I'm selling my wonderful old Craftsman home, but the hardwood floors are AWFUL. Finish is completely worn thru in places (like in high traffic areas) and it's gonna be a bear to clean. I'm wanting to sell it quickly and cheaply and need to make the floors look decent for showing to prospective buyers. I'm sure they will want to completely restore the floors, but at my asking price, I really can't spend a lot to restore them myself. Any ideas???
2007-01-17 15:07:19 · 10 answers · asked by Susannadanna 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
They need to be sanded through the finish with a commercial floor sander, and a new stain/sealer put on. You can do this yourself and rent the tools.
Please don't try that..."Rejuvenate" as seen on tv!
2007-01-17 15:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, Step # 1:::mop the whole floor / floors real good with a diluted bleach. About 2 cups in a half of a 5 gallon bucket or mop bucket. What ever you have. You can use the kitchen sink if need be, but get it as clean as you can. Let dry good.
Step # 2 ::: Sand it all by hand or with an electric sander with 80 grit sandpaper and you don't need to get it perfect. Just sand it enough to knock the glaise off of it or clean the wood where it is bare better than the mopping did.
Step number 3::: I am not sure if you have a Big Lots or Value City around you, but check out places like that and get a least one, and maybe a couple of gallons per room of polyurathane. You can buy it at places like this for less than a quarter of what paint stores and places loke Lowes charges and it doesn't matter about the name brand. They are all nearly the same.
You will also need a paint brush and this should be a higher quality and a 3 1/2" to 6". The bigger the faster it will get finished.
2007-01-17 20:42:23 · answer #2 · answered by dennis_phillips7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it's true that redoing your floors is a major undertaking, and having really great fantastic floors won't really allow you to place the house for sale thousands of dollars more, ugly worn hardwood floors will make potential buyers continually try to knock down your asking price and they will ask in the thousands.... I kid you not.
There is another solution that's less work but will still make you open your wallet. You could install wall to wall carpeting. If you use a good enough commercial grade carpet, it'll look better than the wood floors in their present condition and will still be a plus for the potential buyers because they can always finish the floors later. But NO ONE likes the idea of moving into a home where they'll have no choice but to look at the ugly floors or invest and redo them.... RIGHT AWAY OR BEFORE MOVING IN. They'll go on and see if they can find a house that has nicer floors first. And your house will sit.
Of course, you can pull an el-cheapo trick: really wash the floors well. Really well. Use a soft bristled brush. Then polish the wood floors with Future Floor Wax. Polish well. You may even want to invest in a polishing machine rental. This does work but it'll only fool for so long... Perhaps long enough to sell your home.
Good luck!
2007-01-17 15:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by The ReDesign Diva 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a remodeling contractor and would in no way suggest a home owner rent sanding machines to refinish hardwood floors.
It takes years of experience to refinish floors properly and someone who is not familiar with the heavy duty sanders can destroy a floor .
If floors are not real bad a home owner can rent what is called a screening machine and then reapply the polyurethane , using an oil based poly . If you try the water based you are taking a big chance on the poly not bonding, fish eying, or worse !
This all also depends on what type of price range home is in also . Cheap houses where people dont expect much you may get away with it ........... Inexpensive carpet would probally be the best !
2007-01-18 02:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by William T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I'm selling my wonderful old Craftsman home, but the hardwood floors are AWFUL. Finish is completely worn thru in places (like in high traffic areas) and it's gonna be a bear to clean. I'm wanting to sell it quickly and cheaply and need to make the floors look decent for showing to...
2015-08-10 07:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by Nickie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cover them with carpet or rent a sander and sand them down and re stain them the same color as they were not a lot of money you can rent the sander and pads for the sander a home depot 1 sand the floor 2clean the floor (mop) 3 stain the floor allow to dry 4 use a good varnish on it for the shine.
2007-01-17 15:24:11 · answer #7 · answered by getatjayr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either sand down and refinish... or lay carpet....there is not many more choices..if any...you can rent a floor sander and all of the the paper for under $100.00 plus the polyurethane....it's not that hard to do...good luck
2007-01-17 15:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-17 17:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pure lemon juice, few min then mop (hot)
2007-01-17 15:17:23 · answer #10 · answered by Sid B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋