Everyone perfectly understands that the floor surface should always be smooth, because otherwise the material will gradually deteriorate and become unusable. An excellent solution to this problem is the grinding of the wooden floor. Thanks to the incredible simplicity of the actions, almost anyone can accomplish them. Obviously, without certain advices, nothing good will turn out, because the process of grinding is based on simple but important rules.

Features of floor grinding

To prepare the floor for the necessary grinding activities, it is necessary to make some importantactions:

• level the surface, and later remove the protective coating to remove various contaminantss;
• is followed by a cycle and self polishing, which includes the elimination of defects, as well as some unevenness of the floor.

The purpose of the preliminary surface treatment is to remove a variety of scratches, blisters and other negative phenomena.

Looping and grinding are very important operations, without which it is almost impossible to obtain a beautiful floor. Prices for polishing wooden floors are high enough, so it makes sense to spend the full amount of work yourself. Some difficult actions can be entrusted to specialists.

Basic grinding tools for the

Despite the relative simplicity of the process, you will need many tools to perform it, which will help to ensure an excellent result.

1. Clamping machine. Unfortunately, very few people own such equipment, but it is not cheap. It makes sense to rent it or borrow from acquaintances.
2. For grinding corner surfaces, the best cycle is best suited. There are other devices that do not differ too much.
3. Putty is necessary when it comes to possible cracks. You can get rid of them only by replacing the material, or by filling the filler with a void.
4. Sandpaper is also required. Moreover, it is desirable to purchase this material with different grain parameters.
5. After polishing, you will need rollers and brushes of certain sizes to apply the varnish.
6. Vacuum cleaner in this process will help to easily remove all impurities that are uniquely present in the room. Cleaning the surface of dust before grinding is a very important action.

Cicle is a small device that must be moved around the floor during its processing. If you decide to purchase such a serious, at first glance, hardware, you should understand that it is necessary to care for it regularly - after each operation. In this case, it will be necessary to properly sharpen the cutting elements of the cycle. It is best to buy a short bar. Also on sale can be found and diamond bars. They will cost a little more than classic, but the sharpening itself will occur much faster and better.

Surface preparation for grinding

For the process of grinding a wooden floor with your own hands was as simple and quick as possible, you must transfer all the things to another room. If you can not remove certain objects from the premises, you should place them in one part of the room, and if necessary move to another corner.

Often on the surface of the coating are self-tapping screws and nails, which, in addition, can look out a little( even a couple of millimeters).Such elements of the floor can not only reduce the quality of the work done, but also damage equipment.

Grinding of a wooden floor in the country is a separate topic. Quite often dacha plots do not have a source of electricity, especially during the construction of the house. Obviously, without this, the process will not be fully implemented.

Surface pre-treatment

The surface treatment of the floor begins with the use of a grinding machine. To do this, you need to install the 40th abrasive and walk through the machine along the walls of the room. The width of the drum should be about 200 mm. Further, to achieve an optimal result, the device passes along the walls at an angle of 45 °.

Definitely worth watching for the efficiency of the machine, because for some reason you can lose a lot of precious time. Changing the sound during surface treatment can mean overloading the drum. To solve the problem, just loosen the drum and continue the work. After grinding the boundaries of the floor, you can proceed to the rest of the territory.

The tool abrasive also wears out, quite quickly. Large grains of abrasive are erased particularly intensively.

General grinding work

1. The main stage of work is carried out using the tool for grinding the wooden floor. Depending on the capacity of the installation, it is necessary, slowly moving around with the sewing machine, to remove all irregularities. It is advisable to walk around the area of ​​the room a couple of times to accurately avoid the floor protrusions. The first step of the passage is best carried out using a large abrasive. Such an option will not provide the maximum smoothness of the surface, so during subsequent visits, the smaller grain should be preferred.
2. Before the final stage of grinding work, it is necessary to conduct a shpaklevku all cracks and chips. It is extremely important to immediately remove all remnants of the putty so that no further difficulties arise.
3. The most serious aspect of most grinding jobs is carrying out all necessary actions in hard-to-reach places. This includes zones under the batteries, as well as corners. Given that the classic machine has impressive dimensions and is not able to cope with the above tasks, it is better to use miniature machines. Sometimes they are called "Sapozhok" and easily cope with all the difficulties. Obviously, the speed of this device is not particularly high. It is also important to understand that such devices can damage the plinth, so use them with special attention.
4. The final stage of surface treatment is carried out with a full-fledged grinder, however, in this case it is better to use the abrasive as fine as possible. It will avoid even the tiniest drawbacks of the surface. To check the quality of surface treatment, it is enough to hold the palm on the floor. If the quality of the grinding does not correspond to the required level, then surface treatment with fine abrasive can be carried out again.

Other Aspects of Grinding

It is important to understand that the cost of grinding a wooden floor depends directly on the tools that are used in this process. As already mentioned earlier, the equipment itself will cost the owner not cheap. However, it should be said that many dacha premises have huge squares, so sometimes it makes sense to acquire own equipment. The main action that must be performed during the grinding process is careful processing of the floor, so the need to bring a specialist to this business arises only when there is simply no free time.