How to repair a stain damaged floor.

Even a stain damaged floor can be repaired.

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[sarahmason91]

Typically when I see stains like this, I hit them with a 50 grit on either my drum sander or my edger, if they look like they're gonna take some grinding to get out I recommend to the customer we replace the boards. If we sand hard enough to get them out, we will be taking away alot of the wear layer of the floor boards. So we cut them out, replace, then finish sanding the floor. One alternative to board replacements can be oxalic acid if you look up how to use it.

[BestFloors]

@sarahmason91 Yes you are right.On this demonstration I used 80 grit. In most of the cases it is a lot easyer to replace the bad area.But you have to remember the customer is the boss. If they do not want you to replace boards you will do the best you can to make it look good.

[BestFloors]

@szlagjasny. You are right. For demo purposes I used a 100 grit paper.This was a rental house and the home owner did not want the extras.

[wins457]

Can you post another video? What happens if you sand too far? What's next after sanding? Getting it done professionally looks expensive, but probably even more expensive if an amateur homeowner tried to do it and messed up. Yet, it looks like a job I could do.

[BestFloors]

You will reach the nails and you will need a new flooring

[Parvidson1]

@TrumanMiller well said truman , I have learned from mt father who has been doing floors for 35 years . You should always sand with the grain agreed you can cut that floor with 50 cross but sometimes its tough to get sandlines and cross marks out. Best bet is to lighten them as best as possible.

[kirra77]

@infinera06 Then ask for your money back! Oh, it was uploaded on a free site...okay then nevermind you ungrateful petulant loser, lol. What a douche nozzle you are...you suck at life.

[infinera06]

No narration + bad music = awful video.

[szlagjasny]

in cases of cat or dog piss or some other liquids

you will need to replace the boards , so you do not excessively sand the floor

[1216saab]

Now the sanded area wont match the rest of the floor no matter how hard you try to stain it.

[TrumanMiller]

HEY DO NOT FORGET THIS IMPORTANT STEP !!! If you are using this video please remember NOT TO STOP THE SANDER IN PLACE... If you do it will cut / gouge your hard wood floor in the place you just stopped that michine... !! Best way to do this on your own is to use an "ORBITAL SANDER" Also do not sand across your wood, sand with the grain for a more natural look... One other thing you do not need to remove the baseboards only the 3/4" round molding... Good Luck and

[BestFloors]

@craftflooring Can you tell me some techiques that you are using and what is the proper sanding that you apply ?