Snading Floor Corners

Ideal for sanding in small spaces like closets bathrooms and stairs.

Snading floor corners. A walk behind sander like a drum floor sander and a floor edger to get into the corners and smaller nooks and crannies. We used the palm sander first at 80 grit then 110 grit and finally at 220 grit to finish up corners and difficult to reach places like doorjams. Cut or fashion a 1 4 by 3 4 by 3 inch piece of wood into a long sharp wedge. Before you start sanding remove everything from the room and vacuum the floor.

The goal to scraping a corner is to remove old finish and level corner with the rest of the floor. You ll need two kinds of sanders for the process. Fold the sandpaper over the sharp end and use it to sand inside tight corners. It s not great for sanding large areas but it gets into those little corners really well.

Sanding the edges of your room is a complete pain. The good news is that you can sand the edges slightly less than the main surface in fact it s a good idea to do so. The wedge works similar to a surgical tool allowing you to sand in short focused strokes with some power behind them. That way you ll get a heads up on and hopefully the knowledge to avoid some of the problems you might encounter and some of the mistakes beginners make.

None of it is rocket science but it will help you to read through all the sanding pages including first things first working with sanders and edgers and the sanding faq before you begin. The best floor sander for beginning diyers unless you plan to sand many floors in your lifetime your best choice of floor sander is the random orbital sander from one maker in particular. Cut the wedge smaller if needed. We achieve this with a good metal inch wide file you can find at a hardware store.

The best way to achieve this is by having a very sharp scraper. You can rent these from home improvement stores. The next challenge was this area.