[Build] about to do this to the floor

Bill Pollock bill at nostarch.com
Tue Aug 18 05:13:20 UTC 2009


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Lamont, your drive is impressive. You're making me tired.

Bill

Lamont Lucas wrote:
> Ok, I've just gotten back from a few hours getting supplies and 
> sanders.  Here is my plan as explained to me by robin at pacific floor 
> supply as well as some tips from the hertz equip rentals place:
> 
> 1) belt sand floor with 40 grit belts.  Go with the wood grain/planking, 
> be moving before I engage the belt, one pass might do it, maybe two.
> 
> 2) vacuum the floor again
> 
> 3) apply the full trowel filler, of which I have 3.5 gallons in 
> something that should go with a "white oak".  Should this not match, I 
> can return it for the red oak.  I have two trowels, and the plan is to 
> slop it in the floor then smooth it with the trowel.  This will need to 
> set overnight, possibly as long as 24 hours.
> 
> 4) once dry, re-sand with a 80-120 grit, and vacuum again. 
> 
> 5) Apply one coat of "bonaseal" sealer.  The one gallon I have of this 
> should be enough for our test patch and then some.  I have a synthetic 
> wool applicator that I will need to store wet in order to be able to use 
> again.  This will take 2-3 hours to dry
> 
> 6) Next is the mega finish water based satin finish coat.  I'll need to 
> apply this, let it dry 2-3 hours then lightly abraid the surface (like 
> with a scrubber on the back of a sponge) before applying the final coat.
> 
> I believe I can get up to step 5 by tomorrow evening.  I'm going to 
> start this process in about 20 minutes, once I bike back to 2169. 
> 
> 
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