black&decker obital sander

black and decker sander almost cause physical damage as the bottom plastic plate self destruct!!!

[Monday, June 16, 2008]

Not for kitchen updates

My husband and I recently bought a house and we decided to sand down the kitchen cabinets before painting them. I went to my local home improvement store and found the Firestorm sander by Black and Decker. It was a good price and I liked the jug handle. The amps seemed comparable to other models there and so I bought it.

Two weeks later into our cabinet sanding - we just burnt out our 2nd backup pad. We're averaging 1 backup pad with regular use averaging about 4 hrs off and on each day.

I naturally went back to where I bought it thinking I could easily just by another back up pad. They didn't carry them though - ! I searched the internet - nothing - except for the Dewalt Service Center (part of Black and Decker).

Our conclusion - only buy if you need this for tiny projects and you only plan on sanding 15-30 mins tops. We're going to return it tomorrow - and get a different brand because going through a backup pad per week to us seems ridiculous.

[Saturday, May 31, 2008]

Great little sander

Perfect for small jobs. Has 3 gripping choices which makes it easier to use at any angle. The carrying case doesn't have a place to put your sanding disks, but that's a minor inconvience.

[Saturday, November 17, 2007]

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