How to cycle the floor with your own hands

The floor of wood is relevant at all times. Its attractive appearance combined with the pleasant aroma of wood serves as the basis for home comfort. However, such flooring requires constant careful care, involving not only cleaning the surface of dirt, but also the return of "novelty" to appearance.

What is floor biting?

After a long operation of the wooden floor structure, ugly scratches, dents and stains appear, in some places the varnish layer and smoothness may break, the color becomes less bright as it was in the original time. Then the floor biting comes to the rescue. With its help on a wooden surface, various defects are eliminated.

However, not everyone knows what it means to cycle the floor. In fact, these are repair works, due to which the top layer of the construction is updated. The whole procedure consists of 4 stages:

• Surface investigation of defects;
• Correction of all irregularities and swings, removal of dirt and old coating;
• Polishing the wooden floor ;
• Application of a protective layer.

Cycle the floor you need a special grinding machine, but if there is not one, then you can manually, only this option is more laborious.

Materials and equipment for work

During the work you will need the following tools:

• Drum sanders;
• Scraping machine;
• Wire nap;
• Abrasive materials;
• A knife for repair work;
• Machine for crocheting curbs;
• polyethylene film;
• Protective varnish;
• Brush and roller.

In addition, you need to have a construction vacuum cleaner with which you can clean the room of fine dust. When choosing the material for the roller, it is better to stop on microfiber, thanks to which the layer of varnish will be applied evenly and qualitatively.

Preparatory stage

Before you cycle the floor with your own hands, you need to do the preparatory work in the following order:

• First you need to take out of the room all the furniture and chandelier. Otherwise everything will be covered with a large layer of dust.
• To facilitate the process of repairing the floor under the entrance door, you can remove it. At the same time, it is necessary to seal the doorway with a polyethylene film to prevent dirt from entering into other rooms.
• The room should be well ventilated, so it is better to open the window.
• Then all cracks and scratches should be covered with putty. You also need to check if there are any rotten boards. If there are such, then it is better to replace them. In this case, the screws of the screws should not stick out, otherwise the grinder can be made faulty.
• With the help of wire nap, it is necessary to remove the old coating. To consolidate the effect, you can use a roughing machine with mineral alcohol.
• The preparatory stage is completed with a thorough washing of the floor with ordinary water or a solution of alcohol.

Self-clipping technology

Consider how to cycle the floor yourself. It is important to protect your health before work. You need to equip yourself with good building headphones, because the very loud sound of a sewing machine can damage your hearing. Also it is worth buying a respirator to protect the lungs from a large amount of dust. To extinguish the effect of vibration of the device, it is better to wear protective glasses and gloves.

How to cycle a wooden floor:

• It is necessary to insert sandpaper into the drum of the machine, then start the tool. Begin work from the corner. Then continue to move in a straight line to the opposite wall.
• Next, the machine must be deployed in the opposite direction. Moving around, you need to capture a site that has not yet been processed. Thus, each track should be overlapped a little overlapping the previous one.
• During operation, you should observe the sandpaper. It needs to be cleaned up as it gets dirty or replaced if the surface stalks.

Peculiarities of biting

It is necessary to know that not all wood is treated equally. If the floor is covered with whitewashed boards, then when moving the sewing machine it is necessary to adhere to the diagonal direction. In order for the surface to be sufficiently smooth, you should walk several times along each track. After the initial processing of the wood, it is necessary to replace the large nazhdachki by the middle, and the machine to move parallel to the boards.

The most difficult parts at work are places near the walls. For their processing a special machine is used, intended for crocheting curbs. Start the process better with a medium-grain abrasive, gradually turning to smaller sandpaper.

Shutdown

After the floor has been completely processed by a sewing machine, it is necessary to walk on it with a dry clean cloth. Then start applying the protective layer. For this, it is permissible to use a varnish for a wooden surface or with a tint to make the floor look more noble. Also you can cover it with paint. The main thing is that it should be a quality composition that is resistant to moisture, then the floor will last longer.

When choosing a varnish, it is better to give preference to a water-based coating made of polyurethane resins or acrylic. After hardening, it forms a strong film that can withstand heavy loads for a long time. In addition, these varnishes do not have a sharp odor.

Usually the floor is covered in several layers. After the first time you need to wait about an hour until the paint dries, then apply the next. However, if you cover the surface with four layers or more, this will negatively affect the durability of the paint.

Helpful Tips

Before you start the sewing machine for the first time, you need to tilt it slightly and turn it on, then gently lower it to the floor. In this case, the device can move forward, do not be afraid of it. We must hold it firmly with both hands.

Begin to cycle the floor with a coarse abrasive, reducing the grain with each layer. A large nazhdachka allows you to remove irregularities and the remains of the old paint, and fine gives the surface shine.

To avoid getting the cord from the sewing machine under the machine, you need to put it on your shoulder and make sure that it is always there.

Cost of work

In the event that there is no possibility or desire to independently carry out repairs, it is better to entrust specialists to cycle the floor. The cost of such a service is always different, as a rule, starts at 130 rubles per 1 sq. Km. M. At the time of ordering work, it is necessary to specify in advance what is included in its price (materials, delivery of equipment, etc.). The quality of the result obtained and the speed of work depends on the qualification of the specialist who will cycle the floor.

Rent a car is relatively inexpensive, the price ranges from 600 to 2000 rubles per day. Only in addition you need to leave a deposit of 10-20 thousand.

If the appearance of the wooden cover leaves much to be desired, and walking barefoot is accompanied by a feeling of discomfort, it becomes necessary to restore the damaged surface, which means it is time to cycle the floor. However, do not forget that it is almost impossible to achieve perfect smoothness, since the work is done with wood. Therefore, a good result will be the floor, which is pleasant to the touch. If you follow all of the above recommendations, looping the floor will not be difficult.