Monday, March 8, 2010

Test Room

The day finally arrived to finish the floor!  We decided that we wanted to do a test room, just to make sure things went according to our plans.

The second bedroom was the winner!!  It is the smaller of the two rooms, and is currently the guest bedroom.  With a queen size bed, nightstand and bookshelf, it's pretty full, so, we figured, if the room ended up a disaster, we would have a lot of furniture to cover up mistakes :)

We buffed the floor one last time with a 120 grit screen.  Here's the machine post-use hanging out in the back 3rd bedroom...


We vacuumed and wiped the floor down, and then got to work.  First to go on, the shellac sealer...


Here you can see where we have cut in with a paint brush around the room...


And here Zach applying the sealer with a paint roller...



The difference is amazing...



The room completely shellacked!


The sealer only needed 45 minutes to dry, so we waited patiently, watched the Suns lose to Utah, then went back to put on the first of three coats of finish.  We used a synthetic paint brush to cut in, and a synthetic pad to apply to the rest of the room...


After one coat of finish...



This morning, dry, in the natural light...


We are VERY happy with how it is looking so far, we have two more coats of finish to apply, and then this room is officially DONE!!  Except of course for putting the trim back up and repainting the walls, but those are just little details ;)

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