Glossary
Floor Sander Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential floor sander terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key floor sander vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in floor sander training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Board
- Floor plank.
- Chatter marks
- Ripples from sanding.
- Crowning
- Board center raised.
- Cupping
- Board edges raised.
- Drum sander
- Main floor sander.
- Dustless sanding
- Sanding with extraction.
- Edger
- Sands edges.
- Grit sequence
- Coarse to fine sanding.
- Oil-based finish
- Amber finish.
- Polyurethane
- Floor finish.
- Screen and recoat
- Light refresh.
- Stain
- Changes wood color.
- Tack cloth
- Removes dust.
- Trowel fill
- Filling gaps across the floor.
- Water-based finish
- Clear finish.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Floor Sander practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Floor Sander training.
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