Lägler North America Blog
Lägler Premium Abrasives
Most abrasives are produced for other industries or for stationary belt sanding machines. These machines are mainly used to sand raw wood at a set speed, RPM and pressure. Those abrasives are then converted to sand hardwood flooring. Our approach is different. We know that our customers face challenges with raw wood, factory prefinished wood, […]
Prevention of Sanding Marks
The last thing you want with a floor you’ve sanded and finished is to have sanding marks pop like neon signs in the night. If you can spot sanding marks while standing at full height on the floor and looking only with ambient light, then something went wrong. This final blog post that comes from […]
How to Replace the Lägler FLIP® V-Belt
Have you noticed your Lägler FLIP® acting a bit different lately? Maybe you’re having a tough time starting it or the working speed has decreased. Maybe it feels like it isn’t running as smoothly as usual or the noise has gotten louder. The FLIP might be losing its steam to suck dust. It’s maintenance time. […]
Tips for Finishing Wood Floors
The past several months we’ve laid out how-to tips for using the big machine, edger, multi-disc sander and buffer. It’s a series of blog posts at your fingertips, but it’s also based on an industry-leading instruction manual written by Karl Lägler, “Sanding of Wooden Floors,” which is available for download at laegler.com. Now, let’s finish […]
Tips for Final Sanding Wood Floors
We’ve been rolling through Lägler’s “Sanding of Wooden Floors” manual bit by bit. We’ve talked about how to pull the best work out of your crew and your machines using the big machine, edger and multi-disc. But the formula for wood floor sanding success isn’t done ’til you nail the final sanding step. 5 Tips […]
How to Use a Lägler TRIO
Those who don’t know call the Lägler TRIO a buffer. Only those who don’t know. The way to feel what’s what is to get your hands on the TRIO and do some work – and to make sure you’re using it the right way. That comes with getting some practice laps at the source: Lägler’s […]
NWFA Sand + Finish Training at Lägler N.A.
Guest Post by Brett Miller, NWFA VP of Education & Certification For those of you who think you don’t have time for training, think again. Certainly, there is no better feeling than being “too busy” to take time off for career development, but what if you could learn new skills that could make you more […]
How Best to Use the Lägler FLIP
It seems to be something like an open secret that the Lägler FLIP® is engineered for versatility. The information is out there, in Lägler’s “Sanding of Wooden Floors” manual and in some pieces already on this blog. But we know how it goes. We haven’t read many manuals either – not for connecting a new […]
Sanding With A Big Machine
A lot of floor sanding pros probably are confident in their “how to sand with a big machine” knowledge. Many of you should be. Yet here we are talking about it, so hang with us … We talk with flooring pros everyday about basic techniques and why they are the best way to go. In […]
How to Test Floor Flatness with a Big Machine
Besides getting awesome Instagram shots on the job, of course, getting the floor flat is the most important part of sanding wood floors. But that’s harder to get just right if you don’t take a few minutes to figure out the flatness situation before you get started. You’ve got to know what’s out of whack […]