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Title: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
Post by: Generic Eric on June 10, 2014, 09:04:54 pm
Anyone? Bueller?  I'm looking for successful real world advise from someone that used something other than a drum sander?  Renting isn't much of an option given that we live 80 miles from anyone that rents sanders to begin with.
Title: Re: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
Post by: lcmgadgets on June 10, 2014, 09:55:12 pm
My roller skating instructor may have an answer (yes, u read that right). I'll c him tomorrow & ask.
Title: Re: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
Post by: Generic Eric on June 10, 2014, 10:02:03 pm
Quote from: lcmgadgets on June 10, 2014, 09:55:12 pm
My roller skating instructor may have an answer (yes, u read that right). I'll c him tomorrow & ask.
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Title: Re: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
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Title: Re: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
Post by: Generic Eric on June 10, 2014, 10:20:06 pm
Quote from: ed12 on June 10, 2014, 10:10:17 pm
u gotta tell me where u got that 1 from..i love it
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Just google internet high five.  found it on a forum long ago. 
Title: Re: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
Post by: ed12 on June 10, 2014, 10:23:51 pm
ya i did that exact thing right after i asked u..:):)
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Title: Re: Has anyone refinished hardwood floors without a drum sander?
Post by: Vigo on June 11, 2014, 10:51:30 am
A lot of the big box hardware stores rent them out, if you haven't checked that option out already.

Many of the modern floor refinishers are pretty much 4 orbiting sanders on a base, rather than one big drum. My understanding is they are generally better for lighter duty refinishing. If you have very rough condition wood floors, you will probably want a drum sander still. I'm sure you could just use a hand orbiting sander if the floor is not in that bad of condition.