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Sanding & Finishing Wood Floors: Is It All the Same?

Wood flooring contractor Avi Hadad discusses all the variables that go into sanding and finishing different wood species.

January 26, 2016

A bad Brazilian cherry refinish job that had been done by another company.

Refinishing Engineered Floors with Aluminum Oxide Finish, Part 2

Picking up where we left over last time on the aluminum oxide resand…

May 11, 2015

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Refinishing Engineered Floors with Aluminum Oxide Finish, Part 1

Another day in paradise. I walked into a potential client’s home to find a really scratched up worn floor. It was:

April 17, 2015

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Doing a Resand: My Basic Sanding Techniques

Hidey-ho, Keith Long here with Thunderheart Flooring out of Greeley, Colo., to share some of my thoughts on sanding techniques.Just as I stated before while demonstrating some of my installation techniques, this is my way of doing things. The same concept applies here—I’m not telling you what you should do when it comes to sanding, I’m merely demonstrating what I do. If you see something you’d like to try, great! If you’re happy getting your desired results doing things differently, that’s also great—these blog posts are a (hopefully positive) way to associate.

November 13, 2014

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How I Sand a Jatoba Wood Floor

At an NWFA class a long time ago, I remember Steve Seabaugh trying to explain the logic behind a sanding sequence. Steve was at the point of explaining why we should not skip more than one grit when sanding. One student insisted that Steve was wrong. The student was skipping two and three grits at a time and would not let it go about who was right and who was wrong. It seemed that he really wanted Steve to say he was right. Well, Steve didn’t. Pushed to the limit of his patience, Steve finally told the guy if it worked for him, that was fine. Steve explained that skipping more than one grit could be done, but it would not yield the same results and would take much longer to complete a sanding job.

October 27, 2014

A flat jatoba (Brazilian cherry) wood floor.

So You Think You Can Sand? How About Maple?

August 27, 2014

Avi Hadad Sanding Maple Wood Flooring

Damaged Baseboards: A Simple Solution to Avoid This Inspection

Causing sanding damage to millwork items such as the baseboard and base shoe is a floor refinisher's nightmare. In many cases, the millwork has already seen wear and tear. Now, after sanding, it has been brought to the flooring professional's attention that the edger and/or edger sandpaper has damaged the enamel on the quarter-round. Now the tension begins between the client and contractor, creating the need for a wood floor inspection.

August 6, 2014

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How One Contractor Handles the RRP Rules & Sanding Lead

I grew up in rural New Kent County on a farm, which my grandfather bought in the Tidewater region of Virginia back in the 1940s. On this farm in 1970, my father began building a Georgian colonial brick house with beaded shiplap siding made of poplar and many other historic elements, including longleaf pine-Pinus palustris, or what's commonly known as heart pine. And borne from this endeavor and quest to build a house was the ET Moore Jr. Company in 1968. They reclaimed heart pine largely from textile mills and other old buildings, and one of their challenges when reclaiming the heart pine was lead paint. A concerning percentage of the structural members of the buildings' interior were painted with lead, but the material had to be handled in a manner both efficient and profitable, otherwise the material was wasted.

July 30, 2013

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Glass-Smooth: How to Avoid Burnishing & Picture-Framing

Has this ever happened to you? You're getting the floor ready for stain and the inevitable happens: burnished edges. The next thing you know, the floor is picture-framing when it's stained. This is a common problem many floor sanders face when they don't understand the principle of scratch patterns. In many cases, floor sanders will do their final drum sanding on the floor with 100 and their final edge with 100 grit. However, many sanders will use a backup pad under the edger, causing a softer cut. The result? This cut will be equivalent to one grit finer (such as 120) and will polish the edges and close down the grain.

February 18, 2013

Burnished Edges On Wood Floor

Dustless Sanding Boosted this Wood Flooring Company

As a wood flooring contractor, you're always looking for a way to differentiate yourself from the competition, especially when you're in a high-end market like mine here in Boston. I started my company back in 1988, and we quickly grew to having multiple trucks and doing commercial work across the country. But the biggest change in my business happened in 2004 when I bought my first truck-mounted dust evacuation system. It's been the focus of our company ever since.Whenever your time is being eaten up, use The 5 Ds:

August 11, 2010

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Largest Home in the U.S. Gets a Parquet Masterpiece

See the story behind the wood floors in Bel Air's biggest mega-mansion.

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Moisture Testing 101: How To Do It Right On Every Job

Using a dental tool, I could lift the edge of the finish film and see the film come off in sheets.

Finish Peels 14 Months After Recoat: Who Will Pay?

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Trick of the Trade: Put Hot Glue To Work On Glue-Downs

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Wood Floor Rescue: What Stain Looks Like ... On Top Of Poly

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