Wood Flooring: What’s hidden underneath your carpet?

I received a call from a couple who were completely redecorating their terraced house and after lifting the carpet, they found a very dirty, worn out looking wood flooring which turned out to be old Pine

We were called to carry out a survey, identify the wood and asked if anything could be done with it or was it just too damaged and old now

I told them that it could be sanded and hard wax oil could be applied to completely restore it – they were a bit skeptical as to how it would look because of its condition – we did a test area and they were satisfied it would greatly improve

The wood floor restoration was needed in the main bedroom and the small narrow hallway upstairs

The client had already filled the nail holes and we checked all of the boards to ensure there were no protruding nails or loose boards before beginning the sanding

The wood floor was level so we decided to use the Pallmann Spider to sand starting with 40 grit on the planetary underneath the machine

The blackened, painted edges were extremely difficult to remove as always but every old pine floor we sand seem to have the edges painted which I believe were done after rugs were laid in the middle of the room to add a finish to that area in the room

Once we had finished the first sand, we proceeded to use sixty and eighty grit discs to complete the floors vacuuming after each sand before proceeding to the next one

The edges in the main bedroom and hallway we sanded using all of the above grits on a Pallmann Gecko edging machine

The Pallmann Spider was finally used with a one hundred grit multi-hole pad as a final sand to leave the wooden floor feeling very smooth

After giving the floors a final vacuum, it was now ready to be oiled using Pallmann Hard Wax Oil

The client popped in from time to time and during each visit, he couldn’t help but stare in amazement and tell us how impressed he was with us and how it looked after sanding – the wooden floor was way above his expectations!!

He did ask about staining the floor but when we showed him a test area with the Hard Wax Oil he said that it was exactly the colour they wanted so we continued to prepare the floor so it was ready to oil

We applied one coat of Hard Wax Oil and returned the next day the apply a second, final coat to the bedroom and hallway

The client and his wife were absolutely astonished at the final outcome of their dirty, old looking wood floor that they thought nothing could be done with!!

We explained the importance of cleaning the wood floor correctly using Pallmann Neutral Cleaner and also maintaining it in the future – they said that they would call us when it needed doing

The clients were beyond happy, to be honest – it was so much more than they were expecting and never really knew what could be done to the floor

We received thanks on the day, a call later in the week thanking us again, a text message saying – ” I have to say the floor looks absolutely fantastic. We cannot praise you and Ben enough for your hard work. Many many thanks” and a Google review as well

They will be calling early to mid-2019 to have the living room and dining room  sanded and oiled