is fine sanding the same as screening a wood floor?
I am tackling a floor refinish on my old oak wood floors soon. I bought a house and found worn (but good shape) old oak wood floors under the carpet. I am planning on screening and re-staining and finishing the floors. will something like 200-grit sandpaper have the same effect as a screening pad? Which option would you suggest?
If you were just going to apply another coat of clear finish (polyurethane), then screening is fine. You want to re stain, so you have to remove all the clear finish first. You need to be more aggressive than 200 grit.
I believe a screening pad is used to knock of drywall mud off the walls prior to painting(trying to replace sandpaper). It is more used by drywallers than painters as it does not clog up so fast..
I would have gone with a floor sander with variable grits of paper and redone the whole frickin thing..
It is the only way to get rid of the old stain and varnish and worn spots. Ask at a flooring store what they would use on "oak" Don’t be surprized when they suggest 40 or 60 grit. 200 is for cabinets and finely finished things. You are gonna basically pour on a layer of clear coat on top of the floor. Several coats.
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