Use water for a.
Tack cloth hardwood floor.
Pour the polyurethane into a paint bucket.
The larger the area you are working with the more difficult it gets to maintain that perfectly light pressure as you get tired and complacent.
This will keep the.
After laying down the first coat and sanding it you can choose to use a tack cloth to remove dust between subsequent coats.
This may not apply to everyone but it is human nature to get tired of manually tacking with a tack cloth after several hundred square feet of it.
Wiping down surfaces with tack cloth isn t difficult and it s a fast job.
However it can look like a 110 job if you do it right.
A tack cloth is simple to use.
A tack cloth a rag soaked with either water or a solvent such as mineral spirits is used to wipe the floor before staining and applying polyurethane.
A work surface with a 4 square foot area can be wiped down with tack cloth in less than a couple of minutes.
Clean the surface of the floor.
After you have done that final light polishing you can begin the cleaning process.
Dry tack your hardwood floors with a clean dry microfiber mop.
Lightly sand between coats of polyurethane with very fine 320 grit paper.
Removing dust from baseboards.
Wet tack your wood floors with a microfiber mop using the same technique as mentioned above.
Wipe surface clean with.
Starting from the furthest point drag your mop.
Ain t gonna happen no way no how.
Carefully vacuum up dust and grit from the sanding process and then wipe down the floor with a tack cloth to pick up any remaining dust.
Pressing lightly on the tack cloth will reduce the amount of stickiness left on the surface.
A sanding pole makes it easier on your knees but hand sanding allows you to spot embedded debris.
I like the terry cloth towel over a push broom method.
You may initially use a tack cloth if you re re coating your hardwood floor rather than refinishing it from a raw state.
After you have used a tack cloth your hand will be sticky.
Take a shower or at least shake yourself off well before you continue.
Clean the area with a tack cloth until it s completely dust free.
This stickiness can translate to your wood floor.
Beeswax is not noxious or toxic but it can be annoying since your hands remain tacky for a day or two.
Fyi you will never get a 100 flawless finish on floors.
While not essential it is recommended that you wear latex or vinyl gloves when handling a tack cloth.
Using a soft bristle attachment thoroughly vacuum the floor baseboards and windowsills.
I ve used the bona microfiber mops and they re good but they seem to be a little more trouble and the dampened towel works just as well.
