The hardwood floor finishing has begun. The first thing they do is dig out all the knot holes and put in epoxy. We chose black epoxy because we have it in our current condo and it looks great because of the contrast.
The next thing they do is shave/sand the edges between the pieces that are not even. With 8" wide planks there can be quite a difference in the height of each piece of wood. Next step is to clean the wood. Then they buff the floor with what looks like a professional circular floor wax machine like they use in grocery stores to wax the floor. Instead of sanding, which would eliminate the rough texture that we chose, they will put a screen on the buffer/waxer and rub or polish the floor. The purpose is not to sand the floor even but to smooth out all the rough patches so they wont grab your socks.
The next step is to put three coats of a dark tongue oil on the floor. That's it. Takes a week.
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