
We asked our followers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages this question, and they had plenty to say! Here are some of their responses:
… brag about not buying any equipment since the ’90s.
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We asked our followers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages this question, and they had plenty to say! Here are some of their responses:
Joe Dawson
… brag about not buying any equipment since the ’90s.
stisowoodfloors
… use screens and have a flip phone.
Elise Jenna Djurinovich
… put the lambswool mophead in the spirits bucket and jump on the lid till it seals.
Adrian Molitor
… tell you that your 220-volt planetary sander is a wasted purchase or a fancy buffer.
Mike Somodean
… three-cut a floor: 36/80 big machine, 100-grit screen on the buffer with no dust containment.
Jay Quinene
… think water-based finishes are garbage, still think the Power Drive is supposed to be operated like a buffer, and still don’t have a planetary sander.
eternity_floors
… sweep the dust with the broom before vacuuming.
Jim Hyde
… sand without vacuums.
genericwaterborne_gene
… buff stain with steel wool.
Chuck Kutchera
… are like my old boss—telling me that they don’t use pneumatic nailers because it makes the floors too tight, including strip flooring.
Jason Duron
… they keep saying “jitterbug.”
wood_floor_consulting
… still use 15-lb. roofing felt or tar-based kraft paper under the floor.
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elevated_flooring_nv
… have all corded tools.
Richard Catlin
… use a drum sander and cut their own discs from rolls to save 20 cents.
amishwoodfloors
… do 36 and 80 followed by lacquer and poly.
Woodman Flooring
… hang plastic for primary dust mitigation.
Tan Allman
… dust. Anywhere but in the bags.
Doug LeClair
… say, “I’ve done it this way for X amount of years and never had any problems.”
Gregory Dozorec
... use oil-based poly, hand-write invoices/estimates, say a planetary sander is a waste of time, think that penetrating oils are a poor finish, and hand-stain.
Integrity Hardwood Flooring LLC
… still charge $2.50 a sq. ft. for refinish.
Kevin Starling
… hand-scrape end walls, then hand-rub.
Christopher Morrison
… think swirls and straight scratches are acceptable.
Michelle Lundberg Reichow
… refer to 100-grit as “double aught.”
Harbour Precision Floors
… buff the floor with big mesh screens.
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