sanding

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:14 pm

will one of those basic sanders from lowes work with sanding some interior peices? its like 12000 circles per minute or whatever.. for like 50 bucks

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:38 pm

Do it by hand. You get a better feel for wat your doin. Are you going to be painting parts?

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:03 pm

by hand? yeah right.. im a lazy kid.. no doing it by hand.

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:08 pm

Ok well what are you going to be sanding?

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:10 pm

a pillars.. b pillars.. c pillars..

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:16 pm

Yea i dont see why that sander wouldnt work.

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:19 pm

well i already have a little black and decker mouse sander and it sucks... doesnt work at all..

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:29 pm

dude, its better if you do it by hand...........

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:32 pm

yea i dnt have faith in those. is there a Harbor Freight Tools in your area?? if so check them out. they have good but affordable tools

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:43 pm

just curious why better by hand? isnt a sander do the same thing just faster? im not trying to be smart. just want to understand.

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:50 pm

By hand... Sure it will take longer but you can get more of the lil details out of the way. thats how i see it. I wana hear someone elses point though

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:10 pm

X 200.000 thats the best way to do it for sure

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:39 pm

Also it's pretty easy to screw up a part by using a electric sander. Say the piece or an area starts to heat up and deform, how will you know? It'll be hard to tell because you're feeling it through the vibrating sander. Also you can normally get a smoother finish by hand

Post by **racer12306** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:45 am

lawhon · Post by **lawhon** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:08 am

think of it this way...........you stand a chance of burning it and having spots that are lower with the power tools with plastic!

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:50 am

ok heres the deak.. i tried sanding by hand last night.. not gonna happen.. ill be buying a sander today.

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:15 am

well dont come back to us crying 'cause you f'ed your shit up.....'cause I have a feeling that you will since you seem to be in hurry to get this done.

good luck.

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:23 am

no im not in a hurry at all.. but i have to sand with 80 grit to get the texture out.. then after that i will sand by hand.. its just the intitial get the texture out part that would take forever..

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:51 am

teamliviD wrote:well dont come back to us crying 'cause you f'ed your shit up.....'cause I have a feeling that you will since you seem to be in hurry to get this done.

good luck.

Either way take your time. Dont rush it.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:10 pm

you a random orbital sander, I've been using them for years with wood and other materials.