Sanding Vs Scraping Floors

That s not to say you can t get a killer finish prep with a well tuned scraper its just not my preferred way of doing it.

Sanding vs scraping floors.

Which method is better. Sanding the floor erases the scraping and your hand scraped floor is now a smooth floor. In this instance the goal of sanding isn t to remove every last speck of. Unlike sanding which requires tackling the entire floor you can buff only small areas of your floor if needed.

When floors were first laid cabinet scrapers left which have two handles and a tiny hook edge were the scraper of choice. On more even grained wood like maple the difference is a lot less noticeable provided the sanding was accomplished correctly. You can avoid this dilemma by screening and re coating a procedure that refurbishes the old finish without. As for results it depends on the final finish.

These are capable of very fine cutting over a variety of grain directional changes characteristic of parquet floors producing a finer finish than sanding. Sanding is fine if you re planning to paint over the surface anyway. Scraping actually cuts the wood fibers leaving a sharper contrast of the grain in porous woods like oak and walnut. Sanding abrades the surface leaving scratches everywhere.

It uses a disc of sandpaper rotating at high speeds. An edge sanding machine allows us to sand right up to the walls and get in small tight places like corners and closets. Sanding vs scraping article november 26 2008. Call me lazy but i would much rather sit there and let the sander.