Originally written for Hardwood Floors Magazine’s Contractor Blog on April 27, 2014. Professionals don’t Google their profession. Notice there wasn’t any “Google it” advice in my blog. Unfortunately, sense is not that common, so focus on attending schools and having good machines. We are a company specialized on the import and distribution of quality and affordable Wood. Read wood literature (yes, buy real books, sit down and read), attend technical schools, buy the right machines and use common sense. ETHIO MAPLE WOOD FLOOR, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Here is how to avoid the list of issues mentioned above: There is a certain art to understanding what you’re doing to a floor while sanding it. Work your grit up until at least 100 before you start buffing. Your buffer will not take that scratch out (but my Trio will). If you happen to hit a nail, change out your belt. Have a super-clean floor and super-good abrasives. You can’t put 36-grit scratches in it and expect to be able to remove them. it is a good idea to have one or two guys just checking you while you’re applying the finish. It is light, so even after you buffed it between coats, you can’t really see where you applied finish and where you didn’t. That is the only way you’ll know how your sanding is going (well, you can always wait for the finish coat, which will pop the hell out of everything you did to that poor maple). You will need to get on your hands and knees with a light so that your eyes are only a few inches away from the floor. Because maple is so light, scratches will not be so easy to spot like on oak floors. If you understand these three factors, you will sand a maple floor very successfully. Maple is light in color, hard and has a closed grain. Thickness planer marks on every stair tread (new install).Scratches from the big machine (with the direction of the floor).It had every imperfection you can think of: I recently was asked to look at a maple floor to fix. You are most likely going to refinish one maple floor every few years, so you will not get that many chances to practice. Sanding a maple floor is not like sanding oak. They quickly realized their technique was poor, and their sanding sequence was mediocre at best. Well, guess what? I had to come over and open my big mouth. Those guys were in the business of floors for more than 20 years. It looked okay, and it had a clear finish, which is pretty forgiving. When they were done, it didn’t look good. Three guys took the task to sand that floor. There was only one panel that was made out of maple, the rest were red and white oak panels. So You Think You Can Sand? How About Maple?īy Avi Hadad for Hardwood Floors MagazineĪ few years back I attended a floor technical school.
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