Review Our 6 Step Floor Finishing Process

Step One:

Your room should be prepared before we arrive by removing all furniture. We will sand the floor using a drum sander (right) and an under-radiator machine (left) if there are baseboards or radiators, or toe kicks to sand around. The drum sander runs on 220 electric.

Step Two:

We use an edger to sand areas the drum sander cannot reach. The machines are hooked by hoses to the dust system that sits outside. You may need to do touch-up painting around the very bottom of the baseboards if new shoe molding is not being installed.

Step Three:

After the floor has been rough sanded and medium sanded, we final sand using the square buffer machine to get out any sander marks left in the floor.

Step Four:

Finally, we palm sand around the edges and tight spots that the larger machines can't reach. Corners are scraped by hand.

Step Five:

After cleaning the area well, the first coat is applied to the floor. This can be a stain or a clear coat, depending on your preference. Clear coats require 3 coats total (one each day) and stained floors also get 3 clear coats (4 coats total, one each day). We can supply you with pricing both ways.

Step Six:

The floor needs to set a minimum of 48 hours before moving furniture back onto it. Wait a week for large area rugs. See care instructions for maintenance.