I have spent time patching and repairing the parquet floor which covers the whole ground floor of my new house. It is douglas fir in a herringbone pattern.
I hired a drum sander (i know a continous belt sander is preferrable but i couldnt find any in Northern Ireland) and sanded the whole lot down with 36 grit and then 80 grit.
So far i'm very happy with how it looks but due to some problems with the sander, i've had to return it to the hire company (with a complaint!).
Obviously i need to hire another machine for the 100 grit and 150 grit sanding. So my question is: would i now be better hiring an orbital "re-finishing sander" for the fine sanding, rather than the drum sander again? the drum sander has left some faint lines in the direction of sanding.
The ones i have access to are:
http://www.hss.com/g/5432/Floor-Re-Finish-Sander.html
http://www.hss.com/g/5218/Commercial-Finish-Sander-240v.html
Any opinions are greatfully received.....thanks.[/url]
I hired a drum sander (i know a continous belt sander is preferrable but i couldnt find any in Northern Ireland) and sanded the whole lot down with 36 grit and then 80 grit.
So far i'm very happy with how it looks but due to some problems with the sander, i've had to return it to the hire company (with a complaint!).
Obviously i need to hire another machine for the 100 grit and 150 grit sanding. So my question is: would i now be better hiring an orbital "re-finishing sander" for the fine sanding, rather than the drum sander again? the drum sander has left some faint lines in the direction of sanding.
The ones i have access to are:
http://www.hss.com/g/5432/Floor-Re-Finish-Sander.html
http://www.hss.com/g/5218/Commercial-Finish-Sander-240v.html
Any opinions are greatfully received.....thanks.[/url]