Help with choosing a sander.

[BEdwards]

If I wish to sand an area of lumpy plasterwork to obtain a smooth finish, which kind of sander would be best to use (Random orbital, belt.... )? It is too large an area to reasonably do it manually with a sanding block! Any advice would be gratefully received.

Many thanks,

Ben

 

[eggplant]

Is this indoors? a random orbital will be fine but believe me, you will be seeing dust in every room from now till the next milenium.

 

[BEdwards]

Yes, it is indoors. We had a doorway blocked up as part of some building work and the builders didn't make a very good job of matching the new plaster in with the old. As a result we have a messy ridge where the two join. As for dust, we have plenty of that in our house already. The building work involved removing a wall bonded with lime mortar and coated with lime plaster. Easy to remove, but incredibly messy!

Thanks,

Ben.

 

[eggplant]

If thats the case, personally I'd ring them and get them back to do it properly...

 

[Daisy-Lea]

For a one off job I would just go and buy the basic cheapest one ... if you think you will use it a lot then get a better quality one. As for the shape etc .... if you have corners to get into you need a shaped one, if its just a flat surface any should do.

What I would bear in mind if I was you - is the replacement sandpaper - price that up at the same time, it may make you pick a different sander.

I would get them back for that if it was on friendly terms

 

[Scrit]

Is this indoors? a random orbital will be fine but believe me, you will be seeing dust in every room from now till the next milenium.

Only if you use it without attaching a proper industrial vac (or at a pinch your Dyson although it will cream cracker the filter in no time at all)......

Scrit