Wood Floor Refinishing
Before you move to a new apartment or house you should refinished wood floors.
Residential floor properly refinished will last at least 10 years. Any other
job can be done when you already live there. You can cover furniture and have
the walls painted, you can buy new cabinets and hang them on the wall. But to
refinish the wood floors when the furniture is already in the apartment is very
costly and uncomfortable to tenants.
To determine whether the floor needs refinishing, dip fine steel wool in kerosene or alcohol and rub in a circular motion over 1 square foot of floor. Wipe off the residue with a damp sponge, apply a layer of paste wax, and buff it up to a shine. If the results are satisfactory, you may have saved yourself a lot of trouble.
If spot repairs, cleaning and rewaxing don't help, or if there are scratches and
stains that cannot be removed, it's time to refinish.