Sanding Hardwood Floors

[Scoobum]

I'm off this week...and I wanna sand the hardwood floor in the spare bedroom. I did the diningroom floor years ago with a drum sander...and it turned out great. I heard there's new sanders out there at the Rentall places that are more forgiving than the drum sanders. Any info would be appreciated.
 

[larrym]

for just a refinish guys use a square buff its a giant palm sander........ .

[daveismissing]

I found the drum sander almost impossible in a Br. You could only move a couple of feet and the handle stops your travel, too easy to get a ridge. Big pad sounds much safer.

[Scoobum]

Think you're right. Was checking on Youtube and they have a triangular sander with three pads on it. Might be the hot ticket.

[Scoobum]

Rented the orbital sander from Home Depot this morning...did a nice job. Just finished throwing a coat of varathane on it. One more coat in the morning...and pound the new baseboards on on Wednesday.

[Steve Wood]

see?  we told you it was easy!

[SuperSix]

Pics?

[Scoobum]

see?  we told you it was easy!

Sanding was easy...loading the damn thing in the car...and then hauling it up the stairs to the 2nd floor almost killed me. It weighs a ton.