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Hi everyone,

I live in a ranch built in the late 50's. It has 2 piece molding
through-out, a base piece and shoe molding in front. I had my floors
refinished several years ago. It is the natural color of the wood with
a clear polyurethane coating. I am repainting one of my sons rooms and
would like to replace the molding with one piece that would be
typically 1/2 inch thick. Needless to say there would be approximately
5/8 inch of unfinished floor now exposed with the new molding. I do not
want to use quarter round to cover it. I have been trying to use a palm
sander to bring the sections by the wall down to match. I have gotten
halfway decent results after applying some polyurethane but can still
see a line. If used with a delicate touch would a belt sander be the
way to go? (I would rather own a belt sander than rent a edge
finisher).

Thanks,

Mark

You run a substantial risk of digging into the field if you use a
BS. My first shot might be to hand scrape it, using either a hook
scraper or a chisel held upright at a slight trailing angle. Then
maybe an oscillating sander would be faster than a straight
finishing sander to blend it in.

Paul

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