On 8/3/2017 10:53 AM, wrote:
Hi,
My kitchen/living room has a wood floor that is showing wear. Primarily from my dog who splatters water all around when he drinks. The clear finish is worn away in many places and in those areas there is a dark stain of some kind.
See image..
https://ibb.co/fhrFRa
I try to tackle jobs like this myself but I've never refinished floors before. Can you to buy or rent some kind of push sander that will take off a uniform layer of wood? Can you buy a bleach solution that will get rid of any black stain that runs deeper? And then how would you go about refinishing? Would just brushing on a coat of clear finish end up looking professional?
Or is is just better to hire a pro for this job?
Thanks!


Ypu can rent sanders. Keep in mind, if you don't have the skill level
to do this right you can damage the floors to the point a pro will not
easily repair it. Last time I did it was 40 yers ago. Today I'd hire a
pro. It is possible to bleach the stains, but I don't know enough to
tell you how.

You cannot do just a section and have it look good. Plan on doing the
entire room and finishing, usually a couple of coats of polyurethane

Get a waterproof mat for the dog bowl.