giddonah
05-10-2005, 07:33 PM
I spent way too many hours scraping paint before I bought this thing:
http://media.ptg-online.com/media/pc/Products/Tools/ExtraLarge/20021101200000_7403_72dpi_500.jpg
http://www.portercable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=2809
It comes with one disc:
http://media.ptg-online.com/media/pc/Products/Accessories/ExtraLarge/20021129200000_18027_72dpi_500.jpg
The adjustable levers on the sides of the base determine how agressive the thing is. You set one side slightly above the level of the disc, and the other slightly below and use one side of the disc for the scraping. Set it too shallow and you don't do much. Set it too deep, and you get deep scars. It takes a little bit of practice to become good. I was scraping doors. Hand scraping and power sanding took 4 or 5 hours. With this thing and a 1/3 sheet sander I had it done in 2. For $260 I should have gotten the thing months ago. It didn't work too well on the recessed door panels (I wasn't about to take the guards off and free-hand it in the tight space), but the frame was very easy.
The discs are metal with bits of metal embedded on it. I will be using this thing on doors, baseboard, porches... It would be great on clapboard, but that's not on my list. Where sandpaper just heats up the paint and it gets all gummed up in the sander, or where the sandpaper doesn't even have enough bite to even scratch the paint, this thing chews it right off. It does leave a rough surface that needs to be sanded down, but I'm sure that would be lessened using the finer grit discs. I think it came with a 36 and I got a 24 to go with it. The 24 is overkill unless you're going through quite a few layers of paint. I'll probably check out the 46 eventually, but the 36 and some sanding makes quick work of old paint.
http://media.ptg-online.com/media/pc/Products/Tools/ExtraLarge/20021101200000_7403_72dpi_500.jpg
http://www.portercable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=2809
It comes with one disc:
http://media.ptg-online.com/media/pc/Products/Accessories/ExtraLarge/20021129200000_18027_72dpi_500.jpg
The adjustable levers on the sides of the base determine how agressive the thing is. You set one side slightly above the level of the disc, and the other slightly below and use one side of the disc for the scraping. Set it too shallow and you don't do much. Set it too deep, and you get deep scars. It takes a little bit of practice to become good. I was scraping doors. Hand scraping and power sanding took 4 or 5 hours. With this thing and a 1/3 sheet sander I had it done in 2. For $260 I should have gotten the thing months ago. It didn't work too well on the recessed door panels (I wasn't about to take the guards off and free-hand it in the tight space), but the frame was very easy.
The discs are metal with bits of metal embedded on it. I will be using this thing on doors, baseboard, porches... It would be great on clapboard, but that's not on my list. Where sandpaper just heats up the paint and it gets all gummed up in the sander, or where the sandpaper doesn't even have enough bite to even scratch the paint, this thing chews it right off. It does leave a rough surface that needs to be sanded down, but I'm sure that would be lessened using the finer grit discs. I think it came with a 36 and I got a 24 to go with it. The 24 is overkill unless you're going through quite a few layers of paint. I'll probably check out the 46 eventually, but the 36 and some sanding makes quick work of old paint.