Well, if you take a look at the pictures above, the floor is in terrible shape. Because newer coatings on the market don't age the same as older finishes, it's tougher to match. New acrylics, standard polys, old fashioned waxy coatings don't exactly mesh together in terms of adhesion either. In order to minimize the color difference when trying to blend and match up the old finish versus the new, he decided to hand sand individual boards and not use a standard commercial drum sander, etc. So as you see, he literally taped off boards, sanded them by hand, picked out concrete from between boards where they had swelled and shrunk after being coated with cement, filled nail holes, etc. By doing individual boards, the human eye is tricked because they are interlocked and look like they're the normal color. This wasn't a simple job where he came in, sanded a large area, coated it in poly and left.LindseyLohan wrote: Are they just buffing and applying another coat of poly or going down to bare wood? A complete re-sand should cost $2-3 per square foot. $2 being a side job under the table, and $3 being a legit contractor...That's cheap assuming it is the entire first floor!
So here is the almost finished product. Next thing to do is fix the tile, and put a sealant on it to bring out the colors.
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I'm VERY pleased with this guy's knowledge (Jason, KC Artisan) and would recommend him to anyone doing specialty stuff like restorations etc.
