Black & Decker. (I know, I know!) Anyway, I bought some time ago one
of their detailing sanders (the Mouse) and all in all it's a handy
little thing to have. When I bought it there were supplied several
sanding pads of various grits - one of which was a super-fine 2000
(sic) grit. It is maginificent for that final pass before the last
coat - just a whisper of friction removing the tiniest bumps in the
finish. The problem is that you can't buy the pads separately. The
B&D catalogue only goes up to 240 grit.
Nice guys, B&D. You expect me to buy a whole new rig every time I
need some of these super-fine pads? Why bother to include them at all
if you aren't going to offer replacements? Or were they supposed to
last forever?
I think I'll be looking for a new detailing sander but can anyone
advise (in UK) of light duty sanders that actually offer very fine
grit replacement pads?
FoggyTown
On 16 Nov 2004 09:21:37 -0800, [email protected] (Mike Girouard)
wrote:
>Nice guys, B&D. You expect me to buy a whole new rig every time I
>need some of these super-fine pads?
MTBF on a Mouse sander is only about two sheets anyway
(look in uk.d-i-y)
--
There's more than one way to skin a cat...
...but I still prefer the electric belt sander.
On 16 Nov 2004 09:21:37 -0800, [email protected] (Mike Girouard)
wrote:
>Black & Decker. (I know, I know!) Anyway, I bought some time ago one
>of their detailing sanders (the Mouse) and all in all it's a handy
>little thing to have. When I bought it there were supplied several
>sanding pads of various grits - one of which was a super-fine 2000
>(sic) grit. It is maginificent for that final pass before the last
>coat - just a whisper of friction removing the tiniest bumps in the
>finish. The problem is that you can't buy the pads separately. The
>B&D catalogue only goes up to 240 grit.
>
>Nice guys, B&D. You expect me to buy a whole new rig every time I
>need some of these super-fine pads? Why bother to include them at all
>if you aren't going to offer replacements? Or were they supposed to
>last forever?
>
>I think I'll be looking for a new detailing sander but can anyone
>advise (in UK) of light duty sanders that actually offer very fine
>grit replacement pads?
>
>FoggyTown
http://www.fein.de/germany/en/products/multimaster.html
Why not buy any old detail sander & cut the sandpaper to size with good ole'
scisors??
Sam
"Joe C." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I don't how the mouse fastens the paper, but you can usually find grits
> 1000-2000 at auto parts stores.
>
> Joe C.
>
> "Mike Girouard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Black & Decker. (I know, I know!) Anyway, I bought some time ago one
> > of their detailing sanders (the Mouse) and all in all it's a handy
> > little thing to have. When I bought it there were supplied several
> > sanding pads of various grits - one of which was a super-fine 2000
> > (sic) grit. It is maginificent for that final pass before the last
> > coat - just a whisper of friction removing the tiniest bumps in the
> > finish. The problem is that you can't buy the pads separately. The
> > B&D catalogue only goes up to 240 grit.
> >
> > Nice guys, B&D. You expect me to buy a whole new rig every time I
> > need some of these super-fine pads? Why bother to include them at all
> > if you aren't going to offer replacements? Or were they supposed to
> > last forever?
> >
> > I think I'll be looking for a new detailing sander but can anyone
> > advise (in UK) of light duty sanders that actually offer very fine
> > grit replacement pads?
> >
> > FoggyTown
>
>
I don't how the mouse fastens the paper, but you can usually find grits
1000-2000 at auto parts stores.
Joe C.
"Mike Girouard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Black & Decker. (I know, I know!) Anyway, I bought some time ago one
> of their detailing sanders (the Mouse) and all in all it's a handy
> little thing to have. When I bought it there were supplied several
> sanding pads of various grits - one of which was a super-fine 2000
> (sic) grit. It is maginificent for that final pass before the last
> coat - just a whisper of friction removing the tiniest bumps in the
> finish. The problem is that you can't buy the pads separately. The
> B&D catalogue only goes up to 240 grit.
>
> Nice guys, B&D. You expect me to buy a whole new rig every time I
> need some of these super-fine pads? Why bother to include them at all
> if you aren't going to offer replacements? Or were they supposed to
> last forever?
>
> I think I'll be looking for a new detailing sander but can anyone
> advise (in UK) of light duty sanders that actually offer very fine
> grit replacement pads?
>
> FoggyTown