tjbnwi said:
Head over to CT, PM extrembiker (Travis), I recommend the Planex to him for this type of work. He's new with it and found it to be great to use. You'll get an honest respect from a new user.
I've removed at least 50 textured surfaces ( all were painted) with the Planex, has not failed me one bit.
Tom
It's xtrememtnbiker Tom, but at least you tried. [tongue]
I think the Planex is a fantastic sander. We've used it twice now on wallpaper stripping jobs gone bad where a lot of the face of the drywall peeled off. After applying Cover Stain primer, we sanded everything smooth. On the job I did (My brother did the other) I skimmed with hot mud 45 first, then sanded again, then AP bucket mud, sanded, followed by prime and paint.
To have almost zero dust is of course nice, but the sanding speed is so much faster than anything I've used before. As Tom told me, the danger is over sanding. I'm ok with that being a problem compared to the painfully slow hand sanding, pole sanding, or even an ETS125 which works great compared to other options, is very slow compared to the Planex.
I also used it for sanding painted walls before paint. If you come behind the average paint job, there is junk in the paint, drips, previously patched spots that have been painted but we're sanded well, etc..
Prior to the Planex we would sand with a sanding pole with screen on it, it did an ok job of knocking off the worst, but it was a lot of work for not much results. The Planex sands through everything effortlessly (other than fighting to control it, learning curve) and leaves a very smooth wall ready to top coat.
Well there's my two cents on the Planex... awesome sander!
