- 1). Run a floor buffer over the floor using a medium-abrasion screening pad. Run it in the direction of the floorboards, working your way across the whole floor. Keep the machine going at all times while it's running to prevent the pad from gouging the floor. It should dull the top layer of the existing pre-finished gloss surface.
- 2). Vacuum up the dust.
- 3). Re-load your floor buffer with a fine-abrasion screen and repeat the process. It should smooth out the surface, leaving it clean and flat, with no remaining shine.
- 4). Wipe over the floor with tack cloths to take up any residual dust.
- 5). Apply a thin, even layer of polyurethane floor gloss to the surface with a paintbrush. Brush it on slowly, with the direction of the boards, to avoid creating bubbles or drips. Do this process on the whole floor. Start applying the polyurethane from the far corner opposite the entrance so that you can back out of the room without stepping where you've already glossed.
- 6). Let the gloss dry for eight hours. Dull the surface by lightly sanding it, by hand, with 240-grit sandpaper. Use light, short strokes to get the surface dull. Wipe up the dust with tack cloths.
- 7). Brush on a second layer of polyurethane in the same manner as the first. Let it dry. Buff it with sandpaper. Wipe up the dust. Brush on a third layer, and let it dry for a full day before walking on it.
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