Putting Sandpaper On Floor Buffer

When you sand your hardwood floors you use coarse sanding equipment to remove all of the finish and stain from your floors as well as smooth out the wood underneath those layers of stain and sealer.

Putting sandpaper on floor buffer. Then overlap about half the width of the buffer and sand another row. Cloth backed sandpaper is more expensive but less likely to tear on the drum machine. Drum sanders are powerful. When the perimeter is completely sanded sand the rest of the floor by starting on one end and sanding in a straight row clocking the buffer so the most aggressive cut is parallel to the grain.

How to refinish a wood floor with a square buff sander. A drum sander and a floor polisher often called an orbital machine or a buffer. If your floor does not have serious damage and only has a thin layer of finish you may be able to skip this step and start with 60 grit sandpaper instead. After installing a hardwood floor it is our first duty to polish and refinish it whenever it requires.

This is an intensive process that strips everything from the floor by grinding it down to the natural wood underneath all that shine. How to attach sand paper to a floor polisher. If your wood floor has lost its shine and you can see scratches and wear spots in doorways it s time for a date with the buffing machine. There are two common ways to sand floors.

Sanding a wood floor is a multi step process. Turn the buffer 180 degrees and sand down the same path. That way you ll get a heads up on and hopefully the knowledge to avoid some of the problems you might encounter and some of the mistakes beginners make. You ll often need to even out the sandpaper by putting sandpaper shims in the drum s loading slot.