Chatter Marks On Hardwood Floors

Wave is a repeat of the first imperfection that runs repeatedly over the floor and is typically more than 1 1 2 inches apart.

Chatter marks on hardwood floors. You can send a picture. Other potential causes are belts with a flat spot drums with a flat spot bad bearings a worn upper roller and more. Chatter marks is a common term used to describe a rippling pattern of half circle marks that appear on hardwood floors as a result of improper sanding. First the floor would have to be sanded on a bit of an angle to remove the chatter or wave.

Although these marks are hard to detect. Waves are more like 10 inches apart. Poor seams on the abrasive belt drive belts and fan belts worn pulleys and bad bearings in the fan housing also can cause chatter and imperfections in the floor. Jan sverre haugjord 1 392 views 1 58 dull blade duration.

First of all if the floor is already stained it will require different sanding procedures than a floor that is unfinished. While it isn t easy to prevent these marks taking the following precautions before sanding the floor can go a long way towards preventing these problematic chatter marks. Chatter are like little ripple lines closely spaced. Ethan shows how and why chatter marks can happen on a belt sander.

Jan sverre haugjord 477 views 1 06. Rippling in a wood floor is called chatter if the ripples are less than 1 1 2 inches apart and waves if the ripples are more than 1 1 2 inches apart. Contractors often confuse chatter with wave. At any rate regardless the cause the only way to get rid of it is to sand the floor again.

In this case we removed the chatter by cutting the floor at a fairly steep angle with the big machine we didn t even need a multi disc sander. The wave is more likely an equipment issue. If the floor was simply sanded again in the same direction these marks would actually get worse. Either way the result is not pretty and can.

Chatter can be caused by a loose sub floor just as an example. He also talks about the difference between a butt joint and a lap joint. These marks are often referred to as chatter marks.