Where to rent a sanding machine?

Accomodation, House and Garden
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Anyone know where i can rent a sending machine in Zug??

It needs to be a large upright one with a bag as it it for outside on two balconies (total area about 110m2) .

Its for the Ikea decking (which is crap btw) , so i am planning on sanding the whole lot and then varnishing before the summer kicks in.

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iirc the Bau&Hobby in Cham rents floor sanders.

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Can't remember if these guys rent stuff or not

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I just called them. They dont rent anything out.

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I call them as well, they dont rent out.

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Trying to refinish that click-together decking sounds like opening a can of worms, tbh. I've installed some of it in the past, and the adjoining /adjacent pieces do not always sit flush to one another. Everything will need to be sanded down(with an orbital floor sander) to the height of the lowest slats, more or less. Those tiny slats of wood may just get pushed around by the power of an orbital sander - they are not fixed to the concrete underneath and they are attached to one another with a cheap spongy plastic. In other words, it may actually be easier to use a small handheld random orbital sander, on your knees, to quickly sand the surface of each slat (without having to sand down the adjacent slat to match). There's only a few thousand of them...

whatever finish you use will only treat/seal the surface. What about the back and sides? Before you start, be sure to flip a few tiles over and check for mold and rot.

You could maybe try power washing a small area, treating it with teak oil, and seeing if the results are good enough to make the whole sanding process unnecessary.

good luck.

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Looks like i will have to pay CHF 100,000.00 for a workman to come and do it

Any other solutions anyone?

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Try calling the bau und hobby again and asking them where the nearest place that rents floor sanders is.

Why do you want to sand it? As Pilatus notes, it's probably not going to work out well.

If they're just discoloured then a power wash, possibly with a scrub with oxalic acid (enka) will usually brighten the wood up. Then treat with oil, rather than varnish. BLO (Boiled Linseed Oil) is pretty good.

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According to their website, the B/H in Pfäffikon SZ, only 30 minutes from you, rents sanding machines:

https://www.bauundhobby.ch/service/h...ation_bona/_de

The page lists the stores where machines can be rented.

Also, you might try these guys, found through a google search, so no personal experience, this is nothing other than info:

https://www.bodenschleifmaschinen.ch

There appears to be a Filiale in Zürich.

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Coop rent them out, our local one in Glarus, we rented it a couple of years back, not exactly cheep though and you need to buy the sanding disk and foam holder thing on top.

Also, they are VERY powerful, it WILL throw you across the room the first time you turn it on!! make sure the room is totally clear of everything, also if you can seal the room off, the amount of dust these things kick up is unreal, so wear a mask !!

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Good advise, i already have a small hand one with a bag.

Its just the size of the two balconies means it will take forever.

I think it will probably just be cheaper and quicker to buy a better quality decking.

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Something like this3275650) ?

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No, its outside.

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Hornbach in Galgenen. Bauhaus in Schlieren.

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Okay, thanks for all the advise, i think it will make sense to do a power wash and then some teek oil fun.

So now my question is, where can i rent a power washer???

and what is the correct german name of such a device?

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Hochdruckreiniger

Hornbach, Littau :

https://www.hornbach.ch/cms/de/ch/me...etservice.html

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"Hochdruckreiniger"

None in Zug on sharely.ch, but the usual bau&hobby type places rent them out.

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It also looks like you could probably find one to buy used on ricardo.ch for maybe the same price as the rental.

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Are the prices on the page page rental or purchase? its not so clear

https://www.hornbach.ch/shop/Maschin...uckreiniger%20

If its purchase, then it seems i can just buy one for 300-400 bucks and then im good to go.

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That's purchase. You could go cheaper, but the cheapo ones are usually less robust, so the wands etc wear out/break.

For what you're doing you don't want all that much power - better to use chemistry and multiple passes at a low setting than just blast the top 2 mm off.