Refinishing Your Hardwood Floors: Can You Do It Yourself?

Hardwood floors can add beauty and elegance to any room in your home.
They do require some regular maintenance, and in due time you will
find that you will need to refinish your hardwood floors. Thank
goodness that with effort and patience this is something that can be
done and won't be too terribly difficult. Once done, your floors will
look as good as they day they were put in. There are two parts in the
procedure for refinishing hardwood floors: sanding, which cleans away
any old dirt and smooths the old wood in order to give it a fresh
appearance; and staining, which is performed after the sanding, gives
the old hardwood floor a smoother, glossier sheen. Continued at
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