Interesting. The guy did show me both, telling me I'd need to use the smaller one for edging and detail work. He sort of hinted that I'd find it very long to do the whole floor with the small hand-held job, but he may not have understood just how small my floor surface is.
I'd personally feel much more comfortable with the small hand-held job, if only because two of the five helpful Home Depot people said the large ones are tricky to handle, can buck/pull in unexpected ways, and do an uneven sanding job in inexperienced hands (ie, mine). So if I can get away with that, it would be awesome.
Do you recall at all how big your dining room floor in the UK was, and how long it took you to do the whole job? A day? Two days? A week?
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Date: 2008-04-25 08:07 am (UTC)I'd personally feel much more comfortable with the small hand-held job, if only because two of the five helpful Home Depot people said the large ones are tricky to handle, can buck/pull in unexpected ways, and do an uneven sanding job in inexperienced hands (ie, mine). So if I can get away with that, it would be awesome.
Do you recall at all how big your dining room floor in the UK was, and how long it took you to do the whole job? A day? Two days? A week?