You will have to sand around the edges of the room with the edging sander and sand the rest of the floor with the large drum sander.
Floor sanding uneven boards.
Testing lower grit paper on an uneven spot.
Nail down any loose boards with finish nails.
When you re sanding nail heads will rip the sanding belt which costs you money or gouge the sanding drum which costs you more money.
So countersink all nails by at least 1 8 in.
Sand the floor again with the drum sander this time using 50 grit sandpaper and sanding parallel to the boards.
Spot fill any areas from which.
To detect nails drag a metal snow shovel across the floor upside down.
If the floors were already sanded a number of times or.
Use the edger and a 50 grit disk to sand the edges.
Sanding stripping old uneven plank floors pine.
If you have really really uneven floorboards you could start by sanding with the large drum sander diagonally to the floorboards to even things out and then move on to sanding in the direction of the boards.
And if you sand boards before cutting or assembly you can use the tool that does deep sanding fastest.
Dealing with uneven solid wood floors requires extra steps but in most caaes can bring satisfactory results as.