Hey guys, first time DIY'er and thought id share my journey of how I refinished the floors in my 1912 house that were painted over, covered in mastic with lots of carpet covered over.This is just some stuff off the top of my head to give you an idea of what I bought. Might be missing little stuff but all in all, I spent less than $1,500 and saved about $4,000 worth of work. I am very pleased with the results so here you go :)https://ift.tt/2InYSBa bought the house late December as my first home with my girlfriend and last month I finally finished the floors. It took way longer than expected because I was living an hour away and driving there and back every day before work doing stuff to the floors. I was quoted to have the floors redone at the amount of a whopping 5k! I said no thanks, and started ripping up all the carpet, busted out the tile in the kitchen (as I had to replace it anyway because of no cement board underneath) and found wood floors throughout the whole house, all 1900 sq ft except a small little bathroom.Things I used/bought are :Rented drum sander from Home Depot for a weekStartede at 24 grit, 36, 80, 100Rented and immediately returned edger (it left marks and gunked up like you wouldn't believe)Knee pads!!! Most important, I started without any and my knees are just beginning to feel better.Must get yourself a full facemask or half mask and goggles, the sander did an excellent job of collecting dust but the orbital just spit it everywhere. Especially in the closets it was a mess.Pliers to pull out the staplesFor the edges I used an orbital air compressor sander that my father had, and I bought a 15 gallong compressor from Tractor Supply for about 120. (Totally worth it)The stain I used is Duraseal Cherry color. Spread with rags, let it sit for a minute then wiped off.The poly I used is Glitsa Swedish 500 Semi-Gloss, it worked real well and went on thick. I used an 18 inch lambswool applicator from the local wood flooring store near me, it took a minute getting used to but it came out great when dry. For the stairs I used a paintbrush, also for the corners and edges before I used the lambswool applicator.The mastic I just had to buy a scraper and muscle it off, for the thick stuff upstairs I broke down and rented an orbital buffer from HD with diamond tips, that mixed with water to soften it up worked real well and no dust/debris was flying around.This is just some stuff off the top of my head to give you an idea of what I bought. Might be missing little stuff but all in all, I spent less than $1,500 and saved about $4,000 worth of work. I am very pleased with the results so here you go :)The album at top is a condensed of the photos I had on a recommendation that posting 3 albums might be a bit much. If you would like to see more then heres the full 3 albums so you can see my FULL journey, without a cap of 50 photos :)Thanks guys, have a good one!Album 1Album 2Album 3 via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2GjYWQD
