Resealing a Bamboo Floor

Bamboo flooring is a different material from wood flooring, but it is finished with the same type of top-gloss, which seals in the natural surface of the floor and protects it from moisture and wear. Unlike wood floors, a bamboo floor should never be sanded down, but it can be screened, which is a process of removing the old top-gloss so you can add new top-gloss. See your local home improvement store for the right buffer and refinishing screens for your floor.

Rotating floor buffer (rented)
Refinishing screens in medium and fine abrasion
Vacuum cleaner
Polyurethane
Paintbrush
Extra fine sandpaper

Instructions

- 1
  Set up the floor buffer with a medium refinishing screen. Turn on the machine. Push it over the floor in the direction of the boards, then pull it back. Continue, forward and back, taking off the top layer of the gloss finish. Do the whole floor, keeping the buffer moving at all times.
- 2
  Vacuum up the dust.
- 3
  Remove the medium refinishing screen and replace it with the fine refinishing screen. Screen the floor again in the same manner, getting the floor smooth and dull. Vacuum the dust.
- 4
  Spread polyurethane onto the floor surface with a paintbrush, in a thin, even coat, working with the direction of the floorboards. Start at the far corner of the room and work your way toward the entrance.
- 5
  Let the polyurethane dry for six hours. Dull the shine with fine sandpaper, buffing it by hand. Vacuum the dust.
- 6
  Brush on a second coat of polyurethane, in the same way you did the first. Let it dry.
- 7
  Sand the second coat of polyurethane. Vacuum the dust. Apply a third coat. Let it dry 48 hours.

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