EN Anyone can grind their wooden floors! • No marks when starting and stopping • You can grind against the grain of the wood • Grinding is virtually dust-free • You can grind close to corners and edges (approx. 2 cm) • Works on all wooden floors

HTC Wood grinding guide NB! These are HTC’s recommendations. All floors are unique and differ depending on age, type of wood used and previous treatment.

Presentation of tools & accessories Wooden box for wood grinding items A complete box including all tools and accessories below. (art.no 212008) EZ SL 30 Wood - 9 pcs (art.no 21286) A coarse tool. A tool for levelling of uneven floors, e.g. duckboards, and removal of thick lacquer. EZ SL 50 Wood - 9 pcs (art.no 21287) Recommended starting tool for most floors when removing lacquer and oil. Flexible tool holder - 3 pcs (art.no 112794) Flexible tool holder for grinding with the diamond tools. Abrasive paper 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (art.no 10780, 10781, 10782, 10783, 10785) 50 pcs in each package/grit...

Grinding and tooling guide The diamond tools EZ SL 30 and 50 are used to remove old lacquer and oil, and for levelling of uneven floors. The tools should always be used with flexible tool holders. When old finish has been removed from the floor, switch to sandpaper and continue grinding with finer grit sizes. Start according to alternative 1. The tools are used only when abrasive paper isn’t effective enough to remove old finish. Tooling guide Flexible holder Use Foamflex together with sandpaper. Alternative 1. To make sure the job is done the easiest way possible, start according to Alternative...

& Clean the floor thoroughly so that no gravel or other debris can scratch the surface during grinding. Mount holders for the abrasive paper. er Place the flexible pads followed by desired sandpapers. See the tooling guide on page 4. & Let the machine down and ensure the splash guard fits neatly along the floor. This is important for the vacuum cleaner to function properly.

Begin with an edge grinder or a corner grinder and grind the edges and corners approx. 3 cm from the wall. You will reach the rest with the HTC 420. Connect the dust extractor hose with the grinding machine. Start the machine. Emergency stop Turn on and off during grinding NB! Grind at low speed, approx. 2 on the machine, for the tools and papers to operate effectively. At higher speeds the tools or sandpapers risk breaking. Tip! Run the dust extractor and the grinding machine on different fuses in the building to prevent the fuse to blow. It doesn’t matter in which direction you move the machine...

If the sandpaper isn’t effective enough to remove the old finish, mount the flexible tool holders. Put the tools in place and start grinding according to Alternative 2 just like the tooling guide on page 4 recommends. Follow the supplier’s instructions when applying desired finishing. For oil or hardwax-oil: Remove dust underneath the machine. Switch to grey pad holders and pink pads. Rub the oil into the floor using the minimum speed while simultaneously grinding the floor to remove raised fibers of the wood.

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