new2diy
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I’m working on a refinishing project for my hardwood stairs and needed some guidance on best practices. Already did all of upstairs with a drum sander and now I have the stairs left to go, which I know will be a challenge. I plan on staining a “weathered grey” color and then applying poly.
Questions I had were as follows:
1) Do I use an edge sander, a dual action sander/palm sander or both?
2) Do I need to remove those white moldings on each side, or can I just cover them with painters tape?
3) Large rooms call for using a floor buffer after a drum sander and edger, what is the equivalent of this or would my dual action sander/hand sander work just fine?
4) There are wooden shoe moldings in between each step, so these get sanded by hand?
Thank you!
Questions I had were as follows:
1) Do I use an edge sander, a dual action sander/palm sander or both?
2) Do I need to remove those white moldings on each side, or can I just cover them with painters tape?
3) Large rooms call for using a floor buffer after a drum sander and edger, what is the equivalent of this or would my dual action sander/hand sander work just fine?
4) There are wooden shoe moldings in between each step, so these get sanded by hand?
Thank you!
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