Type of Sander	Our Company	Most Internet Hire Companies	High Street Hire Shops
Endless Belt Machine 10"
Endless Belt Machine 8"
Expanding Belt Machine 8"
Wrap Around Drum 8" (with leaver operation)
Types of Sander	Endless Belt Machine 10" [Our Machine]	Endless Belt Machine 8"	Expanding Drum
Cost	£3,500	£1,800	£1,400
Amount of Dust	Virtually None	3-5%	8% Approx.
How User Friendly?	New to Market 10 out of 10	7-8 out of 10	6 out of 10
Amount (size) and Type of Sandpaper	750mm x 250mm: Zircon mix	600mm x 200mm: Ali Oxide	480mm x 200mm: Ali Oxide
How fast can you do 2 rooms?	1 day	2 or 3 days	3 days
Changing Abrasives	10 seconds	1 minute	1 minute
Quality of finish on floor	PERFECT	generally good but being an old and unbalanced type of machine, it can leave ripples	poor always, usually leaves a lot of ripples

This is a picture of our Belt sander, please note the oversized dust bag and oversized vacuum motor on top of the sander. It also has a clutch type lever which makes this sander easier to use without gouging big holes in your floors. What ever floor you sand it will sand properly and quickly normally with one pass.

These are like the drum sanders you will get from your local hire shops and most tool hire shops in England. Very Small capacity dust bag, you Need to physically tilt the sander backwards and forward for it to sand and by doing this you will be introducing gouge marks over your floor.

All drum sanders use paper notched sheets like this. Not only will you waste time lining the sheets up on the drum, screwing the sheets to the machine can also be tricky. If the sheet is slightly lose the sheet of paper will shred itself in seconds.

Chatter Marks

Our Continues Belt Sanders do NOT cause chatter marks

Chatter Marks' is a well-known term in the floor sanding industry all over the world. It describes a closely spaced repeating drum or 'ripple' mark which is visible in the floor following the sanding procedure. Almost impossible to feel with the hand, chatter marks show up more obviously when the finish (Lacquer) is applied to the floor and can ruin what could otherwise have been a great job.

Many floor sanding contractors literally spend hours sanding these chatter marks out of the floor with a rotary sander and while they might succeed at removing most of the 'chatter', they create another problem; circular marks in the floor which can look even more unsightly than the original imperfection that they were trying to correct. In any case, using a rotary sander to remove chatter marks is one of the biggest time-wasters in the floor sanding industry today. Understanding the causes of chatter marks and what type of sanding machine produces these (i.e.. drum sanders) will enable you to improve the quality of your work, save valuable time and money.