Getting near time for a new Random Orbit Sander....

[Ww417]

why would you need a 150/3 if you already have a ceros 150?  doesn't this serve the same purpose?  or do you feel that the 5mm stroke of the ceros disqualifies it as "finish" sander?  from what i have read, at least on wood, you wouldn't see a difference between a finish left by a 150/3 and ceros 150.

 

[andvari]

I am thinking more of what I would be using to sand the finish rather than on wood.

 

[Kevin Stricker]

It is really tough to figure out which finish sander to go for. I have mostly 6" abrasives so I'm leaning towards the ETS 150/3 but I'm wondering is there is something one of the other finish sanders does that will have me kicking myself a year from now. I have an RO 90 and a Mirka Ceros 150 right now.

How about the 3mm Ceros so you can swap heads and leave a power supply at home?  BTW I sand plenty of finished surfaces with my Ceros, just turn it down.  It's completely replaced the 150/3 in my work.

 

[RC]

Which sander would you suggest using for sanding down a boat polyurethane lacquered wooden table top for re lacquering and preferably use the same sander for the finishing as well?

Would a RO150 be the best option for this or should I use my old belt sander for removal and get something like an ETS150/3 for the finishing?

Could an RO150 be reasonably used to buff up a cars paint with one of the buffing pads from the Shinex series of shining machines?

 

[andvari]

How about the 3mm Ceros so you can swap heads and leave a power supply at home?  BTW I sand plenty of finished surfaces with my Ceros, just turn it down.  It's completely replaced the 150/3 in my work.

Well since I'm a hobbyist so I really don't leave home carrying tools, but a 3mm head would be very interesting. However I haven't seen anything but the 5mm for sale in North America.

I'm going to give the ETS 150/3 a tryout. After all if I decide that it doesn't add anything it will go up for sale. I am sure that it will go for a good percentage of purchase so it's not like there is any risk.

 

[semenza]

Which sander would you suggest using for sanding down a boat polyurethane lacquered wooden table top for re lacquering and preferably use the same sander for the finishing as well?

Would a RO150 be the best option for this or should I use my old belt sander for removal and get something like an ETS150/3 for the finishing?

Could an RO150 be reasonably used to buff up a cars paint with one of the buffing pads from the Shinex series of shining machines?

I think the RO150 would be exactly  the right choice for all of what you want to do , especially if yo want to to do those things with one sander.  

In ROTEX mode with Cristal it will strip very well.  Then you ucan switch to random orbite and work your way through grits   to get it ready for the new finish.

Yes, people have done car polishing with it  see these threads. There are other threads as well.

Do you Festool your car

Polishing backing plate

Polishing your car with Rotex

Polishing your car with Rotex part II

Seth

 

[RC]

Thanks Seth for the car detailing information overload...  [eek]

Thankfully I've got until summer comes to figure out what needs to be done to bring the shine back to my -69 Beetle Bug's paint  [cool]