sanding down a engineered oak floor

[dazzer]

sanding out scratches on a 4mm oak veneered floor,need medium and finish grit which grits. hire edge  and floor sander sizes have thier finishing grits at 40 to 60. iis it ok to use my rotex 150 rotary/eccentric sander

 

[jmbfestool]

sanding out scratches on a 4mm oak veneered floor,need medium and finish grit which grits. hire edge  and floor sander sizes have thier finishing grits at 40 to 60. iis it ok to use my rotex 150 rotary/eccentric sander

It's were the rotex 150 shines!

I sand all oak flooring I lay with my rotex 150 no dust and really quick.  I go round putting filler in all the knots and holes and then doing 4 rows or so at a time work my way along.

I once used a drum sander I hired ann they are crap and them large edge sanders are rubbish they spin like crazy hard to control i did put a few slight dents with the drum sander which I had to get out with my belt sander cus I did not own the rotex 150 at the time.

So I always used my belt sander from then on doing flooring untill I got my rotex 150 an used it and it's brilliant I used nothing else now.

Jmb

 

[dazzer]

thanks jmb,you have just clarified my actions,i have found that hire sanders arent up to much cop,so i returned to my 4 in makita previous to getting my ro 150,allthough i remeber having to go back with a finer grit because it left scratches,made by either the rotary motion or the eccentric motion with the ro 150,and as i am sanding down a pre finshed engineered floor as apposed to an unfinished oak floor,which grit would yo finish with?

 

[jmbfestool]

thanks jmb,you have just clarified my actions,i have found that hire sanders arent up to much cop,so i returned to my 4 in makita previous to getting my ro 150,allthough i remeber having to go back with a finer grit because it left scratches,made by either the rotary motion or the eccentric motion with the ro 150,and as i am sanding down a pre finshed engineered floor as apposed to an unfinished oak floor,which grit would yo finish with?

Oh I c.  Yeah the floors I have layed where unfinished as of course the finished ones wouldnt need sanding. Well I have always used a 80 grit in geared mode to go round quickly to remove the filler and anything else and get it all smooth and and flat. Then go round again with 80 in fine mode.  Then I finish it of with a 120grit but a worn 80 grit in fine mode does a smooth enough job for flooring and I find that its often enough so you dont need to use 120grit well thats me any way.  What you going to use as a finish?  Osmo?  I like Osmo nice stuff.    

Im going back to a job on the 14 feb fit some oak stairs and I layed his oak flooring so ill have a look at what it looks like as his flooring was an unfinished floor and needed sanding and I only used a 80grit for the entire floor in geared then fine mode. He wanted to stain the floor to save money so I recommend him to buy OSMO so I never got to see it finished.

I might take some pictures if it looks good  [tongue]

It must as he wants me back to do more work and wants me to do some more oak flooring in some other rooms.

JMB

 

[dazzer]

yes jmb i do use the osmo finishes,i layed this floor a few years ago,and a electrical company fitted all the music n audio in a cupboard,and they scratched the floor moving the unit in and out of the cupboard,so i am going there on the 16th of feb to sand the hallway and back living room to have it all look the same again,an insurance job,thanks for your input,sounds like we have been through similar tasks lol.

 

[jmbfestool]

No props! Just seems a shame no one else has chipped in to give some advice/tips/tricks! This topic has been hit over 200 times.

Jmb

 

[plaidma1]

Well, I have no advice, tips or tricks, but I have a question... what product do you use to fill engineered flooring?  Something sturdy... what if the missus wears high heels and stamps right down on a knot?  Interesting hypothetical, but a serious question.

 

[jmbfestool]

Well, I have no advice, tips or tricks, but I have a question... what product do you use to fill engineered flooring?  Something sturdy... what if the missus wears high heels and stamps right down on a knot?  Interesting hypothetical, but a serious question.

I use a 2pack filler which I get two different colours a dark and a lighter colour depends on what your colour of your wood is of course. Do a test sample then sand it flat then wet it and you can see what the colour it turns out to be once stained.  2pack filler is very very hard! Harder than wood so dont make a mountain with the filler as it will take you AGES to sand it flush with the wood. So your missus high heels will not put a dent in the filler your more likely dent the wood.

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/details.php?cat=Wood%20Fillers&product=25487&utm_campaign=comparison&utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=ncpc

Here is a link. I have used this brand der r many more other brands doing the same thing. Some do harder or easier sanding types of 2part.  They set really quickly so don't mix to much as it will go hard before you used all of it. I often have to do mix 4 times or more to fill all the knots and defects.

Jmb

 

[plaidma1]

Thanks for the reply, and the link, JMB.  I have some nice unfinished engineered hickory that will eventually go in my dining room, and I had wondered what the heck I was supposed to do with the holey knots.