Sanding

Planetary and Multi-Disc Sanders 101: A Technical Primer

Lifelong wood flooring pro T.J. Haas found a lot of people hadn’t actually used or experienced multi-discs and planetary sanders for wood floors, so he put together this primer on the different types of machines.

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Things Your Wood Floor Sanding Equipment Wishes You Would Do

Here are some things we do that keep our wood floor sanding equipment working and making money instead of in my maintenance shop.

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Tell Us About the Most Difficult Wood Floor Job You Ever Did

We asked wood floor pros to share their most challenging jobs. Here are our favorite responses shared by our readers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages.

Wood Floor Q&A: Can I Replace the Twist-Lock Plug on My Edger?

Can you remove the twist-lock plug on your edger and replace it with a straight-blade plug? Well, yes, but this is what might happen—read this answer from wood floor sanding expert Russ Watts.

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Tools + Equipment

New Listings in WFB Buy/Sell/Trade Group: American Sanders Edger, Bona DCS, More

See the latest used items for sale in the Wood Floor Business Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook Group:

The Crazy Thing That Happened After the Chandelier Dented This Floor

"Honestly, on this job I never thought about this situation happening in a million years," says wood floor pro Josh Hansman about this repair of a wood floor with dents from a massive chandelier.

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Video: Angelo DeSanto on the Show Floor at TISE 2025

Wood floor pro and Wood Floor Business author/blogger Angelo DeSanto of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based wood floor contracting company Dande West takes viewers on a walk through the show floor at TISE 2025, the biggest flooring show in North America.

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How We Did This Floor: Edge-Grain in the Portland International Airport

Approximately 57,000 square feet of the Portland International Airport now has local edge-grain white oak wood flooring with an oil finish—a massive undertaking, even for a company like Pure Floors Inc. This is how they did it.

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What’s Your Favorite Tool You’ve Bought Recently?

Wood floor pros share their favorite tool/equipment purchases, from sanding equipment to installation tools.

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An Eye-Opener: Your Wood Flooring Equipment Costs vs. Labor

Wood floor pro Matt Garcia takes a deep dive into the actual costs of buying and maintaining the sanding equipment necessary to do wood flooring—and why it's such a small cost over the long term.

Investing in good equipment and its maintenance is a small cost over the lifetime of the tool.

Do You Need a Power Station? Yes, and Here’s Why

Wood floor expert T.J. Haas explains why wood flooring pros should use a power station (what some call a "booster") every single time they are plugging in their sanding equipment.

The best thing you can do to protect your expensive sanding equipment is to use a power station on every single job.

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