Is It Common Practice To Polish Floor Before Carpentry & Painting?

[Honeygal 1]

I always thought floor polishing should be done last, after painting and carpentry. Any feedback?

[wolflet 1]

I always thought floor polishing should be done last, after painting and carpentry. Any feedback?

i'm not sure. but it makes sense to polish before carpentry. else the tiles below the carpentry works will not be polished

[therat 18]

If polish 1st, then do carpentry. Will it dirty the floor?

[wolflet 1]

dunno leh. carpentry usually only saw dust. should not be too hard to clean off. tomorrow i check with my ID whats the sequence like

[strawberry8 0]

polish first else the polishing will introduce the wooddust into the wardrobe during polishing.

u r talking abt polishing parquet, right?

[Honeygal 1]

polish first else the polishing will introduce the wooddust into the wardrobe during polishing.

u r talking abt polishing parquet, right?

yes parquet and marble polishing.

[Warrior88 0]

Different process. parquet is dry and dusty, marble is wet and creamy.

Parquet is very very very dusty, dust even fly to the other room.

I prefer both done last, if your furnishing is built in. It doesnt matter if floor below carpentry work is not polish. If your carpentry fail, time to polish the floor again too.

Carpenty work/painting is very messy job, sure spoil the floor. even with corrugated cardboard.

[bepgof 20]

Different process. parquet is dry and dusty, marble is wet and creamy.

Parquet is very very very dusty, dust even fly to the other room.

I prefer both done last, if your furnishing is built in. It doesnt matter if floor below carpentry work is not polish. If your carpentry fail, time to polish the floor again too.

Carpenty work/painting is very messy job, sure spoil the floor. even with corrugated cardboard.

What kind of "polishing" all of you are refering to? Last time (how long ago?) did not have "finished" surface stones, so was really "polish" with different grades of stone with a lot of water. Now is called "mopping", no more polishing lah,therefore before or after capentry, make no real different, except for "wooden floor" need some treatments.

After laying parquet (also finished surface already), fill in powder onto gaps, experienced contractors will put flood light to spot the floor & dry the room to see if parquet (square or stripe) bend & cause uneven, if everything ok, apply varnish (hot, day time) (empty room). Can varnish one more time if go minor scratches after capentry in. Basically, no chairs in paequet room, or stuff with moving parts touching the floor.

Personal experience: Must really take care those "wooden" floor, gaps get widen after some time, whether teak, naytoh....

Edited June 21, 2010 by bepgof