But the best plan is to hire a drum
floor sander from any building hire shop.
Right, Richard uses an edging sander, and below right, a drum
floor sanderBoards in a worse state will need to be sanded with an industrial
floor sander. Hiring a sander - and an edger for where the sander can't reach - isn't particularly expensive, but it's hot, hard and dusty work.
This usually means sanding them with an industrial
floor sander and edger, which is hard, hot and dusty work.
Sometimes the boards are in such a bad state that only sanding them with an industrial
floor sander will do.
The best part: While you're picking up your
floor sander, you can purchase urethane, mops, brooms and brushes at the same time.
The quickest way to remove the paint is to hire a
floor sander. They cost about PS30 for 24 hours from Jewson (jewson.co.uk).
If the boards are in such a bad state that only sanding with an industrial
floor sander will do, this is much more of a mission.
SAND/PAINT A FLOOR Your local tool-hire shop may not be open on bank holidays, so if it isn't, make sure you pick up the equipment you need - an industrial
floor sander and edger - the day before.
A belt sander sporting a coarsegrit belt will knock down seams pretty fast, but you may have to rent a commercial
floor sander to grind down severe peaks.
You can hire a
floor sander from Martin Plant Hire and do this yourself.