Have You Ever Painted a Floor?

I merely did our flooring, hire it out in case you may have the money for it. in case you make certain to handle it your self, there are a pair different sanders you are able to lease. There are drum sanders and pad sanders. If the floor is in undesirable shape a drum sander is extremely aggressive and could take it right down to solid wood quickly. however the drum sander may well be problematical, provide as much as long in one spot and you get a severe high quality gouge quickly. The pad sander is extra of a dash up for flooring that are in nice condition yet merely choose the precise couple thousandsth of an inch bumped off. in spite of 36 grit paper on a pad sander you is not waiting to rip up your flooring. Pushing a sander around all day for various days on the instant will placed on you out. it could be perfect to bypass out for this project for some weeks to do the whole domicile in one shot in case you are able to

1. Floor pros. Can I do hardwood directly on concrete?

First, yes-hardwood and laminate can both be laid directly on concrete IF you are absolutely sure that moisture is not an issue (it does not have to be visible to be present!!!) . Second, laminate is not "better", but it is more stable, just as plywood is more stable than solid wood. Third, your available methods of installation on concrete are floating and glue-down. Both hardwood and laminate can be installed using either method, depending on brand. My recommendation- A top quality laminate would be a better choice below grade due to tem./humidty fluctuations. A floating floor on a top quality, layered underlayment (two layers-one moisture barrier, one insulating layer) will provide the quietest, warmest, most comfortable floor. Acclimate the flooring in the room for a week before installation

2. What do they do with the wood from the middle of a solid wood toilet seat?

They make trays for the centers of bagels ;)Seriously though most wood scrap from manufacturing is either pulped to make other products like cardboard, MDF, chip board, etc, or burned for energy

3. How do plywood and solid wood differ?

plywood is an engineered wood while a solid wood is made by nature. Plywood is made up of veneer and an adhesive. Solid wood is made from a roundwood/log thru a sawmilling process. Veneer in its original form is roundwood

4. How should I cut a sheet of plywood for easy re-joining?

Congrats on an excellently done question! In terms of how to cut the board apart I do not think it matters that much, but with an angled cut providing a wider glue surface area that will provide a stronger joint. In the right context I doubt this increased strength will actually matter though, since I assume the sheets will be supported underneath when installed as your worktops. If the plan was to have the glued-up boards support themselves and then any weight put on top IMO you will want to rethink. Even a very shallow cut giving a scarf joint I doubt would provide the needed strength if unsupported.I think your major difficulty is going to come when it comes time to glueing the pieces of ply back together, you would ideally want to have at least three long clamps with an opening somewhat wider than 6'. Obviously clamps this size do not come cheap. One option is to make rudimentary sash clamps from 2x4s, each would be nearly seven feet long but could be cut down to a more manageable length after the worktops are assembled so they would then be more practically usable in the shop. However transporting that length of 2x material might present you with the same problem as with the plywood in the first place!An alternative method to allow clamping that is sometimes used is to attach temporary glue blocks to the wood, similar to how mitre joints are sometimes held together. These blocks can be directly glued on or attached with an intermediate material (often paper), see tip here for a little more, however with plywood instead of solid wood it might not work as the surface ply can be weak. However, unlike when doing mitres here you have an advantage as one surface will be hidden so instead I would suggest screwing clamping blocks directly to the underside of the plywood, these can simply be unscrewed after the glue has cured. The small holes left in the ply after the screws are removed wo not harm its strength