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My 2p is that if it's new, raw and already looks good don't bother with the sanding. It should only be ~£150 all in, but it's a faff to do well. If you're just taking about a few footprints and dirt just use a small random orbital sparingly in those spots.
If you do go the whole hog, as said be careful with the edge sander - it's very easy to angle it by accident so it's not perfectly flat which is how you take a gouge out.
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if it's new, raw and already looks good don't bother with the sanding. It should only be ~£150 all in, but it's a faff to do well. If you're just taking about a few footprints and dirt just use a small random orbital sparingly in those spots.
That's what I'm hoping. Will have a look amd report back...
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Thanks for all this, fantastic advice. No real photos of the floor as it's being installed right now, so I'm out of the flat for the day. The work started yesterday and they did install some of the new boards. I had a look and it's pretty flat. I guess one option is to very lightly sand off any dirt etc then try a coat of oil, if the finish is ok then go ahead with subsequent coats but if not I could pay someone to sand it for me...