Backing Pads for my ETS EC 150/3&5 EQ Sanders

[Mike Goetzke]

Getting ready to sand a cabinet top. I'm looking for a "hard" pad for the subject sanders. Currently (as delivered ) the 150/3 has light blue 498986 super soft and the 150/5 has black soft.

I see new pads which look like modern replacements:

202458 black soft
202459 gray super soft
202460 blue? hard

Looks like 202460 is the one I need?

(The top is 32" square. Am I correct in thinking my ETS's with hard pad are good for the job? Or is a half sheet sander recommended? I have sanded many cabinet door panels with the combo.)

Thanks

 

[junk731]

I've used the ETS 150's with the blue pad for the last 12 years flattening large surfaces on too many projects to remember, never found the need for a 1/2 sheet sander.

 

[Mike Goetzke]

I've used the ETS 150's with the blue pad for the last 12 years flattening large surfaces on too many projects to remember, never found the need for a 1/2 sheet sander.

Thank you!

 

[Alanbach]

The blue is the hard pad and it should work great for your application. IMO the RS2E is a great sander and works great for large surfaces but you certainly don’t NEED it when you have a ETS EC and your work piece is only 32” square.

Now if you said that you were building 14 table tops that were 40x120” I would strongly suggest that you invest in the RS2E .

I have both plus a few more and I would say that the ETS EC gets 80% of the work and the RS2E gets maybe 5%. It’s handy sometimes but certainly not required.