Hardwood floors are beautiful add a touch of warmth to a home and require little maintenance.
Can hard wood floors be repaired after carpet been removed.
This needs to be removed.
I mentally blocked off 4 10 areas applied my stain waited 10 minutes and removed it with a clean rag.
But take it from the experienced pros who have.
Next dry the floors completely by pumping out standing water then mop and towel the surface dry.
Stain the hardwood floors.
We just removed the carpet pad from our stairs and upstairs hallway and were pleasantly surprised to find that the hardwood floors underneath are in better shape than we expected.
It s a project for an optimist if there ever was one.
So staining the hardwood floors was a simple job.
I had been planning to replace the carpet but the estimate came in at over 5 000 combination of a lot of waste due to odd shaped hallway plus i did pick.
This is my favorite part of the hardwood floor restoration.
But it wasn t awful.
Vacuum cleaner hardwood floor cleanser rubbing alcohol or fine steel wool wax or wood floor polish terry cloth rags discovering a hardwood floor under old and worn out carpeting is very much like winning the lottery.
While it pays to work slowly to remove the carpet whether it was secured with adhesive a tack strip and staples or both it s understandable to feel a growing sense of anticipation before you lay eyes on the floor for the first time.
Now comes the moment you have been working diligently towards when you can deep clean your hardwood floors to see the beautiful wood emerge.
In order to have that beautiful hardwood floor you need to keep in mind that there are two types of glues that are used when putting down a carpet general carpet adhesive and tar based glue.
Repairing carpet strip holes in a wood floor.
Use fans to circulate the air in your home and have patience as your floors dry.
To dry beneath wood floors which have been flooded first you should remove any wet floor coverings such as rugs or carpet.
The hardwood floor looked dull after the carpet padding staples tack strips were removed.
This is where you really get into the details of how to clean hardwood floors after removing carpet.
Removing carpet to expose the wood floor underneath.
So we debated whether to go through the expense and hassle to sand the floor and completely refinish it.
An even better option when it comes to getting your floors clean after removing carpet is to opt for a hardwood steam cleaner.
I repeated this process until i finished the entire floor.
The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not.