Floor Sanders For Flooring Preparation

The floor polisher is a multi purpose hard floor surface prep machine.

Floor sanders for flooring preparation.

Ideal for stripping finish or waxes from vct or vinyl floors and removing surface coatings like paint and epoxy from concrete floors when dimabrush driver tools are installed. Complete light to medium sanding with this walk behind random orbital sander. Floor sanding is a long hard task and if you don t have the proper machines for it you ll not only take days to complete what could be done in hours but the results will be far from perfect. Clean the floor with the vacuum when you finish sanding.

Situations differ but you may not be able to refinish your hardwood floor more than 10 times. Make sure the drumhead is sitting off the floor then pull back the lever that drops the drumhead onto the surface of the floor. If your floor is thinner than 3 4 you may want hire a pro to avoid accidentally sanding down to the subfloor. Since the sanding process can remove a lot of surface your floor needs to be at least 3 4 thick.

Flooring experts estimate that hardwood floors can be sanded for refinishing up to 10 times depending on the thoroughness of the sanding and the level of wear and tear on the floor. Its sanding surfaces is 12 by 18 with an ergonomic handle for operator comfort. Some newer floors are as thin as 1 4 and cannot be refinished. So countersink all nails by at least 1 8 in.

This floor sander sometimes called a jitterbug removes less material than a drum sander so it is ideal for hardwood flooring that needs little to medium sanding. This is the cost breakdown of our epic floor sanding effort dining room hallway first floor landing guest bedroom. A tongue and groove floor cannot be sanded as many times as a plank floor. Wood subfloor measure and cut 1 4 inch or thicker plywood with a circular saw to fit the entire floor of the room where you are installing.

Small sanding disks for edging sander 46 80. The machine hire cost weekend hire floor sander and edge sander friday 14 00 monday 12 00 52 50 special half price offer large sanding sheets 69 60. When you re sanding nail heads will rip the sanding belt which costs you money or gouge the sanding drum which costs you more money. To detect nails drag a metal snow shovel across the floor upside down.

Move at a gradual even pace to ensure the sander creates an even finish.