Baseboard Refinish Hardwood

Number or otherwise label each piece as you remove it to make it easier to put it back after refinishing the floor.

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

To begin use a damp towel to clean the baseboards. Before floor refinishing with a sander you should pull up the shoe base moulding along where the floor meets the wall. If your hardwood floors were originally finished before the baseboards were installed it s possible that you might not have shoe molding. The floors are about 60 yrs old.

However over time the caulking and paint on baseboard trim tends to chip off. If your baseboards are looking weathered or chipping refinish the trim to restore its original function and appearance. Pry up the moulding with a pry bar using a piece of scrap wood to protect the baseboard. I am evaluating a quote to refinish my hardwood floors and stairs.

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. Step 1 clean the baseboards.