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How Floor Sanding Changes Wood Colour Some old wooden floors seem to have been dipped in orange syrup. The grain is still there, technically. You can see it if you look hard enough. But it sits under a glossy amber coating that has darkened over the years, caught scratches in the light and made the …

Effective Floor Sanding After Water Damage   A flooded wooden floor can look alarming very quickly. The edges start to curl. The finish turns cloudy. Dark patches show up where they definitely were not before.  Your first instinct is understandable: Sand it flat. Make it look normal again. Not yet.  If the timber is still …

Can Your Floor Survive Another Sanding?   A tired wooden floor can make sanding feel like the obvious answer. The finish is scratched, the colour has gone patchy, there are grey traffic lanes through the hall and the boards have lost the warmth they had years ago. Strip it back, coat it again, problem solved. …

Floor Sanding Dublin | Can Floor Sanding Fix Sun Fading?   Move a rug that has been sitting in the same place for a few years and a wooden floor and what’s underneath can surprise you. That pale rectangle, a darker rectangle or a sharp border tracing the exact footprint of the rug. The rest …

Read About The 12 Things to Check Before Floor Sanding Your floor can tell you a lot before the sanding machine even comes out. Some clues are obvious. A nail sitting proud of the boards is asking for trouble. A hollow parquet block usually means something underneath has stopped holding properly. A dark patch might …