How To Restore Hardwood Floors Under Carpet

How to clean old hardwood floors that have been under carpeting step 1.

How to restore hardwood floors under carpet. Thoroughly wash the hardwood floor. With much older floors you may find screws and nails that previous homeowners used to stop squeaks. How to tear up carpet restore hardwood flooring step 1.

Start with coarse and remove all of the old stuff exposing the bare wood. Carpet tack strip will have to be removed. I didn t think ahead here for photos but if you go to a corner of your room and grab the.

Then you ll run the medium and fine sand paper over the bare wood to smooth it all. Use a staple remover and or pry bar to remove the staples so many staples. When the bare wood is exposed sand the entire surface of the floor with an orbital sander 3 times starting with 30 grit sandpaper and working your way up to 100 grit.

Pull up the carpet and carpet padding with gusto and toss it all out the door cutting it into pieces as needed to remove it without scratching the floor. This includes staples tackless strips and nails. How to refinish your hardwood floor under carpet step 1.

Some people like to use a. Remove carpet and padding foam. Make sure nails staples and other debris are all off the.

I used the bona hardwood floor cleaner system. Pet or other similar stains may be found under carpet in older floors. Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor.