Shane when will these new abrasives be available? They are not showing up on the Festool website yet

Thanks for posting the booklet.

I'm interested in purchasing the Rotex90. What do you guys recommend for sanding poplar stiles/rails with mdf panels.
Cabinets are also poplar. All new bare wood.
Thanks for the help

I've only truly used my Ro90 for the first time this morning. I needed a 1/4" off a piece of 4" x 36" pine, and resawn that piece by running half the board on edge on a table saw then flipping end for end to free the piece I needed.  I left the rest of the board alone for a long while.  I'm setting up a french cleat wall storage and needed to make hangers for various tools around the garage.  I took the scrap pine and while strictly using the granat disks that came with my Ro90 took the 40 grit on rotex mode to remove the many tooth marks and the one very noticeable ridge on the cut face of the board.  The ridge and tooth marks were all removed using the included 40 grit disk within five minutes.  I switched over to random orbital to finish it off and it is ready for use.

Side note:  The 1/4" piece I resawn from the 3/4" board also had ridges and a lot of tooth marks.  I cleaned the sawn face by using a block plane for 20+ minutes.  I am very thankful for the Ro90 and the time it will save me in the long run. 

The table saw is a Ryobi BTS16.  I changed out the stock blade with a Diablo 10 in. x 40 Tooth Carbide Circular Saw Blade number D1040.  I do have a dial indicator, but I really need to get a stable base for it as the one I made rocked a little in both directions which probably made the problem worse.  I will realign everything this weekend with a proper base so there is absolutely NO wiggle.

I'm looking for Platin 2000-4000 grit. I saw a video where they guy demoing the RO125 said he used one of these grits on his bandsaw table and it made it shine like a mirror. Is that true? and if so where can I can these without having to purchase the entire pack? I have a Jet 14" DXPRO bandsaw, 10" ProShop table saw, and long bed jointer that I want to try this on. I don't want to scratch the faces of these all up. I have a Festool ETS 125 RO sander and it is great. It came with a 2000 grit pad but I think that's a little too much maybe 3000-4000 grit would work better. I also have the Festool DX 93 detail sander and it did a fantastic job on my bathroom cabinets, getting into hard to sand areas the ETS 125 couldn't. I also purchased the TS-55 saw and have used it some and it makes a really great cut on oak veneer plywood. I was really impressed.  I have a lot of abrasives for the ETS 125 and DX 93 (80-320 grit) but would love to get some of the really fine (2000-4000). Anybody got an idea?

Thanks Garry, I'll have to check with him. I enjoyed my career in the Navy having sailed all over the western pacific. Now I just enjoy staying in one place. I'm kind of midway between the Pacific and Atlantic (I wanted to get as far from the oceans as I could LOL! Minnesota). I enjoy my 3 granddaughters an awful lot having not been around much when my 3 girls were growing up. It seemed I was always away. I do appreciate your "thanks" it means an awful lot to a retired sailor.

I would thing Granat is the best choice here.   

My personnal findings using the RO150FEQ on wood only:

• For wood, nothing beats rubin, but they don't last all that long, so buy plenty.
  
• I find Rubin to remove a bit faster than Rubin 2 on bare wood, but maybe that's because I'm changing Rubin's often whereas I keep the Rubin2's longer on the pad.
  
• Brilliant2 all the way for last (before finish) passes, with a softer pad it leaves no pig tails, very forgiving finisher!
  
• Granat nowhere near as good as rubin for bare wood, but then it is not meant for bare wood, so that's ok
  
• I find that even in disc mode on the rotex, Cristal is not as hardcore as I'd like it to be, I find I often fall back to rubin for aggresive removal.
  
• The pads make a WORLD of difference depending on the application: buy them all. Now.
  

Keep in my I'm pretty noob, so these comments might be worth less than nothing

i love my ro 150 and 90.
i have rubin (and a few rubin 2), brilliant, and granat.
granate is great. its only just out a few months . i find it out lasts and out performs rubin and brillliant on everything i have used it on.
as my stocks of rubin and brilliant are used up i am replacing with granate

Guess I'll have to give Granat another chance, I never liked it on wood under 120. I usually do 80-rubin, 120-rubin/or/granta, then finish with Brilliant on desired grit.

Sorry, but there is not such a comprehensive list. Festool did make a very nice brochure about sandpaper, but it's a bit outdated by now, missing al new types and there's no new version as of yet.

Problem with a lot of Festool websites is that they are incomplete and sometimes organised a little bit chaotically. I'm sorry to say, but the USA website is one of the worst in this matter.

English speakers can always check the UK website to see what's available, but even the UK site is not as comprehensive as the German and Dutch sites. If you really want to know everything Festool sells, you have to check www.festool.de or www.festool.nl.

But even those websites have a lot of hidden content. With hidden I mean that you can't find it through the menu, but only by using the search function. There is a lot of content in there you won't find any other way.

Anyway, here is the UK page for the RO 90 and it's accessories. It lists more than the USA site, but on the other hand, you can't be sure that all that's offered in the UK is also offered in the USA.