Wood Flooring Wall of Shame: Shameful Sanding

May 22, 2018

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Chicago-based contractor Greg Wegrzycki spotted this astonishing sand job. “The local general contractor used his own guys to refinish this floor; they didn’t have any experience,” he says. Amazingly, “they left that floor as-is.”

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Video: How to Know When Your Edger Brushes Are Bad

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Think Like A Brand: Why Your Flooring Business Needs A Real Identity

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Video: How I Ramp Up Voltage & Listen for Bad Bearings

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Video: Being Safe With Electricity When Working on an Edger

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Video: The First Thing I Do in an Edger Checkup

Video: How to Know When Your Edger Brushes Are Bad

How are your edger brushes doing? Do they need to be replaced? Do you know? I explain how you can figure it out in this short video.

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Think Like A Brand: Why Your Flooring Business Needs A Real Identity

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In the hardwood flooring industry, most business owners think in terms of tools, inventory and craftsmanship (which makes sense). But in today’s market, even the best-installed floor can be overlooked if the company behind it lacks a recognizable identity.

Video: How I Ramp Up Voltage & Listen for Bad Bearings

In Part 3 of my series on edger checkups, I demonstrate how I can ramp up voltage with an edger and listen for bad bearings.

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Video: Being Safe With Electricity When Working on an Edger

In this video, I show you how I make sure I am safe with electricity every time I am working on an edger.

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Video: The First Thing I Do in an Edger Checkup

What's the first thing sanding machine expert Wayne Lee does when someone brings him an edger to fix? He shows us in this video.

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An Edger After a Fire: Can It Be Saved?

Is this Galaxy edger worth salvaging after it's been in a fire? I take a look.

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This Is What I Found Inside the ‘Squealing’ Edger

A five-year-old FG Floortec Taifun edger that gets used extensively came to me recently with a complaint about a "squealing sound" and overloading on start-up—and this is what I found.

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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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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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Get Better Sanding by Taking Care of Your Drum

Here are some tips from sanding drum expert Jerry Brainerd for getting a longer life for your big machine drums and ensuring you get better, more consistent sanding in the meantime.

Some drum problems we see (clockwise from top left): a deep nail groove; chunks missing and the rubber almost melted on a rider drum; a chunk missing from next to the slot on a Galaxy drum from running it as a belt without having a shim in the slot; and a crack in the actual metal.

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Q&A: What Are These Strange Raised Areas in this Wood Floor?

After sanding, water-popping and staining the wood floor, these strange raised areas appeared. What are they and where did they come from?

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Wood Floor Mystery #8: Is This Floor Fungus Among Us? Part 2

Wood flooring pro Stephen Diggins reveals what the mysterious black substance in the back of this consumer's closet that appears to be mold really is.

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Wood Floor Mystery #8: Is This Floor Fungus Among Us? Part 1

Wood floor pro Stephen Diggins' latest wood floor mystery involves photos of a floor that appear to show black mold growing on the floor. But is that what it is?

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