Saturday, March 6, 2010

Renew The Hardwood Floor




The hardwood floors in this house, were not in the best shape, especially upstairs. Many stains and just not good colour. We decided to clean the upstairs the best we could and then had it all carpeted.

But the living room, we wanted to save. Our budget could not justify the $3.00 per square foot we had been quoted to have it sanded, stained and varathaned. So, we decided to try this product from Home Depot, that "renews hardwood floors". For $79.00 the kit contained a slightly abraisive cleaner, that takes off the old varathane and any dirt. You then wash the floor with a conditioner, then after it dries, you put on two coats of the varathane. All of this included the mop head were included in this kit.

We were very impressed on how it turned out. This floor is not A1 to begin with, as it has gouges and dents here and there, but I feel Adair brought this 1972 hardwood floor back to life. Plus the coat of paint on the wall helps tone everything down a bit! Just need to get the trim around the window and the baseboard on. But I will save that for another picture!