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I’ve had a stroke of luck… found a guy who has a floor sanding business a few km away who was kind enough to lend me a Trio, as he has gone away for Easter!!! Tried it yesterday with 100 grit… WOW, what a difference! I will finish up with 120 grit today, and hopefully get to Osmo Wax the floor...

Can anyone please tell me how should you attach sheet sandpaper to a large orbital floor sander. I am trying to find a better solution than the local hire shop, as the results when using their machine are hit and miss. They use a large scotchbrite red pad which sticks to the plastic stipples...

I have now tried all over NZ and cant is seems get a Trio on hire. I have found one company who has one, but they want to do the job themselves (circa $1500). I am not willing to pay this, as i have just about finished the dam floor myself, save the fine scratch marks!! :x I wish i did "live...

Depends where you are, but ring the local council and ask for the planing dept. They will advise.

And another thought… suppose the floor was a parquet herringbone or similar, how do you finish with the grain then? :?

Also… have either of you guys heard of anyone backing (gluing) one paper on the back of another so that it will grip to the scotchbright pad?

Oh dear…. Now I really am confused! I thank you both for the advice, but it has put me in a dilemma too…. Which do I go with? To be honest I don’t have any faith in the Hire Shops here (NZ). None of them have any finer grit than 120, and most only have 100. I spent the whole of the other day...

Spent four days sanding using large orbital floor finishing sander… I thought it was looking great, but there are fine, no, hardly perceptible circular scratches on the floor, which when I tried a test spot with the wax oil, look awful. I started off with 40 girt on the sander, then went to...

Thanks guys.... what sort of buffing pad?

I think after consideration I will sand the floor and start again, not only are there overlap ‘stain’ marks, but also there are sanding scratch marks visible too. So, that was about $$$$ wasted in Osmo oil! It costs a dam fortune here in NZ!!!! Any one know of a company who would post some out...

I recently finished a beech floor, applied the Osmo Hardwax, (first coat) and have started to apply the second coat, but I have noticed that the first coat has overlapping dark areas where I guess I applied to slowly as the edge was drying too fast… anyway, there are noticeable dark ares where...