sanding discs

[vinnie_chip]

Hi, can anyone recommend decent sanding discs for a 125mm Makita orbital slander? I use Norton mostly but they don't do 250 grit which is what I'm after.. Thanks, Vinnie.

 

[marcros]

250 is an odd grit number- 240 is more common.

 

[vinnie_chip]

Doh!!! I meant 240.. very tired...

 

[Lons]

I use abranet Vinnie though mine is 150 dia.

I bought a load off ebay in 240 / 400 / 600.

Cheapest places to look are the car re-finishing / detailing guys.

Bob

 

[marcros]

+1 on the abranet. I also use 150mm but they do do it in 125mm disks. eBay is usually as good as anywhere.

 

[hansonread]

+1 again on the abranet, although if your going to invest, they have just bought out a new line called abranet ace, more durable and well worth the little bit extra, depending on the job.

 

[vinnie_chip]

Nice one, I'll have a look for them

 

[Grahamshed]

Another vote for Abranet, especially if you are hooked up to an extractor. Axi do 125 size

 

[JJ1]

Another recommendation for Abranet.

 

[Nippychippy]

I tried abranet on my dewalt 125 and sort of wreck the Velcro have any of you guys had this problem cheers for the help I just bought the norton stuff to for a job tomorrow cause no one had any good stuff in stock :evil:

 

[rafezetter]

another +1 for Abranet, just in case you were undecided

edit...ahh you've bought some, hmm - I've not had issues with it damaging the velcro, what exactly happened?

 

[vinnie_chip]

Can you get abranet 125mm with 8 holes punched? Can't seem to find them...

 

[JJ1]

You won't need any punched holes as Abranet is mesh, allowing all the dust to pass through, which is one of it's big advantages.

I tried abranet on my dewalt 125 and sort of wreck the Velcro have any of you guys had this problem

To prevent that happening I keep a Mirka Pad Protector permanently fitted between the sander's backing pad and the abranet. They're about £7 each, so better than having to replace the actual sanding pad at sometimes 3 or 4 times the cost.

 

[vinnie_chip]

Ahhh.. Thanks JJ1

 

[Nippychippy]

Thanks for the info on the pad protector sorry if I hijacked the thread the norton pads stick fine but when I stuck the arbranet it stuck but not very well then used it for a few mins then it just spun it of the sander hope this helps

 

[Ed209]

Any one used the Fein Multimaster round sander it is very good when it works trouble is the rubber pad with the Velcro on delaminates from the metal plate after a while
Fein are very good and send a replacement but I've had about six now and not much use.
They recognise they have a problem as the same thing happened on the triangle delta pads and I think they have modified them but not yet the round ones