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yeah! its not only me then!! we had to hand sand them because hte floor sander just tore throguh it, we tried an ordbital but I think we only tried 180 grit, not 240, so we ended up handsanding, probably took me 3 hours plus a shoulder joint each time, we stopped after 2 coats because we ran...

kinnonbell. did you have to sand in between coats??? and what did you use, we found that we had to hand sand after each coact, and even after 2 coats it looked pretty average ;(

I hired both the floor and orbital from bunnings, how did you guys get into the corners??? its just not physically possible !!

When do you use metho to clean the boards After the first coat? And I assume that the aim on sanding on second coat onwards is to get it as smooth as possible? While the subsequent coats will basically put an extra layer thus creating the layer of water look I can't believe some people...

WattleIdo you seem like a guy who knows his flooring stuff! I used 120 for the floor sanders except the room in the pic which we used 80 cos it had a layer of glue over it After the first coat we hand sanded with 24 because the tiny orbital sander with 240 Pads ripped the boards So...

yeah, if it was for my PPOR id definitely go professional, but oh well., when you sand between coats, what do you use? hand or floor sander, the floor sander would have torn the floor up even with 240grit, we used a tiny orbital sander and it still shredded the floor that we had to do it by...

yeah good point, many of the bunnings staff are ex tradies, some just not good enough, but you'd be surprised, many are retired or just sick of looking for work and all the associated headaches, many will say $35 per hour looking for your own jobs, insurance, tools, etc. vs $25 at bunnings with...

True, but I want to learn, no point in paying someone everutime and not learning And I'm sure it's not rocket science, but it's annoying to be to be told completely contradictory instructions

UPDATE: well I think I now will put the profession of professional floorer as up there for jobs I never want to have. after getting told by the first few bunnings staff that staining is a simple job and easier then painting, I was about to stain and gloss, however then a few flooring...

yes have done 3 jobs so far, and yes its quite physical especially bending over for the circular sander one of the previous jobs, every floorboard arced in the middle making sanding impossible, one of the jobs we put 2-3 coats and didnt look that shiny one of the jobs the circular saw...

almost correct ;) two said black japan is easy peasy, while one who said he did a flooring apprecnticeship said "do not stain if you are nt professional as it will end in tears, most pros even hate doing the staining" edit: another guy said that the japan black is whats in fashion but he said...

ive already made up my mind but on what Im going to do but can anyone give me their experience on floorboards I have some floorboards that have had carpet and lino over it, everything has been removed without too much fuss, one of the rooms still has glue on it which has been scraped off but...