Wood flooring
Creating the interior of the room, it is important to pay decent attention to the floor. The modern market offers many floor design options: from traditional to newfangled, but the tree does not lose its position. A classic of the genre is parquet. Holding on to the fashionable wave of the century, he is not going to give up his positions further. However, many people consider parquet too “capricious” flooring and in part they are right. In order for the parquet to remain chic, special care is required. But even with the most careful attitude, after 10 years after laying, the parquet needs to be repaired in order to give it a gloss and presentability again. Used for this hinge wood floor.
Content
- Preparing for picking, tools
- Stages of flooring
- Stage one: rough grinding
- Second stage: puttying cracks
- Stage Three: Finishing
Cycling allows you to remove chips and scratches, which can be both on the new flooring, and on the old, which has seen. During this procedure, the old decorative protective coating is removed, irregularities are smoothed out, the surface is ground and a new coat of varnish or wax is applied. Upon completion, the floor looks like new, but this procedure is not simple, it requires patience and skill. However, if the difficulties do not scare you, then scrubbing the floor on your own with an event is quite feasible.
Tools and equipment necessary for self-skidding of parquet
Preparing for picking, tools
The procedure can be performed either manually, using a special tool – cycles, or using special equipment. The first method will require a very significant physical and time expenditure from the layman, and yet no one will guarantee the quality of the work performed, since skill is important here. In addition, there is a great risk of simply spoiling the floor with inept actions. Therefore, we will not consider this method. For the “amateur” a good way out of the situation is to rent special equipment. It will allow you to perform work quickly and with minimal physical costs..
In addition to the grinder, you need to prepare: a set of keys in order to install the abrasive on the drum, sharp scissors, putty on wood, putty knife, varnish, roller and tray, a vacuum cleaner or a broom, a respirator. Before work, it is necessary to prepare the room: take out furniture, garbage, carefully sweep and check the floor for the presence of protruding nails and screws, remove the baseboard. All dies that go away must be glued, damaged – replace.
Stages of flooring
It is important to determine how parquet is suitable for scraping and choose a tactic. Uneven, old parquet does not make sense to align the bottom edge, because if you remove all the “slides”, the thickness of the planks will significantly decrease, which means the service life will be reduced. In this case, it is better to use a drum machine, the principle of its operation allows not to cut off excess, but as if to bend around irregularities. But the new parquet is better treated with a surface grinder, in order to lay an even coating, which will be easier to repair in the future.
Stage one: rough grinding
Coarse sanding will smooth the surface and remove the old, cracked varnish. It is carried out using a specialized machine that removes not only the coating, but also a thin layer of wood. This procedure requires leisurely and thoroughness. Modern technology does not make such noise as the old one, and avoids heavy dusting, but from time to time it is necessary to give yourself rest and work preferably in a respirator.
Second stage: puttying cracks
It is necessary to carefully putty all the cracks on the surface of the floor on it. This is done, of course, manually using a special filler mixture that contains sawdust, so as a result, the cracks become almost invisible.
Stage Three: Finishing
This is the final stage; it polishes the wooden floor. Grinding work is most often carried out using a three-disc surface grinding machine.
It provides decent quality and reduces lead time. It is necessary to control that grinding at the finishing stage is done strictly in the direction of the tree drawing.
Old parquet after restoration
After the floor has again become smooth and even, you can proceed to tint and apply a protective layer. Most often, parquet is varnished. In order for the result to be truly brilliant, it is better to perform this procedure in several stages, each time applying a thin layer. In order to emphasize the pattern of the parquet, oil varnishes are more suitable. If during stitching it was not possible to remove some stains, it is better to use a matte water-based varnish, since it is not contrast and will hide the defect. Another advantage is the lack of smell and quick drying..
Useful tips for future performers
There are several general recommendations that will help make flooring, if not enjoyable, then at least tolerant..
- Although the machine has a dust collector, it does not catch fine dust, so it’s better to remove all wall objects, tulle, curtains and close the doorway with oilcloth, so you will greatly facilitate cleaning.
- Get a respirator with a good filter, open the windows. Protect your hands from vibration with thick gloves and give yourself a break.
And in the end, I want to remind you that it is not the machine that cycles, but the cyclist, so the quality of work will directly depend on diligence and accuracy. If you have doubts that you can perform this work as it should, then it is better to contact a specialist, since damages and installation of a new floor will cost more.
