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#4 yim "a PORT PERRY STAR REAL ESTATE ano CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING VOL. 1 No.38 - FIRST CHOICE REAL ESTATE - TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1990 Published weekly by the Port Perry Star = Bringing life back to your wood floors When your floors no carry specialized equip- longer look nicely finished ment required for M0 Zo REMC An international network of independent memliny brokers. RE/MAX scugog realty limited | 144 QUEEN ST. - PORT PERRY - 985-4427 | RE/MAX SCUGOG REALTY LIMITED REDUCED -- REDUCED -- REDUCED! This 2,445 sq.ft., totally maintenance free home is at an unbelievable deat at $309,500. Features include it all -- 4 bedrooms, central air, central vac, Hollywood kitchen, 3 bathrooms, main floor laundry & family rooms, fireplace and more. This home is situated on a 120 x 125' lot with extensive landscaping. To view this real beauty, please join me, your hostess, Tammy Silverman on June 10th from 1 to 4 p.m. at 144 Maple Street (watch for signs on 7A Hwy. and Oshawa Road) and this house will be opened to all for viewing. For more in- formation call me at 985-0690 or 985-4427. in spite of spot repairs, stripping and rewaxing, or when scratches and stains cannot be removed, it's time to refinish. Refinishing a wood floor is a big and messy job. Itre- quires more patience and practice than special skill. Before you proceed, make sure the--wood 'is thick enough to sand. To deter- mine, remove or pry a piece of wood from a in- conspicuous place like a closet. If the wood is 34 inch -thick, it will take another sanding. i Before sanding remove all furnishing, including curtains and anything that is moveable. Cover built-in units and doorways and set any protruding floor nails 1/8 inch below the floor's surface. Make sure you have a _ dust mask ready, and shoes with clean soles. You will also need to fill holes and gaps with a wood filler the same colour as the bare wood. Apply the filler with a large putty knife. Allow filler to dry thoroughly before you start sanding. Most rental agencies a drum sander for the main part of the floor and a floor edger for the corners and edges. Machines are heavy duty and require some strength. to operate, Make sure you get operating in- structions from the rental agency. Pay attention to procedures for cha ing sandpaper, lowering "the: drum and emptying the dust bags. You will need three grades of sandpaper - . coarse, medium and fine - in both sheets and disks. Sand with the grain most- ly, but if the floor is badly cupped or rough, sand first at an angle slightly biased to the grain and then sand with the grain. Use the rough sandpaper first, then the medium to fine grit. The main trick to sanding is not to let the sander stand in one spot while it's running or it will quickly gouge a rut in the floor. Once you've completed sanding, vacuum up the dust then check for any holes and gaps that have been uncovered. Fill them in with putty, sand the fill- Turnto Page 5 @e Bout Dovey Stag | READ EVERY WEEK v 3 BY OVER ONLY ONE THING IS MISSING! 20,000 PEOPLE | Absolutely everything is here in this beautiful 2300 sq.ft. lakefront IN THESE COMMUNITIES | property for a lifetime of fabulous living - everything, that is, except * * ; you! Price reduced to $399,900. Call Adrienne Hansen for more details or an appointment to see this outstanding home, 985-2829 residence, 985-4427 office. TO VIEW THESE PROPERTIES call: 2865-4427 ASHBURN - BLACKSTOCK - BROOKLUN CAESAREA - COLUMBUS EPSOM - GREENBANK - JANETVILLE LITTLE BRITAIN - NESTLETON PORT PERRY - PRINCE ALBERT SEAGRAVE - SUNDERLAND - UTICA UXBRIDGE and surrounding hamlets & villages.