I am proposing to sand my bathroom floor .It's not very big .....about
4 sq m in total .

I have been looking at belt sanders and don't want to spend a lot on
one .There are some at as low as £35 and others in £100-200 .I'd be
wanting to keep to the £60-£80 range .

Has anyone any recommendations and sources ?

Stuart

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:03:51 +0100, Stuart B
wrote:

I am proposing to sand my bathroom floor .It's not very big .....about
4 sq m in total .

I have been looking at belt sanders and don't want to spend a lot on
one .There are some at as low as £35 and others in £100-200 .I'd be
wanting to keep to the £60-£80 range .

Has anyone any recommendations and sources ?

Stuart

I should have added I already have an orbital and a detail sander .

"Stuart B" wrote in message

I should have added I already have an orbital and a detail sander .


So buy a dozen or more of course disc pads for the orbital sander,don't
forget to hammer the nails into the FB's

If you do end up buying the BS do not pause the BS on the floor boards
otherwise you'll leave a hollow :-)

Stuart B wrote:

I am proposing to sand my bathroom floor .It's not very big .....about
4 sq m in total .

I have been looking at belt sanders and don't want to spend a lot on
one .

Probably cheaper to hire a decent one for the job.

There are some at as low as £35 and others in £100-200 .I'd be
wanting to keep to the £60-£80 range .

The low end belt sanders are usually pretty poor - you need one with a
metal chassis to be any practical use.

Has anyone any recommendations and sources ?

Ebay may find you a pre loved example. Failing that look at a random
orbit sander.

More he

http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/powertools/sander.htm


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Stuart B wrote:
I am proposing to sand my bathroom floor .It's not very big .....about
4 sq m in total .

I have been looking at belt sanders and don't want to spend a lot on
one .There are some at as low as £35 and others in £100-200 .I'd be
wanting to keep to the £60-£80 range .

Has anyone any recommendations and sources ?


Belt sanders are vicious beasts, very hard to control. A rndom orbit sander
with a 40 grit disc gives nearly as much stock removal with much more
control and will be a more useful tool afterwards.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message

Belt sanders are vicious beasts, very hard to control. A rndom orbit
sander
with a 40 grit disc gives nearly as much stock removal with much more
control and will be a more useful tool afterwards.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257



They're only fierce if used the wrong way. :-)

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:12:53 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Stuart B wrote:
I am proposing to sand my bathroom floor .It's not very big .....about
4 sq m in total .

I have been looking at belt sanders and don't want to spend a lot on
one .There are some at as low as £35 and others in £100-200 .I'd be
wanting to keep to the £60-£80 range .

Has anyone any recommendations and sources ?


Belt sanders are vicious beasts, very hard to control. A rndom orbit sander
with a 40 grit disc gives nearly as much stock removal with much more
control and will be a more useful tool afterwards.


Thx for that
I do have one already so I'll get some coarse discs and try them to
see how that goes .

Belt sanders are vicious beasts, very hard to control. A rndom orbit sander
with a 40 grit disc gives nearly as much stock removal with much more
control and will be a more useful tool afterwards.

I'd say a belt sander is more of a "reshaping" than a "refinishing"
tool.

For 4 sq m (in presumably a "use once" scenario), it falls short of my
criteria for "buy a new tool" if another tool (your random orbit
sander) is available that could tackle the job in a couple of hours at
most.

However, let no rationalisation stand in the way of you buying a new
power tool if you want it.

wrote:
Belt sanders are vicious beasts, very hard to control. A rndom
orbit sander with a 40 grit disc gives nearly as much stock removal
with much more control and will be a more useful tool afterwards.

I'd say a belt sander is more of a "reshaping" than a "refinishing"
tool.

For 4 sq m (in presumably a "use once" scenario), it falls short of my
criteria for "buy a new tool" if another tool (your random orbit
sander) is available that could tackle the job in a couple of hours at
most.

However, let no rationalisation stand in the way of you buying a new
power tool if you want it.

LOL :-)

"I need it for the business love".


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257