Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Aug 17, 2009 10:03 pm Hi guys, We are about to tackle sanding our jarrah timber floorboards ourselves and will be borrowing an orbital floor sander as well as using an edge sander. The floors currently have a hard 2pack poly gloss on most areas the remainder is carpeted which we will be ripping up. the boards are in very good condition.' Do i need to sand in a diagonal angle first off or with an orbital does it really not matter too much which way, especially if the boards are fairly even. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Will be applying a water based poly satin gloss ontop. Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander 3Aug 18, 2009 9:17 pm Thanks for the reply. I've been trying to research how to go about it and lots of intruction said to sand dkiagonally first. We will try one room forst, i just dont want to make a very expensive mistakle and ruin my beautiful floors. Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander 4Aug 18, 2009 10:35 pm hire a drum sander. even if an old floor you might need to go diagonally if you need to take any bows/cups out of the boards and then go with the grain, starting with 20 or 40 depending on how bad the boards are and then repeat going up the grain with the drum sander to 80, 120 and finally 200 to finish off. sweep, and dry mop between sandings. did it with my mixed species floor and finished it off with a water based poly satin too and it turned out a treat (except where I lifted too early and left a slight gouge - bit of a trap for young players) ’’Quondo Omni Flunkus Mortati ’’ If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. Stila BK1 Build Thread The best place to talk about sport Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander 5Aug 22, 2009 3:57 pm ok, now we have been sanding the bedrooms which originally had carpet and they are comming up great with the orbital, perhaps slowly as they are jarrah but when we moved onto the hard 2 pack lacquered areas- no go. The orbital is just not strong enough for the very hard 2 pack, so we will be getting a drum sander for those areas. Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander 6Aug 22, 2009 8:01 pm Mango ok, now we have been sanding the bedrooms which originally had carpet and they are comming up great with the orbital, perhaps slowly as they are jarrah but when we moved onto the hard 2 pack lacquered areas- no go. The orbital is just not strong enough for the very hard 2 pack, so we will be getting a drum sander for those areas. Indeed the orbital are slower and more suitable for diagonal sanding and for parquetry flooring Use the drum sander for straight flooring thet are faster and better than orbital in straight floors. Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander 7Aug 23, 2009 9:41 am And I reckon about now he is learning how well the expoy clogs up the sandpaper too As per above - I've always found a drum sander better, and jarrah is flint hard - so take your time and it will come up to what you want eventually. Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander *Synteko or bona* 8Aug 23, 2009 11:09 am I used a small belt sander to do the edges which ws great when it was with the grain, when i went against the boards- Disaster, using the small belt with 40 grit i ripped a distinct line on the edges and you can really see the sanding lines going across the board. We are very nervous in hiring a drum sander as i know they are very powerful but now we have started we dont have a choice. The cheapest quote we got was $4900 to do our house, 4 bed, not huge and now he will be booked out for the time frame we need. Anyway, hubby is a real DIY man so we will just plod along and i'm sure we will be able, much later on, to sit back and look at our beautiful floors and know we did it ourselves. now i'm deciding between Synteko and bona traffic for the finish. Any opinions? Re: Sanding floor boards- orbital sander 9Aug 23, 2009 2:41 pm Don;t be a afraid of the drum sander. Cautious yes, but not afraid. Main risk is when you touch it down and stop at the end of the run- so keep your walking speed constant and you'll be fine. re a belt sander at the ends - it's tricky but you can keep it with the grain and just point it down at the front and use the very front of the belt. Good luck. To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 418 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1938 |