Cleaning and refinishing a painted plank floor? Yes, of course!

Sen krāsota dēļu grīda – ko iesākt?

Often, when owners wanted to renovate, they wondered what to do with the old floor. Refinishing a painted plank floor – does it need to be replaced, which is the best option? If the flooring is wood, such as hardwood or parquet, you should seriously consider refinishing it. Maybe there’s an old carpet or even linoleum on top, several coats of varnish or paint. Don’t worry – it’s likely that you can refinish your wooden floor and be happy with the result, as wood is a highly valued flooring material both in the past and today.

Refinishing a painted plank floor – a remarkable change guaranteed!

This time, Grīdas Grīdas’ craftsmen visited Dobele to help restore a painted plank floor. More precisely, to strip the floorboards of their self-serving layers of paint and return the original pine board to its natural appearance. Refinishing a painted plank floor starts with a thorough sanding. Finally, the floor was finished with a light matt water-based varnish, according to the client’s wishes. A coat of primer and two coats of varnish were applied.

What if the paint layer is thick?

The main condition for removing all excess paint from the floor is to use a sander of the appropriate roughness. Most often, refinishing a painted plank floor starts with a 24-grit sanding block. Sometimes even coarser roughness is chosen, for example 16 or 12. A more aggressive sander is needed to remove paint layers more efficiently and to ensure that the sander does not get stuck so quickly by the paint layer being removed and can be used on a larger floor area. The rest of the work is based on careful and patient sanding, repeatedly, with the sanding belt changed to a lower roughness, so that the resulting floor is perfectly smooth. Cleaning the edges and corners with other appropriate machinery is also not forgotten.

A wise decision – refinishing a painted plank floor

Restoring a floor after painting is by no means the easiest task, but the results can be satisfying and make you realise that this was the right choice. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to restore countless wooden floors that were previously hidden under layers of paint. And that’s only normal – in the past, paint was both a decorative and a protective layer. Nowadays, technology and understanding of things have evolved, so thank you to the hosts for the great cooperation!