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an empty room with wood flooring before and after it is cleaned up to be finished

Over the years we received many calls from our clients asking if Parquet floors can be sanded and restored. This article will help answer that. There are many types of parquet floors and for now, I wish to only talk about the style referred to as 5 finger parquet. It is called 5 fingers as […]

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an image of wood flooring that has been cleaned

Many homeowners enjoy the look and relative low maintenance of a beautiful parquet floor. One thing they do not look forward to is the process of refinishing these floors. With adequate tools, chemicals and patience the task can be accomplished within a day or two. The lustrous result is well worth the effort.

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two different shades of wood on the floor

Old parquet floors are actually quite easy to clean, as are other hardwoods. The trick to getting it right is to use the right cleaner while using as little water as possible. The thought of ruining your floor can understandably make you nervous about cleaning it, but you have nothing to fear.

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a person holding a paint brush on the floor

I have been working on redoing the flooring in our soon to be playroom and my first attempt didn’t go quite like I had planned. You can read all about my failure here. After the disaster of the white washed parquet floors, I decided that straight up painting it was going to be my best bet. First, I got to work by sanding the entire space and wiping off the dust. I wanted to remove all of the previous finish. I was hoping that this would fix all of the discoloration problems I had before, but…

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an empty kitchen with wood flooring and white cabinets

So..... During the course of our renovations, our original inlaid wood floors in the kitchen have become scratched and damaged (severely scratched in some areas). So much so, in fact, that my husband decided that he wanted to refinish them right after the cabinet installation was completed. Our floor refinishing guy Chad showed up the first day, and he sanded all of the top poly coats and the stain off of the floor to expose the raw wood. And guess what he found? Our floors are actually…

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a person is cleaning the floor with a mop

In this DIY video, I show you a start to finish demonstration of sanding and refinishing a parquet wood floor. In the video I demonstrate sanding with the belt sander with 36grit (straight across the floor, important for parquet), round the edges with 36 grit. #diy #sanding #refinishingfloors

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