Baseboard Refinish Hardwood

Position cut baseboards on top of new hardwood or laminate flooring and insert two finish nails into the baseboard below the nailing guides.

Baseboard refinish hardwood. To begin use a damp towel to clean the baseboards. If your hardwood floors were originally finished before the baseboards were installed it s possible that you might not have shoe molding. If this is the case then it s much easier and cheaper to simply add shoe molding after the floors are refinished instead of removing and re installing baseboards. If your baseboards are looking weathered or chipping refinish the trim to restore its original function and appearance.

I was originally planning on just using a hand held belt sander around the baseboards possibly just pulling up and replacing the quarter rounds but i ve had a lot of people tell me to pull up the baseboards and sand the whole way to the plaster drywall. One nail should be about inch from the top of the. Step 1 clean the baseboards. I am evaluating a quote to refinish my hardwood floors and stairs.

Three bedrooms a dining room and large living room. Comintern jul 30 14 at 1 56. With the quarter round off you can sand close enough to the baseboard that the quarter round covers up the areas that get missed by the sander. The floors are about 60 yrs old.

I m preparing to refinish the hardwood floors in my home. Number or otherwise label each piece as you remove it to make it easier to put it back after refinishing the floor.