Sanding, Sanding and, A Bit More Sanding

This past weekend was filled with...you guessed it...SANDING!! We rented a lovely drum sander and a very nice "edger" from our trusty old Home Depot last weekend, Friday night at 9pm to be exact (yes, we are that cool :) )!

We got to work right away, sanding off all of the finish. We finally turned off the machines around 12:30AM, here's a LOVELY shot...



Here is a peak at the real potential in the flooring...you can see the edges of the room have been sanded down...


We spent our entire Saturday sanding, the entire floor was sanded FOUR times...once diagonally to make sure all boards were the same height, then with 36 grit sand paper, then 60 grit sand paper, then adding filler (to "hide" any gaps or gouges), then sanding once more with 100 grit sand paper. With each sanding taking about 2 hours...we BARELY finishes by our 9PM deadline Saturday evening (trying to keep the rental under 24 hours).

Zach applying filler with a trowel...



The floor...before and after sanding the filler off...





The FINISHED SANDED PRODUCT!!!



WE MADE IT... We took a 30 SECOND break to take a quick pic before we rushed to get our equipment back to Home Depot before the 9PM closing, yes, we are COVERED in dust and yes, I am falling asleep standing up and Zach is SUPER excited to be done ;)