Is this sander good for edging wood floors and stripping layers of paint off a hardwood floor?
1567237
My understanding of sanding wood floors is you need a belt sander and MUST sand in the direction of the grain. This is a great sander but it's orbital so I would think it would not be optimal for floors. I use this to sand the bottom of my boat. What's really great is there are holes in the sanding disks and with a shop vacuum hooked up it's virtually dustless but again - I think you need a belt sander.
1567238
yes, this sander is good for any project, just select the proper coarseness paper like a 60 and set it to removal mode, then keep it moving because it is very effective.
1567239
Sorry, I have never edged hardwood floors. On the paint removal, I can tell you that in its aggressive mode, it will take paint off of anything and do it fast. And I lean on this thing when I have uneven panels to smooth. I think you could sit on it and it would work just fine. I use it for the biggest challenges, change modes and use it for fine sanding. No matter what I give it, it just keeps on taking it. By the way, when you put it in the aggressive mode, hand on tight!
1567240
I would say yes. This is a great multipurpose sander with plenty of power. If you have a lot of floors to do I would recommend getting a actual edger. Personally I did a whole floor (350sq ft) with this sander because to rent floors sanders would have been very expensive.
1567241
Absolutely. I have used it for that and with the turbo mode it is unbeatable.
1800941
We use this to clean our travertine floors. I don't think the unit rotates fast enough to sand wood floors. You would be better off renting the commercial sander from Home Depot.
1956579
Not really. The connections are light weight plastic to make sanding overhead easier. Sanding a wood floor requires a lot of pressure and I dont think the fittings will handle that It works great on drywall.
1908016
I think this is better suited to sanding corners and areas that are difficult or inaccessible with other power tools. It moves rapidly and may damage veneers.
1732275
It's really a finishing sander. To remove several layers of paint I would use a chemical stripper first and then sand well before repainting.
1252274
The Bosch is a fine sander but not made for this kind of job. You need to rent a industrial heavy belt sander. You could use the Bosch if you have a couple of years to do the job!
2112300
I am not a professional wood worker by any means. I have used this for a few projects but not on a table top. I see no problem with using this sander for that purpose. "I wood".
187710
Yes. It has worked great on all the wood I have used it on. Unless the wood is paineted, its not meant to sand paint off.
2177208
Should work just fine, but Joe has a point about 'softness' of the pad. Even if it's not exactly what you're looking for, it's good to have a more varied type of pad in case you have some light contour sanding. It should also work just fine for regular 'flat' sanding. Might be a tad less aggressive.
1139942
Sure it will work because it is variable speed but the efficiency will depend on what your project is and how aggressive you can be... it's not a belt sander you know. You will sure enjoy it though... Just make sure you don't skimp on quality sand paper since the paper does most of the work...
1226419
I use the machine to clean my hardwood floor the same as I do my rugs. There is no sander attachment I know about.
2014083
No it specialized for flooring.. Air staplers are cheap. This is a nice tool, don't mess is up by disabling the saftey
271202
This is a fairly small belt sander that's intended for delicate work. It will obviously work on harder woods, but it's primarily designed for use on soft woods, like spruce and balsa. So, you wouldn't really require a dust port...it would make such a small power tool unwieldy and difficult to use if one were even attached. And being small, it doesn't produce anywhere near the power and dust that a full size belt sander would use. Being only 150 watts, it doesn't get all that hot either....more like "warm" during normal use. Any amount of heat generated also depends highly on how long you're using it (the "on" time).
794630
I would say the variable speed sander is better adapted to type of surface, hardness of wood, etc., where you might use it, because the speed can be adjusted.
460700
Both questions can be answered with a yes. To use it while sanding wood, you will have to rig up some kind of attachment to the sander.
588335
i suppose if you are careful.....am assuming you are talking about an under layment wood surface, not any flooring, e.g. pine, oak, etc. I would use a sander instead.
2003033
We purchased this sander to do our ceilings. We removed the popcorn ceiling in order to paint them. This sander worked beautifully. Very easy to use and contours to the ceiling!