Screening Floor With Pole Sander

You can do it with a rented buffing machine or with a sanding pole like the one used for sanding drywall.

Screening floor with pole sander.

Pole sander to the rescue. Use a 100 grit screen for blend sanding raw wood after the drum and edge sanding are complete. You may need to hand sand or use a detail sander to reach the corners. After the main portion of the floor has been sanded with the drum sander hand sand or use an edge sander to sand areas where the drum sander did not reach.

After you ve finished with the sanders the floor will look so good that you ll be tempted to skip this step. A pole sander is simply a glorified clamp designed to hold a small piece of abrasive paper or screen which is attached to a pole so you can use it standing up. Before attaching the screen take the edge off it with 100 grit sandpaper loaded onto a palm sander. This sanding disc is aluminum oxide that is clog resistant and self sharpening for longer life.

Use a finer grit like 150 or 180 if you are between coats. Standard threaded extension poles. Use the same grit sandpaper you used with the drum sander. Floor refinishing screening pros cons.

You ll be screening most of the floor with the floor polisher and screens. So it is only right that i do an article about sanding wood floors with hand sanders. This knocks down any high spots on the disk that can dig too deeply into the finish when the polisher first starts up. Screens are simply sandpaper on an open faced grid like paper that allow dust and wood particles through it instead of solid sandpaper to prevent clogging but you still will.

If you have more that 200 sq. Wood flooring adds richness and warmth to your home but it cannot keep its natural beauty without a bit of maintenance. Professional pole sanders increase productivity thanks to a swivel head that assures flat surface contact without tipping or rocking. With that said i have now spoken to way too many people that will be sanding their floors by hand no matter what.

Since you are just doing a kitchen and sunroom you can decide on doing this manually with a pole sander or renting out a motorized sander with screens for the machine. Replacement sander head available. Hard work that can be alleviated with the use of a floor sander. The screened floor should appear opaque and unevenly dull like this.

Screening blends the edge sanded perimeter with the drum sanded field and polishes away sanding scratches. Accepts plastic female threaded pole sander head only. As i have said many times before sanding hardwood floors by hand can be a lot of hard work. 120 grit sanding discs can be used with the radius360.

To screen we recommend using a buffer. 120 grit 8 3 4 in. 4 tips for screening hardwood floors. Loop backed sandpaper that firmly attaches to the foam disc preventing debris from collecting behind the sandpaper and eliminating a major cause of streaking.

This unique sanding design can be used as a hand sander or used with.