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Refinishing Vintage Hardwood Floors |
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Written by admin (Cranston, Rhode Island)
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Using The Disc Sander | Page 6 of 6
 The disc sander will be used to smoothen out the tougher blotches of paint, and the floor along the baseboards. This disc sander shown here is a Silver Line SL-7 floor edger, equipped with a vacuum fan and chamber.
Always keep the edger moving, working in a semicircular motion. When you sand along a wall where the wood grain runs perpendicular to the baseboard, rotate the edger to the right on each board so you avoid sanding against the grain. You could also sand from the wall or baseboard to the area that has already been cut by the belt sander. Using this method, you cut a line along the baseboard, and then sand out to the drum area in foot-long sections.
 You'll want to have a sit-in with the disc sander. A few minutes of bending over as the sander does its work might propel you to find a stool or milk crate to sit on. Here, our demonstrator, Felix, leads the disc sander along the baseboard, gliding himself and the crate along the same path and using his feet for guidance and support. This tip will likely save you a hernia or two.
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