• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header left navigation
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • Start Here
  • Money Pit Podcast
  • Leave a Review
The Money Pit house logo

The Money Pit

Home Improvement Tips & Podcasts

  • Media Kit
  • Affiliates
  • Ask a Question
  • Spaces
    • Outdoor Living
    • Kitchens
    • Bathrooms
    • Garages & Sheds
    • Basements & Crawlspaces
    • Home Exteriors
  • Reno/Repair
    • Air Conditioning
    • Windows
    • Floors
    • Roofs & Gutters
    • Insulation
    • Lighting & Wiring
  • Popular Topics
    • Storage & Organization
    • Painting & Decorating
    • Cleaning
    • Pests & Wildlife
    • Buying or Selling a Home
  • Features
    • Green Home
    • Pet Friendly
    • Kid Spaces
    • DIY
    • Quick Tips
  • Podcasts
    • The Money Pit Home Improvement Podcast
    • Money Pit Minute Podcast
    • Your Calls, Our Answers Podcast
    • Top Products Podcast
    • ProFiles Podcast
Man painting a white kitchen

Black Walnut Flooring: Sand to Bring Back Its Beauty

Black Walnut Flooring: Sand to Bring Back Its Beauty

Podcasts Your Calls, Our Answers Podcast
FacebookTweetPinLinkedInEmail
The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo
Leslie Segrete & Tom Kraeutler, Hosts of The Money Pit by The Hosts Leave a Comment
  • iTunes logo
  • Google Podcasts logo
  • Spotify logo
  • Chartable logo

LESLIE: Lavonne in Kansas needs some help with a flooring project. Tell us what you’re working on.

LAVONNE: Well, I have an old farm home; it was built in 1942.

TOM: Wow.

LAVONNE: And the wood is black walnut flooring. So over the years, it’s starting to show some real wear and I don’t know how to – what do I need to do to get it back to looking great?

TOM: Well, that’s a beautiful flooring. Well, it depends on how much wear you’re seeing. I mean obviously you have to sand it. The degree of sanding is what you have to decide. Now, you can sand it right down to raw wood with a floor sander, which is like a big belt sander, but we don’t recommend that you do that yourself because the equipment, even if you rent is, is a bit hard to handle.

If it just needs a light sanding, you can use a machine called a U-Sand machine. I think their website is U-Sand.com like the letter U, dash, Sand.com. And it’s a four-head, rotating disk sander that’s designed for floors; a lot easier for an amateur to handle because it’s very hard to do any damage with it and has a vacuum built in so it sort of sucks the dust off.

But one way or the other, you’ve got to sand the floor down and then you have to apply a couple of coats of polyurethane. I would use oil-based polyurethane and that’s all there is to it.

LAVONNE: Alright, what kind of – do I need to put anything on top of that as maintenance or just …?

TOM: Nope, nope.

LAVONNE: OK.

TOM: Once you put down a couple of coats of polyurethane, you’ll be good to go.

LAVONNE: Alright, sounds good.

TOM: Alright, good luck with that project.

LAVONNE: Thanks for your help.

TOM: Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT. You’re very welcome.
 

Podcasts Your Calls, Our Answers Podcast

Related Posts

hardwood floor

How to Refinish a Hardwood Floor

squeaking floor

Repairing Your Water Damaged Hardwood Floor

adhesive for laminate flooring

Flooring: Repairing, Refinishing and Replacing Wood Flooring in Your Home or Office

BELLAWOOD

Lumber Liquidator’s Reactive Staining Brings out the Beauty in Bellawood Tribecca Oak

The Money Pit Tips & Tricks text logo with lightbulb

Bring New Life to Old Flooring

How to Mix Hardwood Styles & Colors to Create Beautiful Personalized Floors

Related Podcasts

The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo

Refinishing a Hardwood Floor: Is Sanding Necessary?

The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo

Refinishing: How to Sand Hardwood Floors

The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo

How to Sand Hardwood Floors

The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Tips

The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo

Sanding Tips for Hardwood Floors

The Money Pit Your Calls Our Answers Podcast Logo

How to Refinish an Engineered Hardwood Floor

FacebookTweetPinLinkedInEmail

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sidebar

Trending Posts

Get Ready for the Game with The Money Pit’s $1,000 Tailgate Treasures Sweepstakes!

Attic flooring added to increase storage space

How to Floor Your Attic for Storage Without Wrecking Your Roof

Best Garage Floor: Tiles, Mat or Paint?

Garage Heater Dyna-Glo 30,000 BTU Natural Gas Blue Flame Vent Free Wall Heater, White

Best Heaters for a Garage: Forced Air, Infrared or Portable?

How to Get Rid of Thousand-Leggers Without Getting Grossed Out

Ask Us Anything

Ask A Question

Favorite Posts

Attic flooring added to increase storage space

How to Floor Your Attic for Storage Without Wrecking Your Roof

How to Get Rid of Thousand-Leggers Without Getting Grossed Out

Best Garage Floor: Tiles, Mat or Paint?

Dryer vent on outside of building

Controlling Dryer Lint Outside | Video

Popular Podcasts

Repair Crumbling Cinder Block

Electric Meter

Service Entry Cable and Electric Meter: Who is responsible for repair?

dirt to use around house foundation

Type of Dirt to Use Around House Foundation

What Smells Like Burning Rubber in My Home?

Newsletter

Get weekly updates with the latest tips and tricks to save money in your home.

As Us Anything

Ask A Question

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • About
  • Media Kit
  • Partners
  • Posts
  • Endorsement Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy & Solution
  • Radio Stations

Copyright © 2001–2023 · The Money Pit · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme

Ask A Question