Norminn wrote:

Marc wrote:

I've got wide pine flooring that needs to be refinished. The problem is
the planks are nailed with rosehead nails.

Unless floor sanding has changed, protruding nails would tear up the
sandpaper. If you have a tool the same size and shape as the nail head,
you can probably countersink them without marring them. If there is a
spare nail that can be pulled from an inconspicuous place, it might work
as a countersink, up side down. Or grind down a large nail head and
round off edges.

Thanks, Norminn, but I'm looking to see if there's some other type of
sanding medium. The nail heads are supposed to stick up slightly. The edges
of the nail heads are down at or below the surface. But their shape lets
the blunt center stick up. These are cut nails with a forged head. Not the
same as standard cut nails. It really is a nice look, and all my moulding
has the same nails.

It still may rip the paper, but not as bad as the edges of a normal nail
would. I was wondering if there was some medium such as Scotch-brite, or
maybe even some wire wheel. The flooring is pine, so it doesn't need to be
super aggressive.

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--Marc