You will need to hand sand or use a small power sander to reach all of the nooks and crannies that the larger machine can t reach but it s still a quick and harmless process.
Stripping wood floors without a machine.
Waxed floors such as linoleum or vinyl can flake or become yellow due to age or too many layers of wax.
A heavier reliance on the stripping solution is needed since agitation from the machine is not available.
If your hardwood floor is only lightly worn damaged or scratched you may be able to refinish it without sanding.
Machineless stripping is designed for floors and areas inaccessible to floor machine equipment.
How to remove old wax from floors without chemicals.
Using a sanding machine manual stripping allows you to sand down the floors and get all of the old finishes off.
There are two basic methods.
In this video i teach a college student how to give new life to an old hardwood floor in her apartment.
Even freshly washed and waxed floors.
Buffing or abrading the existing coat before refinishing or alternatively applying a chemical etching kit.