Well, this was what our team planned for this parquet flooring – to strip the old finish, fill the gaps and apply a protective finish. As you already know the first part of the restoration project is called sanding and it includes removing the top layer of the floor. For this process, our team uses belt sanding machines and edge sanders for the corners. There are few stages of this initial part – the first course we start with lower grit sandpaper, which levels the boards, removes the scratches and the old finish completely. This process is followed by moving to paper with finer grit which will remove the marks from the rough sanding.
The process that follows is called gap-filling - for this task, we combine the sawdust remains from the sanding with a resin filler. Next, we spread the mixture all over the area, which will make the flooring more stable and better insulated. After the gaps were filled, we had to polish the surface with a buffing machine. Once it was perfectly smooth, we’ve proceeded with the varnishing. The finishing product we recommended to our clients is specially designed for such areas, suffering from high foot traffic - ‘Junckers HP Commercial’. This is a commercial-grade water-based lacquer, which guarantees high levels of protection and durability.