karla Contreras, Chase Ford, Dave Mitchell Jr., Dustan Hughes, Marshall Williams, Paul Digiore, David Wood, Michael Schuetz, Tom Ferr, Kyle Thompson, Brian Shourds; center photo: Aaron Sheaves.
Wood Floor Rescue: One For the Books
Zach Lunt, owner/craftsman at New Hampshire Wood Flooring LLC in Concord, N.H., refinished the floors at the Meredith Public Library in Meredith, N.H., where his great-grandmother worked starting in 1922.
January 19, 2022
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Before The Sanding: My Steps When Estimating a Refinish
Wood floor pro Kirk Dozek has vast experience with refinishing wood floors. When he does an estimate, here are the things he checks for ahead of time that spare everyone trouble later.
December 3, 2021
Once you pull carpeting up, you can find complications the homeowners didn’t know about, like this plywood from where a wall was removed.
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