Job Spotlight: Hand-scraped Floors
Job Spotlight a hand-scraped hardwood floor refinish.
Hand-scraped floors are very popular for homeowners who are looking for a rustic, barnwood feel for their hardwood floors. To achieve this look, our hardwood flooring specialists scrape each board to give it the desired grooves and valleys. While this type of flooring is good for hiding dirt and pet hair, there is one drawback to consider: faster wear.
We recently completed a buff and coat on a hand-scraped floor we completed a few years back. The customer noticed that the higher parts of the floor - especially those underneath furniture or in high traffic areas - were showing signs of aging faster than the lower valleys in the floor.
The finished product looked good as new!
To schedule your own hand-scraped hardwood flooring job, submit an estimate request form or give us a call at 763-428-8601
Buffing vs. Sanding
Learn the difference between the buff-and-coat and the sand-and-refinish.
It’s in the nature of all hardwood floors to be susceptible to signs of wear-and-tear like scratches, grooves, sun discoloration, and other damages. It is also in the nature of hardwood floors to bounce back from these things!
There are two methods that hardwood flooring professionals use to restore hardwood floors: buffing and sanding. Many people don’t know they have these restoration options, or don’t understand the difference between the two, so let’s clarify!
A buff and coat is more of a maintenance procedure that should be done about every 5-years to extend the life of your floors. In this process, the hardwood flooring specialist buffs down the finish of your floor down to the last coat of polyurethane - it does not go down to the bare wood or remove your stain. This process allows you to remove superficial scratches and discoloration from your floor’s finish and gives your floors a fresh new coat of finish.
The sanding and refinishing process goes deeper - it takes off the floor’s finish as well as the surface of the damaged wood. This process reveals a new layer of your hardwood floors, and allows you to stain it a completely different color if you want to! For severely damaged hardwood, this is the process you want to select.
Breaking it all down to conclude: “Sanding takes care of deep imperfections and allows homeowners to change the color of their hardwood floors. Buffing is simpler, faster, less disruptive, costs less and extends the life of wood boards” (Royal Wood Floor).
Is your floor in need of a buff and coat or sand and refinish? Contact us today to schedule a free estimate and we will tell you which process your floor needs to look as good as new!