Hello!
Today we sanded our parquet floor in the living room. The original plan was to have progressed further with the renovation of the rest of the living room before sanding it today, but since I rented the floor sander together with the neighbors, it had to be done today. Normally, one would start with the ceilings and work downwards...
So now I'm caught between choices on the best order to do the rest. The ceiling and walls need to be plastered, sanded, and painted, and a drywall on the wall needs to be replaced because it's damaged, so there will be quite a bit of dust. The question is whether I must/should lacquer the floor "immediately" after sanding and then cover the floor with paper. And if so, the question is whether I have to wait two weeks before covering it since the lacquer shouldn't be heavily used in the first two weeks, or can I cover it earlier and walk on it while I do the rest and then move furniture in after 2 weeks? Or can/should/must I just as well cover the floor now and lacquer the floor last and then wait 2 weeks for furniture, etc., with the advantage that if the floor gets damaged, it can be fixed before lacquering? I hope you understand my dilemma, it feels like I've complicated it more than necessary in the description. How would you have done it and why?
Today we sanded our parquet floor in the living room. The original plan was to have progressed further with the renovation of the rest of the living room before sanding it today, but since I rented the floor sander together with the neighbors, it had to be done today. Normally, one would start with the ceilings and work downwards...
So now I'm caught between choices on the best order to do the rest. The ceiling and walls need to be plastered, sanded, and painted, and a drywall on the wall needs to be replaced because it's damaged, so there will be quite a bit of dust. The question is whether I must/should lacquer the floor "immediately" after sanding and then cover the floor with paper. And if so, the question is whether I have to wait two weeks before covering it since the lacquer shouldn't be heavily used in the first two weeks, or can I cover it earlier and walk on it while I do the rest and then move furniture in after 2 weeks? Or can/should/must I just as well cover the floor now and lacquer the floor last and then wait 2 weeks for furniture, etc., with the advantage that if the floor gets damaged, it can be fixed before lacquering? I hope you understand my dilemma, it feels like I've complicated it more than necessary in the description. How would you have done it and why?
Double layers of milk paper and wait with the lacquer until last. That way you don't have to wait now and don't have to worry about whether the fresh lacquer will survive under the paper. If you manage to damage the floor (drop a screwdriver, accidentally let the kids in for a minute, ...) during the renovation, it's easy to fix it before lacquering, so you have a perfect floor when you finally move in.
I'm leaning mostly towards that option too. Thanks for the quick response.Strip said: