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.
Chatter marks on hardwood floors.
Waves are more like 10 inches apart.
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Contractors often confuse chatter with wave.
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.
He also talks about the difference between a butt joint and a lap joint.
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.
Although these marks are hard to detect.
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.
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Either way the result is not pretty and can.
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Chatter for the most part is not severe and for the most part is a vibration issue.
First of all if the floor is already stained it will require different sanding procedures than a floor that is unfinished.
Ethan shows how and why chatter marks can happen on a belt sander.
If the floor was simply sanded again in the same direction these marks would actually get worse.
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The wave is more likely an equipment issue.
Chatter are like little ripple lines closely spaced.
Other potential causes are belts with a flat spot drums with a flat spot bad bearings a worn upper roller and more.
Chatter can be caused by a loose sub floor just as an example.
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.
First the floor would have to be sanded on a bit of an angle to remove the chatter or wave.
At any rate regardless the cause the only way to get rid of it is to sand the floor again.