As a guy who uses this machine every summer you want to have the machine at your belt line then adjust to directly under the belt or just above it, it makes life so much easier and much easier to control
The mastic is much easier to remove by flooding the floor with TSP substitute. It will dissolve and can be cleaned up with black pad then vacuum up the slury . Allow to dry then sand floor as necessary.
this company makes many grits to take this wood floor all the way to satin ready to stain and or urethane coat. You can add an accessory shroud around your machine and install a cyclonic separator between the vacuum and your machine. virtually no dust will clog the vac filter. It works amazingly and saves so much time The separator only costs less than $60. You could have filled some of those gaps with filler before doing the stain and urethane. a smaller hand sander would have done the edges well. All circular scratches would have been eliminated had you used the other progressive grits for a perfect job.
if this works on indoors wood floor can it work on decks? i know they have an angle grinder version for decks but this would do it so much faster. is there a reason this giant indoor version wont work on decks?
Good question! May want to ask diamabrush if it would work. Hardwood floors don't have the larger gaps between the planks like a deck. I would worry with the hardwood tool the heavy machine may bend the blades if they drop down between two deck planks. maybe that's why they have the much smaller one for decks?
Terry I used a edge sander to get the last bit off, I got as close to the walls as possible with the diamabrish. Had to use an orbital hand sander for the stairs.
An angle grinder with 35 grit sand paper (double it up) could work. I've used an edge sander and after two different houses, I am not a fan of it. Angle grinder? Pretty dope but make sure to use 80 or 120 grit as well b/c 35 grit will remove and scar too much if not careful.
As a guy who uses this machine every summer you want to have the machine at your belt line then adjust to directly under the belt or just above it, it makes life so much easier and much easier to control
The mastic is much easier to remove by flooding the floor with TSP substitute. It will dissolve and can be cleaned up with black pad then vacuum up the slury . Allow to dry then sand floor as necessary.
Your floor came out beautiful, great job!!!
How long did it take you with the diamabrush and how many square feet all together? It looks like it eats through pretty quick.
Very impressive!
this company makes many grits to take this wood floor all the way to satin ready to stain and or urethane coat. You can add an accessory shroud around your machine and install a cyclonic separator between the vacuum and your machine. virtually no dust will clog the vac filter. It works amazingly and saves so much time The separator only costs less than $60. You could have filled some of those gaps with filler before doing the stain and urethane. a smaller hand sander would have done the edges well. All circular scratches would have been eliminated had you used the other progressive grits for a perfect job.
Amazing
if this works on indoors wood floor can it work on decks? i know they have an angle grinder version for decks but this would do it so much faster. is there a reason this giant indoor version wont work on decks?
Good question! May want to ask diamabrush if it would work. Hardwood floors don't have the larger gaps between the planks like a deck. I would worry with the hardwood tool the heavy machine may bend the blades if they drop down between two deck planks. maybe that's why they have the much smaller one for decks?
What color/brand stain did you use?
I believe it was Minwax "Early American" for this floor.
How did you do the Edges
Terry I used a edge sander to get the last bit off, I got as close to the walls as possible with the diamabrish. Had to use an orbital hand sander for the stairs.
An angle grinder with 35 grit sand paper (double it up) could work. I've used an edge sander and after two different houses, I am not a fan of it. Angle grinder? Pretty dope but make sure to use 80 or 120 grit as well b/c 35 grit will remove and scar too much if not careful.