Refinishing Hardwood Floors // START TO FINISH

This DIY refinishing hardwood floors tutorial is all about how to refinish hardwood floors from start to finish. Refinishing hardwood floors yourself can be difficult but this tutorial shows you the step by step process on how to do so from drum sanding, to finish sanding, to sealing and finish with Bona Traffic HD. Bring Your Own Tools (#BYOTools 145).

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Min0:00 - Venice Beach: Topher Mohr & Alex Elena

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[jkay]

I saw this video and I said yep I am hiring a contractor, this is too much work for me 😆. Great attention to detail

[andrecummings]

*** WARNING ‼️ ***
When you start or come to a stop with the machine always pull up because if you do not keep it rolling and pull up at the same time, it will dig trenches in the floor and when you stain and then polyurethane the floors you will see trenches throughout the whole floor And you will have to start all over again heavy grit like 36 !!! I know that happened with my first floor.
By the way, this is one of the best videos I have seen so far dealing with the hardwood floor, thank you.

[ZachKingCompilations]

I started this video thinking I could do this myself, now I’m hiring a professional! But great video thanks for making this!!

[xXPreciouseS]

This video did not make me more confident in doing it myself. But it definitely helped me justify the quote I received and I feel so much better about paying it. 😅

[karynalvarado]

We recently pulled up carpet in our living room to find beautiful hardwood floors and wanted to restore them. I'm so glad I found this video! After looking at this and a bunch of other resources, we followed this to a T and our floors turned our beautifully! Thank you thank you for such a thorough and detailed tutorial.

[iride]

You discouraged me to do mine😂 thanks a lot...I thought it was easier

[kenbergelt]

I've done hardwood refinishing for 25 yrs I will tell ya this. These guys do it the correct way taping up the doors plastic over cabinets another thing you must do during sanding is turn off your furnace you wanna keep air from circulating during sanding only. You must have a little air moving during the staining an coating to help with drying. Great job guys! I like using a Hummel but I've used the American or Clark they all work rather well. God bless yall!!

[PMTcommenter]

Didn’t realize how warped my boards were until I did this. Watching this, your first pass with the sander took off an entire layer of wood… mine took off just to warped edges. This took wayyy longer for me to do… just an fyi for anyone who might had bad floors like me. But even after all the long hours, it’s so worth it

[floorman]

24 years exp here.... although i was cringing for most of this video... it was a huge relief to see you do the 240 grit on the palm sander. That simple move after 2 coats is HUGE.. and I garauntee the floor came out great.

[billiamsw]

Very good instructional video. The only thing you forgot to mention (which is quite important to newbies of Bona Traffic HD) is once you add the catalyst to Traffic HD you must use all of if within 4 hours. Because you never mention you're using a 2nd gallon container the next day the possibility of thinking the remainder of the 1st was still good the next day is quite high.

[eduki]

Wao, that's a very detailed process and I can't imagine how much preparation was needed, not only for the restoration itself, but for the video purposes. Amazing job!

[VaQm]

Probably THE best video on sanding wooden floors. Thanks a lot!

[The_Planted_Eye_]

I am doing my floors next month so this a great refresher. Solid tip on starting with the highest grit to calibrate. Also recommend starting in the least visible room or area to get a good rhythm going.

[onlineda]

This is the best floor refinishing video I have found. Thanks for all the info. I’m going to be refinishing our red oak flooring in two weeks so this has been very helpful.

[edcyzewski]

Just wrapped up a floor project on our old, old wood floor, and it was very helpful. The sanding prep tips were solid, and the Bona finish is looking good so far.

[karashannon]

We Just bought a Victorian house built in 1890. It needs quite a lot of work but it is so beautiful! Entire house is hardwoods. This video is amazing! Thank you for being so detailed, it will come in handy once we get started!

[abacab]

I don't recommend going cross grain. I worked really hard to get rid of the cross scratches and didn't get all of them out. It was find sanding the first pass on an angle to flatten everything out, then going with grain. Use the edger to get areas you can't get.

[fattypanda]

Hi byot I am biggest fan of you I watched all your videos I am India kerala

[thesparkybunch]

Of all the hardwood floor videos I've watched, this has to be the most relevant and proficient I've ever seen. The information in this is brilliant! You've done an amazing job of providing more than enough useful information on how to do this, but also, the actual job you did, NICE WORK!

[HeartandHomeCrew]

Looks amazing! Although I am tired just watching it haha. Wish me luck as I tackle this in my new house!