Today we rented a floor sander to sand the OSB boards we have put on the floor. The one we got was an orbital sander. Wrong kind for this job. The first problem was the sandpaper. Bill put a piece on and within 5 seconds it was ripped and flying off the machine. He put the second one on, must not have done something right. That one lasted maybe 15 seconds. Called the rental place and they told us that you have to pull the paper backing off to expose the adhesive side for it to stay in place. There is no backing, there is no adhesive side. Oh, we must have sold you the kind without the adhesive that holds it onto the machine. No problem just put 5 sheets on at a time and it will work. Okay, glad Bill bought lots! Sandpaper stays on but Bill cannot control the machine. He is a big strong guy and he had no control on where that baby was going. Called the rental place back; when Bill rented it he told them what we were going to be doing with it. Oh, OSB boards have too much glue in them you can't use an orbital sander and no we don't have drum sanders.
This is the orbital sander we could not use.
Off to town to rent a drum sander. These are the lines and markings we need to sand out of the OSB boards. Also the sanding will give a nice smooth level surface for us to seal.
First strips of sanding. The entire floor will get a sand. We will use the drum sander for all of it except the edges and corners and I will use a belt sander to get in close.
After the sanding was done we have this much sawdust from the floor. We will use a bit of it to fill the spaces between the boards to make them disappear.
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