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As you can see from the answers above, there's actually two different types of floor sanders -disk and drum. And both take some practice in order to achieve decent results. The drum sander is probably the easier of the two, yet is a muscle workout in itself! The disk sander will pull you one way or the other, depending on how high or low you hold the handles. The trick is to balance it just right so it's constantly moving slowly from one side to the other, like slowly scrubbing. Never let it stop in one place, even for a moment, or it'll gouge a depression in the floor. The drum sander will constantly try to pull you forward, and handling it is a lot like trying to hold back a power lawnmower. You have to keep this one moving too, in a slow forward-backward path. The advantage to using the drum is that the scratches all run in the same direction, and it's run with the grain of the wood -never cross-grain. With either sander, you'll need a couple of different grits. Usually, you'd start with about 80-grit, 50 if you want to remove a lot of material. You can also get them in 35-grit, which is terribly coarse. A floor doesn't need to be finished quite as fine as furniture or cabinets, and you can safely stop sanding after about 150-grit. Each grit finer removes the scratches from the previous one. This is going to be a pretty dusty project however you look at it, so it's a good idea to either cover all furniture, or hang drop cloth over doorways. Keep a window or two open for ventilation, and wear the best face mask you can afford. The respirator type are most practical for this. The drum sander does usually have a dust bag, but that doesn't catch everything. Vacuum up the excess sanding dust between grits. Wear old clothes, as they're going to get filled with dust too, and wipe your shoes before going to another room.

You'll also need a small handheld sander -probably more than one type- for getting into small areas and corners that the big ones miss. A small belt sander with 3x21 or 3x18 belt, and a quarter-sheet finishing sander are good choices there. They're much slower than the big boys, but get into the places the big ones can't. Again, always keep the sander moving. Don't stop in one place until it's shut off and has come to a full stop.

The application of a sealer and top-coat finish are your choice, and I won't go into them here. Just remember to clean everything up, sweep, vacuum, and wipe with a tac rag or damp cloth before applying any finishes.

Yes, refinishing a floor would be categorized as a "big project." And do-it-yourself jobs like this are not always cheaper than just going out and buying new, but they are tremendously satisfying and a source of self-pride for years to come! Anybody can spend money on a professional job, but not everybody can point to it and say, "I did it entirely myself"! If your floor is really old hardwood, it should be a federal crime to cover it up with anything!

Where can I buy darker wood baseboards?

We're replacing baseboards in older home (built 1941) now that the hardwood floors have been refinished (very pretty!). We need the boards to be about an inch thick (to cover the varying lengths in the edges of the floor), taller (5", at least), and in the darker wood tones to match the wood floors. Do baseboards like this exist? Would we be better off buying and staining our own lumber to make sure we got what we needed?

it's easier to stain your own...
that way, you can take the color in, and they can match it. if it isn't quite what you want, then stain, and varnish it how you want them to look....

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