If you have an edger that tends to scratch baseboards, you can make a "base saver" out of scrap wood. Take a piece of 3/4-inch-thick wood about 3 feet long and cut off a 1/8-inch-thick strip (a piece of cabinet scribe would also work). Glue a small block of wood to one end so the strip will stand up on edge. Place this on the floor between the edger and baseboard with the block to the right. You can push this along the base with the edger as you sand. If you get the thickness of the strip just right, you can sand right up to the base without ever touching it.
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If you have an edger that tends to scratch baseboards, you can make a "base saver" out of scrap wood. Take a piece of 3/4-inch-thick wood about 3 feet long and cut off a 1/8-inch-thick strip (a piece of cabinet scribe would also work). Glue a small block of wood to one end so the strip will stand up on edge. Place this on the floor between the edger and baseboard with the block to the right. You can push this along the base with the edger as you sand. If you get the thickness of the strip just right, you can sand right up to the base without ever touching it.
Thanks to Keith Baier at Sonora, Calif.-based Custom Hardwood Floors for his tip. Do you have a Trick of the Trade to share? Email it to WFB.
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