Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope that you're renting a modern commercial floor sander (which is random orbital) and not talking about actually using a hand-held belt sander. If so, get the DeWalt or a similar model that takes an attachment that allows you to set the depth of the cut, and even then, you're looking at a three-inch wide cutting width, which makes a floor look awfully large. Otherwise, you're going to chew the hell out of your floor, and the unevenness won't show up until *after* you've applied the finish. There're specialized devices for finishing in close to the wall (you can rent these, too), but I use a heavy-duty palm sander, or even a long-handled scraper, figuring that the base molding's going to come out an inch or more from the wall and cover the mess. I've done a bunch of floors--good luck! Chandos "Now, someone please tell me which random orbit sander I need to do the edges of my kitchen floor after I drum sand the middle of it." Chandos Michael Brown History and American Studies College of William and Mary www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html