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Sand and Finish

Hardwood Floors: Sand and Finish

Finding wood floors under old carpet is awesome, but now what? Get hands-on training on a proven process for making floors look great again. New floors or old, you’ll learn the tricks of the trade and use real equipment. No open-toed shoes.

Hundreds of students have refinished their floors after taking this class, and there’s no price they can put on the pride of doing it on their own. The process you will learn is the same process the professionals use. The instruction is clear, and it guides you through each step, so the guess work is eliminated. We’ll use professional equipment, including a drum sander, edger and buffer. Many students enjoy the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the equipment. The class concludes with a demonstration of applying floor finish, which can be the most challenging part.

One student had this to say about the class:

"I must say that this particular class was one of the BEST I have taken in a very long while. The instructor was wonderful, the actual hands on facet of it made truly a HUGE difference compared to other classes… Thank you again for finding this [instructor] and offering [this class] to the public. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to look at re-finishinig wood floors."