I'm planning on sanding/varnishing our hallway floor soon using the usual belt and disc sanders (hired). However, whilst I believe the latter is fine for sanding right up to the skirting what is the panels opinion on dealing with the corners? No doubt the answer may well be 'normal sandpaper on a block' however I was wondering if there were any other tool/technique that may aid this task?
Also, whilst I've got the floor (no pun intended), can anyone suggest the best way to tackle the occasional unevenness of board height that we've got? Nothing too major - couple of mm tops - due largely to the slight cupping of some of the boards hence it is mainly at the edges. All guidance I've read on the topic suggest starting the initial coarse runs at a 45deg angle across the boards/room to allay this however given the narrow hallway I'm pretty restricted solely to running parallel with the boards. The devil on my shoulder is whispering to do a few runs of the electric plane to tackle the worst edges...?
Any other relevant tips (regarding sanding hallways in particular but I'll take anything!) would be most welcome.
Mathew