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Why You Need Experts to Sand Your Hardwood Floors

Freshly sanded hardwood plank
Posted on January 23, 2022 by Brandi Jonasson

Have you started to notice your hardwood floors looking dingy and dull? Have you tried absolutely every trick in the book to make it shine like before?  What your hardwood floors require is a refinishing job—including sanding, staining, and waxing the hardwood floors to make them look like new.

No matter how expensive your hardwood floors are, they require maintenance. Some require more than usual. This kind of care and maintenance cannot be done by an amateur because they may cause more damage.

Refinishing hardwood floors is a tough job that should be done properly. In this post, you will learn why a professional is the perfect option for refinishing your custom hardwood floors.

Professional equipment

Your hardwood floor installation was probably done by a professional who has years of experience and proper equipment. The same goes for sanding—you can’t sand solid wood flooring with a simple sanding machine.

You require professional equipment that can only be handled well with the help of a professional.

Sanding is evenly done

Let’s say you get the proper equipment, but don’t do a good job because you didn’t use the correct area to start. Sanding hardwood floors is not child’s play. You need extra strength to hold the machine in place while it’s working.

You can injure yourself if you are not experienced with how the machine works. Get yourself an expert that can get it done seamlessly.

 

Black and white picture of freshly sanded hardwood floors

 

Better techniques

Did you know that the sanding process should be done diagonally on the hardwood floors? If you start parallel against the wood floor, you will damage the sides of the wood planks.

The corners of the room are the hardest to get because the machine doesn’t fit right into them, you need to manually scrape off those sides. A professional can do this evenly without damaging your baseboards.

Less dust is produced

Wood dust can be toxic and dangerous for you and your family. Sanding your hardwood floors could end up badly. Professionals have the technology and experience to do it without the mess. They do all kinds of wood floor dustless refinishing jobs. A company that does a wonderful job at keeping the wood dust at bay is Five Star Hardwood Floors—they have a Bona Dust Containment System that they use for every job.

The owner Cristian Tomoiaga founded Five Star Hardwood Floor back in 2009, and since then they have been providing hardwood installation in Seattle and surrounding areas.