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July 24, 2008
Top Floor Apartment: Sanding the Floor
After we had finished painting, the apartment was looking good and was nearly ready to welcome G' mom. She would be staying in the back room of the top floor, where previously there had been a nasty green carpet covering the floor. We removed this and found two layers of linoleum. This wasn't really nice or welcoming for G's mom, so we decided to take up the linoleum and at least get a first pass done at sanding the old subfloor boards underneath before her arrival.
The linoleum was easy enough to take up, but the remaining mastic coating the floor proved persistent. It took several passes with the ridiculously tough sandpaper on the sander to get the boards looking good. We left the boards raw since any sealer we put down would not have time to dry before G's mom showed up. Instead, we left the final passes with the superfine paper for after her visit.
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I would love to talk to you guys about your experience with sanding your floors. I am thinking about doing this myself as well and just wondering if you have any advice.
Thanks
Posted by: Left Hook at July 30, 2008 11:01 PM
Sure, we've got some experience under our belt at this point. Send me an email at bedstuyreno@gmail.com whenever you like.
Posted by: P at August 4, 2008 8:33 PM
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