mreisner
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My wife bought a cheap table off of marketplace to put in our laundry room for a folding table, it was in decent shape other than it had some divots and paint marks on it. I scrubbed them with Goof Off and took the cheap finish off also, so unfortunately I had to do what I didn't think I would have to do and had to sand it. I gave it a quick sanding with Old Faithful, a National Detroit d/a sander that I bought over 30 years ago. Before that I had a cheap flea market special and then a cheap hardware store special. Both ate air ferociously to the point of wearing out a smaller air compressor and would give me horrible hand pains after a day of sanding. When I was first starting out things were really tight and a friend that ran a parts store that I got all my paint and body supplies from let me spread out the bill for the sander over a couple of months. Some of the best money I've ever spent. Lots of cars and year later it was sat in a cabinet in peaceful retirement
for probably a decade since I last pulled it out. Gave it half a spin by hand and it ran beautifully, two sheets of 220 and 10 minutes and the top looks fantastic. I've never regretted buying that sander and all these years later I'm glad it's still here.
for probably a decade since I last pulled it out. Gave it half a spin by hand and it ran beautifully, two sheets of 220 and 10 minutes and the top looks fantastic. I've never regretted buying that sander and all these years later I'm glad it's still here.
I have no doubt they'd still be going strong if I still had them.i have a red Dynabrade that I like. Lightweight. Also have a couple of the long disco'ed Snap-On PS100 DA's. Aggressive good for stripping, sanding bare metal, filler, etc.