Reopening soon

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.-- The Freedom I Fitness Center gym will be closed until Dec. 20 for refinishing. The gym floor will have new wax and painted lines after the resurfacing is completed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman)(RELEASED)

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Goodbye wax

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Andy Reid, contracted worker, uses a riding sander at the Freedom I Fitness Center Dec. 2. It is necessary to strip and rewax the basketball court floor every four years. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

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Sanding the corners

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.-- Mike Webb, contracted worker, uses a sand edger to remove the wax from the Freedom I Fitness Center gym floor Dec. 1. The gym floor is being resurfaced for routine maintenance and is required to be replaced every four years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman)(RELEASED)

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Sit and work

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.-- Andy Reid, contracted worker, uses a riding sander to remove the wax from the Freedom I Fitness Center’s gym floor Dec. 1. It will take approximately one week of sanding before the floor will be prepared for sealer and paint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman)(RELEASED)

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Hard at work

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Mike Webb, contracted worker, installs a new strip of sandpaper on a riding sander at the basketball court in the Freedom I Fitness Center Dec. 1. The riding sander spins the sandpaper at 600 rpm to level floors and remove the wax. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

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MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.-- Sandpaper is placed into the riding sander as contract workers refinish the Freedom I Fitness Center’s gym floor Dec. 1. The riding sander removes the top layer of the floor by rotating sandpaper on a spool at nearly 600 rpm. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman)(RELEASED)

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MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Mike Webb (left) and Andy Reid, contracted workers, empty a bag of dust from a riding sander inside the Freedom I Fitness Center Dec. 1. Similar to a vacuum, riding sanders collect the powder and dust created when sanding wax from floors into bags. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Douglas Ellis)(RELEASED)

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Gym floor receives face lift

Published Dec. 6, 2010

Reopening soon

Goodbye wax

Sanding the corners

Sit and work

Hard at work

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