Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? For many do-it-yourself families, summer is wood floor sanding season. Add that to ...

If you’ve ever sanded wood at home, there’s a decent chance you own a belt sander – and you might be wondering if the tool can be used to sand your floor. “These powerful tools use a continuous loop ...

Q: We recently moved into a resale house that has some wood floors. The floors really need to be refinished, but I don’t want to pay someone to do it. How do I go about refinishing the floor? A: ...

Have you been thinking about refinishing hardwood floors in your home? Have those glowing floors you fell in love with back when you bought your house turned dull in certain spots—or all over? Does ...

Before the invention of floor sanders (1903 is the earliest patent), workers used short blades to scrape floors by hand. Power sanders eliminated that backbreaking job, but the machines were huge and ...

Lexie is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Home and has over 6 years of professional experience as a writer and editor in the home improvement space. She's previously worked at sites such as HomeAdvisor ...

Everybody hates sanding floors, except perhaps a few dedicated professionals. It is a dirty, noisy, backbreaking, inconvenient job. But we love the results. Of all the things you can do to rejuvenate ...