Making Old Wood Floors The Right Choice

You think you  have finally found the perfect place for your restaurant or retail store.  It is an older building that has charm.  It has location.  Best of all, it has beautiful wood floors.  Ok, the floors might need a little work but it was one of the selling points to the property.  How hard is it going to be to get them looking great again and how hard will it be to keep them looking great?

You are in luck because wood restoration is not very hard and on floors it is even easier because you can use larger machines to do the bulk of the work.  The most important thing you have to remember about wood restoration is to take it step by step and do each step well.

The very first thing you are going to want to do is take care of all the nails.  Wood floors are full of them and you have to check each one.  If you can, reset the nails because it will make <a href="http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_Tools_Portable+Power+Tools_Sanders">sanding</a> much easier.  If the sander comes across the head of a nail it will shred the sander's pads so make sure all the nails are in and reset.

Once you have all that cleaned up it will be time to decide what you want it to look like.  Do you want the natural colors of the wood coming through and how much should it show through. When people think of adding <a href="http://colorwoodfloors.com/customcoloring.html">a little color</a> to the wood they have a mind set of stain but it is much more than that.  If you are going to try to stain then you might also look at dyes as well.  When doing wood restoration, you add the dye first then, after it has dried, you go over it with a lighter stain than you would have used.  The result is a deeper effect and a 3-D look to the wood.

The wood polishing is your finial step.  This last step will help protect the finish.  When doing the wood polishing you can use a machine that is of a suitable size to make the job almost effortless.  Using those machine you will be able to go back and protect the floor again and again.

Wood floors worry some people because they fear it might take too much work.  In reality, using the right products and equipment make it a breeze and give you a great floor for years to come.