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Hello all! I've gotten quite interested in sanding lately, as i am repainting a lot of skirting boards and doorframes. Sanding is a great way to remove old paint, smooth out the wood, and prepare the surface for a new coat of paint. I find it many times more efficient than using paint stripper.
To that end, i have purchased a powerful belt sander, which i have put to great use smoothing out plaster walls. It works wonders for any large, flat area. it strictly uses sanding belts of course
I also have a detail sander i've inherited, but never used. Its at least 15 years old, i cant find the exact model, its a "Power performance 180w detail sander", and it looks like this:
It has hook and loop attachment for these curved triangular plates, a very odd design. This thing seems to be in perfect working order.
But some of my door frames have odd curves and contours that i am struggling with. The belt sander isn't much use here, the detail sander might be, but its still far from ideal. What i really need is something like the ones here:
One of those pads that sticks out and then has a curved bowl carved into it, would be perfect for my needs. The above is just one random example, i haven't chosen a particular product, ive looked at many
However, my experience with such things is nil, and my budget is pretty low, i'm afraid to just buy stuff and experiment with it, i need some advice here.
A lot of the curved sanding blocks i can find like this are designed for hand use, i do not want that. Hand sanding is strenuous and awful, i find using power tools to be about 60x faster (I timed it on a few test patches!), and i have a lot of these door frames to do.
Some of the curved sanding things i find seem to have a hook and loop interface, but its not clear on which side. It'd be nice if they had that backing, so that i could attach them onto my detail sander, is such a thing possible?
But even if its those cases, what about the actual abrasive surface? I have a large roll of P40 sanding cloth i've been using for a hand sanding pad, it'd be nice if i could use some of that, but if i need to buy special velcro backed sanding roll, i could probably swing it. But its not clear how such things would attach onto a curved pad and hold the shape
What I ideally want is to get an attachment shaped exactly like this: To attach it onto my detail sander
And then to somehow put sanding cloth on it
Is this process possible? What exactly will i need to purchase to accomplish it?
To that end, i have purchased a powerful belt sander, which i have put to great use smoothing out plaster walls. It works wonders for any large, flat area. it strictly uses sanding belts of course
I also have a detail sander i've inherited, but never used. Its at least 15 years old, i cant find the exact model, its a "Power performance 180w detail sander", and it looks like this:
It has hook and loop attachment for these curved triangular plates, a very odd design. This thing seems to be in perfect working order.
But some of my door frames have odd curves and contours that i am struggling with. The belt sander isn't much use here, the detail sander might be, but its still far from ideal. What i really need is something like the ones here:
One of those pads that sticks out and then has a curved bowl carved into it, would be perfect for my needs. The above is just one random example, i haven't chosen a particular product, ive looked at many
However, my experience with such things is nil, and my budget is pretty low, i'm afraid to just buy stuff and experiment with it, i need some advice here.
A lot of the curved sanding blocks i can find like this are designed for hand use, i do not want that. Hand sanding is strenuous and awful, i find using power tools to be about 60x faster (I timed it on a few test patches!), and i have a lot of these door frames to do.
Some of the curved sanding things i find seem to have a hook and loop interface, but its not clear on which side. It'd be nice if they had that backing, so that i could attach them onto my detail sander, is such a thing possible?
But even if its those cases, what about the actual abrasive surface? I have a large roll of P40 sanding cloth i've been using for a hand sanding pad, it'd be nice if i could use some of that, but if i need to buy special velcro backed sanding roll, i could probably swing it. But its not clear how such things would attach onto a curved pad and hold the shape
What I ideally want is to get an attachment shaped exactly like this: To attach it onto my detail sander
And then to somehow put sanding cloth on it
Is this process possible? What exactly will i need to purchase to accomplish it?
