If yours is starting to look a bit tired or you ve recently moved into a house with parquet in need of a some.
How to restore parquet flooring.
Installed using small blocks or slats of wood in varying patterns and designs parquet floors are common in many older homes in south africa being installed when hardwoods were more easily available.
This is my epic parquet floor restoration transformation video.
Before and after and ev.
While sanding and re finishing is the best way to a like new floor it is messy and time consuming.
A well maintained parquet floor lasts for generations.
Before any floors are applied there are a few essential factors to consider.
The downside to parquet flooring is that it does require special polishing cleaning and at times may need to be sanded and re sealed to restore it to its original look.
Clean the floor with a wax floor cleaner 17 63 per ltr auro then re wax.
For example if the basement has not sanded and the surfaces are still wet a good rule of thumb is to wait to sand until the surface dries completely.
If you have parquet floor buried under layers of carpet perhaps you should consider restoring the floor to its original condition.
Alternatively remove as much of the original wax covering as you can then re wax.
These are just some tips on how to restore parquet flooring without sanding.
Different defect types will appear.
Patterns for parquet floors may be herringbone or basket weave.
Below there are the useful tips on the correct ways of restoration of the most common defects of the old parquet flooring and on how to restore parquet flooring with your own hands in a proper way.
Even the highest quality parquet wood floors will inevitably lose its original appearance within the years.
You get to see this parquet sanded and finished from start to finish.
Dents scratches creak strips gaps irregularities etc.