We cleaned the floor thoroughly with a hoover floorm.
Stripping wood floors without a machine.
You will need to hand sand or use a small power sander to reach all of the nooks and crannies that the larger machine can t reach but it s still a quick and harmless process.
In this video i teach a college student how to give new life to an old hardwood floor in her apartment.
There are two basic methods.
Sweep and dust mop floor.
A heavier reliance on the stripping solution is needed since agitation from the machine is not available.
Even freshly washed and waxed floors.
How to remove old wax from floors without chemicals.
Using a sanding machine manual stripping allows you to sand down the floors and get all of the old finishes off.
Waxed floors such as linoleum or vinyl can flake or become yellow due to age or too many layers of wax.
Stripping floor without machinery.