Wood flooring: do-it-yourself phasing
A floor from a natural tree is always actual. Despite the abundance in the market of various innovative floor coverings, still very many people do not see an alternative to proven wood flooring. Even despite the fact that it requires periodic care. And he, in turn, implies the implementation of certain measures, one of which is the scrubbing of the wooden floor.
Is it possible to scrub the floor with your own hands? I guess, yes! However, first you need to understand what really needs to be done. Under hinge floor mean the operation of gentle removal from the surface of the wooden floor of the upper layer. There may be several reasons for performing such work, for example, eliminating irregularities that arose in the process of repairing the floor, including the insertion of new elements.
Note! In the process of removing the top layer, the wooden surface is cleaned of old varnish, wax, oil, paint or other contaminants. In the same way, small chips are removed.
What tools are needed?
The following tools should be prepared:
- Parquet grinder (ПШМ), which is called a “looper” in everyday life.
- Angle grinder or manual cycle designed for surface treatment in hard to reach places and corners.
- Abrasive material - sandpaper No. 40-120.
- Scissors.
- Putty for wood.
- A vacuum cleaner.
- Paint roller and brushes.
- Lacquer.
Attention! In everyday life, very often people try to facilitate the process of doing work and use a grinder. This implies the presence of certain skills when using this abrasive tool. Be careful!
People without experience are better off using simple looping machines that are still from the recent “Soviet” past. They are distinguished by safe operation, low weight and ease of use. Professionals, of course, use a different technique. These are grinders, some of which are intended only for fine cleaning, while others are only for deep cleaning.
The main area is cycled using a drum looping machine, visually similar to a lawn mower. Corners and edges are processed by angular scraping.
Important! It does not make sense to acquire such specific equipment - do-it-yourself woodworking is not often done. When there is a need for these machines, you should contact the rental service, and it is better to agree on all the details in advance.
Preparing a wooden floor for paving
Before you begin hinging, it is necessary to assess the condition of the wooden floor. Particular attention should be paid to bending boards - a possible defect of the support beams. If a similar problem occurs, then they must be replaced, as are thin, easily crackable boards.
After evaluating the basis, it is necessary:
- Clean the floor with a vacuum cleaner and remove a layer of protective coating (for example, mastic) with a washcloth and white spirit.
- Determine whether communications pass under the floor. If yes, then boards providing access to wires or pipelines should be fixed with brass screws.
- Check for nails, if any, then protrude the protruding caps with a hammer and punch.
- Prepare wooden strips and scraps, which fill the gaps between the boards, pre-lubricated with glue on both sides. After the glue has hardened, the protruding fate must be cleaned with a planer. If necessary, the repair elements are impregnated with stain.
After this, puttying is carried out, and then sanding with sandpaper.
Technology execution and nuances of work
Circulation should be carried out with the obligatory use of personal protective equipment: a respirator, goggles, old clothes and a dressing gown. In your ears it is better to put cotton swabs or birush. Before turning on the grinder, close the door and seal the slots in the door frame with insulating tape.
Attention! Even in the rental company, get acquainted with all the subtleties of working on the machine provided. For example, specify how sandpaper is replaced.
First, a large emery paper is inserted into the drum of the cycling machine, and then the apparatus itself starts - work starts from the corner. To work, you need to choose the direction “diagonally”, while you need to make sure that each subsequent track overlapped with the previous one. The cycling of the plank floor implies a very careful attitude to the apparatus: sandpaper periodically needs to be replaced - in the process, it breaks and becomes clogged with dust. In addition, the dust collector must be cleaned frequently.
Since looping consists of several approaches, each subsequent approach is perpendicular to the previous direction. Moreover, each stage implies the use of sandpaper of lower grain size. Finally, looping is performed with fine-grained paper in a direction parallel to the floorboards.
In principle, the looping process can be considered complete. It remains only to clean the surface of the updated floor, as well as baseboards, window and door frames. In the next 24 hours, you do not need to sweep the floor to avoid excessive dust in the air. And then we make the final cleaning, treatment with white spirit and opening with varnish. Everything, a new beautiful eco-friendly floor made of natural wood will continue to delight you with beauty and pleasant sensations.
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