Drywall Sander Redux

[coltrek]

In May 2020 I brought up the subject of using a drywall sander for bottom sanding, thinking of a Porter-Cable model, 



and, long story short, finally took the plunge and bought a Festool 575994 and was pleasantly surprised. I am glad I waited until they upgraded from a rotary disk to a random orbital, because I think otherwise it would have gouged. This works like butter - the gimbals work perfectly. They are a little pricey, I wish I could have convinced a few people to have gone in on it with me, especially for only a handful of hours a year.

 

[BGeff]

Awesome!  Wish I had that when I was sanding my boat's bottoms!

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

1 hour ago, coltrek said:

In May 2020 I brought up the subject of using a drywall sander for bottom sanding, thinking of a Porter-Cable model, 



and, long story short, finally took the plunge and bought a Festool 575994 and was pleasantly surprised. I am glad I waited until they upgraded from a rotary disk to a random orbital, because I think otherwise it would have gouged. This works like butter - the gimbals work perfectly. They are a little pricey, I wish I could have convinced a few people to have gone in on it with me, especially for only a handful of hours a year.

you sanding that shit without a mask?    dumb..   you might not see any dust, but you maybe breathing it.. always wear a mask, especially on bottom paint..

other than that,  thanks for the review..

 

[solosailor]

get a mask

 

[SloopJonB]

Finely powdered poison dust.

 

[ROADKILL666]

A little copper oxide never hurt me I think? What was I saying ?

 

[AnotherSailor]

Did anyone say mask?

 

[hobot]

I used one those (Porter-Cable) when re-drywalling a water damaged room. That tool, hooked up to the vacuum, was a godsend.

 

[Sail4beer]

When I smoked cigarettes, you could instantly tell if you had inhaled even a slight bit of bottom paint when you took a hit. Quit the smokes and always wear a mask around any sanding dust.

 

[SloopJonB]

Sucking a penny was an old time cure for smoking - makes a cigarette taste incredibly foul.

 

[Snaggletooth]

Whast herre nubber, or emaille if you haive it..........           

 

[Somebody Else]

Sucking a penny was an old time cure for smoking - makes a cigarette taste incredibly foul.

Unless you're addicted to nicotine, cigarettes already taste incredibly foul.

Just sayin' ...

 

[Snaggletooth]

Unless you're addicted to nicotine, cigarettes already taste incredibly foul.

I remebbeer as a kidde on teh drive home, aftere a daye of surf casteng, swimmeng, and runneng up/dowen the bluffes, my dads tarrytown ciggs smelled prettey goode.

 

[Sail4beer]

Lucky Strike no filters with that toasted tobacco was the bomb for getting a 10 minute high and a 10 hour hangover as a kid when someone could procure one from their Dad’s pack.

 

[SloopJonB]

Unless you're addicted to nicotine, cigarettes already taste incredibly foul.

Just sayin' ...

Millions, maybe billions of people would disagree.