Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Staining a Oak floor and refinishing.
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Changeling
09-23-03, 02:21 PM
I plan on completely sanding an Oak floor in my country kitchen with a "5 inch orbital sander". The area is approximately 10 X 10 Feet. It is stained and discolored badly. It is White oak that picks up every stain and scratch quickly, making it look horrible!!!!
I plan on staining it a cherry or American Chestnut color to get rid of the quick wearing appearance of white oak. I would appreciate all responses possible from "Experienced" people concerning my endeavor.
Please be as explicit and comment to your hearts content.
Advise is welcome regardless of negative or whatever!
Changeling
I plan on staining it a cherry or American Chestnut color to get rid of the quick wearing appearance of white oak. I would appreciate all responses possible from "Experienced" people concerning my endeavor.
Please be as explicit and comment to your hearts content.
Advise is welcome regardless of negative or whatever!
Changeling
Locy's Hardwood
09-23-03, 04:00 PM
1st of al taking on this job with a palm sander of any kind will be very time consuming and every little swirl, curly q etc. that you put into the floor with the palm sander will be darker when you stain it and make them stand out even more.
I would recomend you do some research on sanding and finishing. You will find some great info if you decide to do this your self. An area of that size woould run you $3-3.50 a sqft with the stain. Now if you start with the palm sander and you then call someone in it will be more because he wil need to flatten the floor from the random action of the palm sander.
Call one or two flooring comp in the area and get an estimate.
Phil
I would recomend you do some research on sanding and finishing. You will find some great info if you decide to do this your self. An area of that size woould run you $3-3.50 a sqft with the stain. Now if you start with the palm sander and you then call someone in it will be more because he wil need to flatten the floor from the random action of the palm sander.
Call one or two flooring comp in the area and get an estimate.
Phil
DIMMike
09-23-03, 06:11 PM
The time requirements with a 5 inch hand-operated tool.
If you really want to do it yourself, at least rent a decent sander.
I did a quick search of tool rental outfits and you can rent a sander in Cincinnati (probably near a national average) for $20-25 a day.
If I wanted to do it myself, $25 sure beats the tar out of 5-10 times as long to do it....a reall conservative estimate.
Spend some time learning what you are getting into. Quick estimate minimum 6-7 hours more likely 15-30, of course you have the fun of learning about it.
Then the equipment which you probably need to get at Home Depot and the time spent finding it. Then you actually spend all day doing it, plus several more hours waiting. And can you do it right?
Phils's estimate of $300 or so starts looking more and more reasonable as an option.
More power to you if you want to do it yourself, but such jobs start taking on a life of their own and take 10 times what you thought.
I a, not a pro put to discourage you, but a diyer who knows these things can sometimes be done a LOT better and cheaper by people who really know what they are doing. If you do get an estimate, be absolutely sure it is not a sp;ash and dash outfit, but someone with a long track record and real references beside uncle Joe and aunt Ethel.
If you really want to do it yourself, at least rent a decent sander.
I did a quick search of tool rental outfits and you can rent a sander in Cincinnati (probably near a national average) for $20-25 a day.
If I wanted to do it myself, $25 sure beats the tar out of 5-10 times as long to do it....a reall conservative estimate.
Spend some time learning what you are getting into. Quick estimate minimum 6-7 hours more likely 15-30, of course you have the fun of learning about it.
Then the equipment which you probably need to get at Home Depot and the time spent finding it. Then you actually spend all day doing it, plus several more hours waiting. And can you do it right?
Phils's estimate of $300 or so starts looking more and more reasonable as an option.
More power to you if you want to do it yourself, but such jobs start taking on a life of their own and take 10 times what you thought.
I a, not a pro put to discourage you, but a diyer who knows these things can sometimes be done a LOT better and cheaper by people who really know what they are doing. If you do get an estimate, be absolutely sure it is not a sp;ash and dash outfit, but someone with a long track record and real references beside uncle Joe and aunt Ethel.
Evan M.
09-23-03, 06:46 PM
Do yourself a great service and research how to refinish a floor properly. A hand sander will make your floor look terrible. It is not meant for that type of application. A 10x10' room would be large enough to use a drum sander and edger for the sides. This is certainly a do it yourself project that you can tackle with the proper research and observing. Figure about 90$ for rental of drum, edger and buffer and 20$ for paper screen plus the price for poly and other supplies. It will be around the 150$ to 200$ range when all is said and done. Funny how the price adds up huh? Starts to make what the pro's charge as almost a bargain :). Good luck.