Sanding Against The Grain, LIKE A MANIAC
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2020
- This is just a sneak preview to my full Floor Sanding and Refinishing Video Course. In this video, I demonstrate, not only diagonal sanding (sanding against the grain of the wood) but doing so on an exceptionally uneven floor.
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Little did he know when he filmed it, that mask would be worth its weight in gold right now.
I got this exact floor sander as a rental in Romania. The hold plate was a bit messed up, and I kept breaking belts. A few drops of super glue on the overlapped belt helped a great deal :-)
I've sanded warped heart pine floors with a lot of cupping. It made shavings so long, they clogged the dust system for the sander. I had to sand diagonally as you do here to prevent that from happening.
Your demonstration shows that in the real world nobody has ideal flat floors.
He was right . Simple . He was right. 🙏👏
Hey, have you tried a flooring drum sander? It's all I've used and it flattens floors in one pass even that uneven. Using 36 grit sand paper.
Question if I may (maybe a silly question). I recently saw a parquet floor that hadn't been cared for. The finish in the centre of the room was worn off and the wood was very badly stained. I'm guessing that the dirt is deeply engrained into the wood. I've seen your video about sanding a parquet floor and I was wondering if you would ever make a first pass with an electric planer all over the floor to, say, remove 1-2mm to get clean wood before then sanding to get a fine finish?
I have tried that machine and the bag split sending dust everywhere. Lately I have tried a Bono machine, very good.
I pulled up carpet and vinyl in a 100 yr old home. Underneath that is plank flooring. Never been finished just bare wood. I am watching your videos trying to figure out if it is worth giving it a go to see what these will look like with a finish on them. Currently they have a weathered greyish look to them. Also uneven like your video.
Looks like a handy little drum machine.. I would love to have a small one for hallways. I work completely alone and spend so much time edging.
I appreciate your videos so much. I'm doing this right now to my 5"maple. I refinished the floor a few years back but the acrylic polyurethane was terrible. It was hardly a protective coat so the beautiful floor is scratched, stained and watermarked and even yellowed. A true yellow, not amber. When I started to sand it seemed like the paper wasn't hitting the ground...then it was it spots. I came to realize that it's not flat anymore. I remembered you mentioning the diagnal in another video so here I am to find out more haha! Quick question, I'm coming in on a 45 now, can I try a 90 degree next or is that breaking the rules? I'm so tempted to try...
Super useful thanks!! Question please: I have a corridor to sand, the planks are perpendicular to the corridor and the corridor is quite narrow so I don't think I could go diagonally or along the grain very easily at all with a normal sander. Should I use the edge sander on the whole surface of the corridor? Thank you!!!
Knowing what grit is a challenge. I started with P60 on afairly good floor with slight cupping but stained. I tended to walk too slow and didnt get a great finish. Going with the grain. Only sanding in forward direction. I finished with 80 grit. It was all a guess.
Thanks for all the great demonstrations and valuable advice. I just wanted to say something about how you end a sanding run, as I am (I believe) a keen observer of details.... so I noticed that you finish each pass by lifting the front end of the sander up slightly before stopping. I assume that is necessary if one wants to avoid making a deeper groove at the end of a pass. So, basically, it avoids gouging the floor where one stops and starts each pass. I'd love to hear your comment on this, please!
Great job man! Have a question Did you have any videos of how eliminate terrible squeaky noises from wood floors? Thanks
Thanks for the video. It is very helpful. I am thinking of sanding my old floorboard and get then up to level to install LVT flooring or laminate. I consider myself a competent DIYer. Do you think this is worth and can be done with no experience? Thaanks
Need help.. What is the best way to sand basket weave pattern flooring ?.. strainght or diagonal ?. Thank you !!
Just installed a brand new Brazilian Cherry hardwood floor. I am debating whether I should use a drum sander or a polishing sander since I have very minimal height differences between boards and this wood was purchase with no prefinish. What would your suggestion be for this application. I want the flooring to come out as professional as possible.
Q1. Instead of also renting a floor edge sander can I just use a walk behind drum sander cross cut with X grit sand paper
Hi thanks for the video, really helpful. How long roughly does each paper last before you have to change it? I appreciate it depends on it’s roughness? Using a 24 grit will that last 10 mins or a lot longer. I’ll be using other sheets too so would be good to get a rough idea? Just thinking about how many sheets I should hire.