Your about ready to pull your hair out, your prized hardwood floors no matter how many times you have cleaned and waxed them, their loosing their shine. The knocks and bumps have resulted on dents nicks and scrapes that seem set on collecting as much dirt as they can, and your about ready to have the whole floor replaced
Hang in there; there is an easier less expensive and time-consuming way of restoring your hardwood floors to their original gloss. (Do keep in mind you may have to do this more than once).

TOOLS REQUIRED:

1 Sander with sanding paper that is ideally100grt.
A Vacuum Cleaner.
1 Hardwood Floor Buffer, available for rent at most competent equipment rental stores you will need it for at least two days with the following attachments.
An abrasive pad.
A buffing pad.
A lamb’s wool pad.
A few buffer screens depending on the size of the area and the amount of damage the floor has suffered, buffer screens are like large sanding sheets and are available in 100–120grt.
Wax stripper.
Paint brushes.
Wood treatment.
Polyurethane floor treatment, wood polish or wax.

GOING TO WORK
Fist roughly sand down your floor using the sander and 100grt sanding paper, if the floor is waxed use a wax stripper or re-liquefier to loosen and remove wax. The floor buffer used with an abrasive pad will help speed up the process. Clear away all stripper, wax and fine dust from the floor by means of a vacuum cleaner. Now attach the screen to the buffer and buff the floor (it may be a good idea to get use to handling the buffer before this, a quick trail run with a buffer pad over the floor is a good idea) right working from left to right start buffing the floor in circular motions, think of it as an oversized orbital sander (because that is what it’s doing) okay once done, remove all tools and vacuum the floor again.

Now take a damp cloth and run it over the floor to pick up the last dirt, note: Not a wet cloth! Leave the floor for a few minutes and have a snack or something to drink. On return start to apply your new finish, hi-gloss finishes are more suitable for floors that receive exposure to direct sunlight. After the first coat call it a day sleep on it and return in the morning,

The following morning apply the second coat and allow to dry for at least four hours, or use a quick drying agent if your in a hurry. Once done run the buffer with a buffing pad over the floor to eliminate any microscopic bumps. Apply a polyurethane buffing agent or wood polish, and run over it again using the Floor buffer with a sheep wool pad. Once you can see your reflection your floor will be complete with a new finish and all minor nicks and scrapes removed.

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