Sanding Isnt Getting All Of The Floor

Preparing the hardwood floor for sanding.

Sanding isnt getting all of the floor. Just take care that sanding directly perpendicular to the grain by hand puts some serious scratches in the wood that will be very hard to get out with a finer grit a better solution would be to sand at a slight left hand or right hand angle from the grain and not to cut directly across the grain. Be sure to check out how to use a belt or drum floor sander so you don t make common mistakes when using a floor sanding machine. When this is done use a sturdy broom to clean the floor properly. The 13 steps to sanding your floors.

Sand all main field areas with the drum sander on the first grit of your determined sequence. Determine your grit sequence. After the floor finish is gone you can t see whether the sander is doing its job. But the dull paper isn t cutting deep enough to remove the scratches left by the previous grit.

So you keep sanding. If your floor has the normal wear and tear and a previous finish there s a good chance you are going to need to start on a 36 grit sandpaper. But the dull paper isn t cutting deep enough to remove the scratches left by the previous grit. Installing the dust extraction system.

First remove all of the furniture from the floor that you are going to sand. Make sure that the hardwood floor is free of dust as much as possible. Using dull belts is a strategy you ll regret. Sweep or vacuum all sanded rooms.

The machine is raising dust and everything seems fine. The machine is raising dust and everything seems fine. So you keep sanding. Using dull belts is a strategy you ll regret.