Resealing floorboards

[Shannon]

Hey there all,

A work friend has asked me to post on his behalf (and also because I could not give him a definitive answer )

He wants to sand and relacquer some indoor cypress pine flooring. His question is: Does he need to go back to bare timber, or will a light sand do before resealing??

My thoughts were to sand until happy with the surface, then go for it with poly u. As I was not certain (and having not done it myself) I thought I'd throw it to some of you good folk.

Thanks in advance.

[Shannon]

Hey there people,

I'm back at work tomorrow, and my friend is going to ask how I got on, so I thought that I'd bring the thread back to the top just in case someone else out there has any ideas.

Thanks.

[tcns]

Do a search mate there are a heap of threads on this,

but - if you know what was used originally you can light sand and re-coat with the same product, if you do not know then I would go back to bare floor and start again

Tom

[journeyman Mick]

Shannon,
first step is to check whether the floors actually need repolishing. I've seen them brought up as good as new by using a reviver (10 year old floors). In general you only need to sand the gloss off to provide a surface that the new coating will key to. You may need to check that the new coating is compatible with whatever is there already.

Mick

[tcns]

Shannon,
first step is to check whether the floors actually need repolishing. I've seen them brought up as good as new by using a reviver (10 year old floors). In general you only need to sand the gloss off to provide a surface that the new coating will key to. You may need to check that the new coating is compatible with whatever is there already.

Mick

Hi Mick,

Any details on the name of one of these revivers ?

Thanks
Tom

[seriph1]

jesus was a good one I hear, but look what that got him!

Mick's right IMHO. A key surface and a new coat of the same or another compatible product will do the trick..... that's the "other" trick than knowing what was used in the first place

[julianx]

maybe you could get a small amount of the finish and test it on and inconspicuous area. Somthing to keep in mind if you do decide to sand the floor right back, is that you can only sand a floor back so many times before the sides of the grooves get too thin and start to break off.

[journeyman Mick]

Tom,
sorry, no. I buy all my finishing products from a specialist supplier, I tell him what I want and need and he gets me whatever is most suited so I rarely need to remember, it's not like I'll go anywhere else and then have to ask for it by name.

Mick