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Neither device reaches into corners fully, so you’ll have to scrape these areas with a razor-sharp floor scraper. You can rent a drum sander, which does the main floor, and edger for around $55 a day. How Much Does it Cost to Sand Floors Yourself? If you are going to do the work yourself, watch a how-to video (try a rental store or the local library) before you start.

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A professional will charge $1.50 to $3 per square foot, including finish application and cleanup. You may also want to think twice about doing this work yourself, particularly if it’s a large open area where any unevenness in the floor will be evident in the finish.Ī drum sander can dig into the floor very quickly and leave unsightly gouges when operated by an inexperienced person. Use the same preparations for screening, though you might want to create a double airlock (plastic on both sides of a door) to keep the dust confined - it really flies with a drum sander. Sand floors down to bare wood if there’s a wax finish on top of the polyurethane, if the finish has worn through or if the floor has been stained or damaged. | Photo by Andrew Kline Do You Have to Sand Floors Before Polyurethane? Bag the sawdust and leave it outside, away from anything flammable (sawdust can spontaneously combust).ĭisks are held in place by the weight of the polisher and a synthetic-wool pad.

Then pick up remaining floor dust with a tack cloth, which is a 4-sq.-ft.

Once you have completely finished, sweep down walls and vacuum dust from all surfaces.

For corners and edges, use a palm sander or sanding pad fitted with sandpaper. To be thorough, use four screening grits, from rough to smooth (60-, 80-, 100- and 120-grit).

You’ll be screening most of the floor with the floor polisher and screens.

This knocks down any high spots on the disk that can dig too deeply into the finish when the polisher first starts up.

Before attaching the screen, take the edge off it with 100-grit sandpaper loaded onto a palm sander.

Temporarily remove the quarter-round or base-shoe molding along the baseboard and countersink any flooring nails that stick up.

With or without a fan in place, wear a respirator.

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Weather permitting, open the windows and place a fan in one to blow dust out.Seal off all doorways with plastic sheeting and masking tape, seal off duct registers with plastic and tape around all cabinet doors.Remove everything from the room you can-especially items that collect dust, such as furniture, carpets and paintings.| Photo by Andrew Kline Before You Start Screening This prevents the disk from cutting too deeply into the finish when the polisher first starts. Use grit sandpaper to take the rough burrs off a screening disk before attaching it to the machine.