Pick a Palm Sander for me

[rock]

Let me know which Harbor Freight palm sander you would use to sand down an entire car.
http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=palm+sander

Any further input would be greatly appreciate. BTW the car has only surface rust and factory paint.

 

[StreetBu]

This is the most common style, general autobody sanding. Hope you have a good/BIG compressor, sanders use ALOT of air....

 

[rock]

This is the most common style, general autobody sanding. Hope you have a good/BIG compressor, sanders use ALOT of air....

I was thinking more of an electric palm sander. Would be a lot easier than sanding by hand.

 

[StreetBu]

hmm, i dunno about an electric one, sorry.

 

[Jaypaso]

the round orbitals work good but you might need one with a point to get into tight spots

 

[Mike]

I bought a Rigid electric D/A that would probably work pretty well on a car. Ive taken the paint off a snow plow with it and it actually went pretty fast. Just a thought.

 

[rock]

I bought a Rigid electric D/A that would probably work pretty well on a car. Ive taken the paint off a snow plow with it and it actually went pretty fast. Just a thought.

Which of the ones from Harbor Freight most resembles your Rigid electirc D/A. Let me know. Thanks.

 

[Mike]

I would say the 5" is close but the problem is all of those electric sanders are basically finishing sanders. I used to have a small Black and Decker square sander like the one from HF but I used to use it for finishing woodworking projects with 220 grit garnet paper. Stuff like cabinet doors and pine trim. I dont think theyre really made to do big sanding jobs. But thats just my opinion. The 6" Rigid that I got from Home Dumpo is a bit more cash. Its $129. The only reason I bought it was my buddy had one and he used it to sand the finish off of a 32' boat to get it ready for paint and it worked well. I have a 60 gallon compressor and I knew it would be running all the time with an air D/A.

 

[goldie]

when you buy those cheap sanders they tend to use up more air.

 

[Killerdave8813]

I've got a couple el cheapo B&D like 4" square pad sanders I bought to sand hardwood floors in my house I think I paid less than $20 ea,sanded the floors,a bunch of other stuff including car parts like fenders and doors & things,they'll do a lot of sanding with 60 or 80 grit paper,I've run them both hard and havn't broke either one yet and kept a lot of hrs off of my compressor,KillerDave