Best way to refinish golden oak veneer floor ?

[Nashville Cat]

My son bought his grandfather's house 3 years ago and now he is moving.
The wood floor is huge, covers the entire downstairs of a 3000 sq ft area ? Lots of small patches where the finish is gone.
I'm thinking about doing this :

1) lightly sand (by hand) the places where the finish is gone
2) stain with golden oak
3) sweep and mop thoroughly and apply water-based polyurethane ; 2 coats of semi-gloss

I think I could get this done in a couple of days if the house is completely empty. Does this sound doable ?

Obviously , I'm just hoping for it to look good ; not "knock your socks off" beautiful.

 

[kmakar]

Forget sanding it by hand.... get a small palm sander to do isolated spots, then test in an inconspicuous area with the golden oak stain.... 2 coats of water based poly will be fine. Not much you can do with laminated wood floors except replace them.

 

[Nashville Cat]

Forget sanding it by hand.... get a small palm sander to do isolated spots, then test in an inconspicuous area with the golden oak stain.... 2 coats of water based poly will be fine. Not much you can do with laminated wood floors except replace them.

Good idea. I have a new palm sander in storage somewhere LOL

 

[Shovelrick]

Make sure not to sand in one place to long as itll show high-low spots once the shine is put on, or stretch the area out to fade it in PS sure its not solid oak flooring over regular 1" by 4"-6" wood sub floor? our 1940 house is this

 

[cheveslakr]

Maybe Kevin knows for sure but I suspect the laminate to be only 20-30 thou thick. Take a straight edge across the board to see just how flat it is. If it's ridged at all, you could strip the laminate pretty quick if you just run a palm sander across the board. You may have to put pressure towards the edges.

 

[77cruiser]

Never had much luck with water based poly.

 

[Nashville Cat]

These modern veneer floors are about 1/8 thick . Designed for one time sanding and that’s it

 

[Nashville Cat]

Never had much luck with water based poly.

Ive used it twice before with good luck. But I don’t have dogs or kids in the house