Electric sander for walls and plane doors?

RaiderHammer

Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone can help.

Doing some DIY at home... Does that really mean Don't Indulge Yourself? :rotfl:Anyway I am giving it a go!

Question. Was thinking of getting a budget electric sander to make the sanding of filler in the walls easier and also after fitting some bedroom carpets I need to plane a couple of doors.

Are budget electric sanders up to both of these jobs?

Any recommendations on brand, type of sander, models etc will be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

southcoastrgi

you have really answered your own question, you need to sand some walls & plane some doors, they are two diff jobs requiring two diff tools, you maybe able to get a multi-tool that says it can do both if you are on a budget & not likely to use it very often. you could buy a hand plane & an electric sander.

SailorSam

For sanding the walls you may find it easier to do it by hand. You can work in circles and go more gently so that you're not getting any grooves in the plaster.

Without a bit of practise a plane isn't always as easy to use or adjust as it looks. I think you may be better looking for something like this.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-surform-block-plane/20388

RaiderHammer

SailorSam wrote: »

For sanding the walls you may find it easier to do it by hand. You can work in circles and go more gently so that you're not getting any grooves in the plaster.

Without a bit of practise a plane isn't always as easy to use or adjust as it looks. I think you may be better looking for something like this.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-surform-block-plane/20388

Thanks, tried an old one of them on a door a while ago and didn't do a very good job.

Was just wondering if an electric sander would be OK for the job.

southcoastrgi

it really depends how much you have to take off the bottom of the doors, an electric sander is exactly that it's not for removing vast amounts ie between 5-10mm then no it won't do it unless you want to spend two weeks doing each door & copious amounts of sanding sheets.

RaiderHammer

southcoastrgi wrote: »

it really depends how much you have to take off the bottom of the doors, an electric sander is exactly that it's not for removing vast amounts ie between 5-10mm then no it won't do it unless you want to spend two weeks doing each door & copious amounts of sanding sheets.

Thanks we are talking about 2 to 3 mm off the bottom.

Gloomendoom

If it's 3mm, you could just use a tenon saw to cut the doors. it would be a lot quicker than a sander or a plane.

Sanding plaster by hand is dead easy and you can get away without a power tool... unless you just want one. Both methods will create mountains of dust.

tony6403

A plane will take off 2 or 3mm in two passes. One pass from each side to prevent spelching of the door stiles. A two minute job.
A belt sander would do it quickly but you would need to have some experience using one before setting to on your doors.
A tenon saw is certainly not a tool for this job - once you got beyond the depth of the blade the "back" would be forcing you off your line of cut. Accurately removing 2/3mm with any type of handsaw would require exceptional skill.
A cheap £25 electric planer from Toolstation would easily deal with trimming the doors.

As has been advised , sand your filler by hand best unless you want to own an electric sander for use in future.

RaiderHammer

One thing I should of mention is the doors are the hollow type with just like a hardboard both sides.

Does this make any difference?

Thanks.

macman

If you need to smooth filler off with an power sander, then you are putting far too much on. All it should require is a fine hand sanding.
Using a power tool on plastered walls will create an incredible amount of dust.

RaiderHammer

macman wrote: »

If you need to smooth filler off with an power sander, then you are putting far to much on. All it should require is a fine hand sanding.
Using a power tool on plastered walls will create an incredible amount of dust.

I think that is exactly what we have done re too much filler.