Sanding attachment for drill

[Graven Water]

I need to do some sanding in tight areas. I don't have a power sander, so I thought of getting an attachment for my power drill, with a circular sanding disk attached to it.

Does this work? I seem to be seeing online that a disk like that would kick, you can't use it flat on the wood. People use drum sanding attachments to drills but it seems if you have a disk attachment you can only use the edge of the disk?

I tried a wire brush attachment to my drill and it worked sort of. But it does kick if you use it flat.

I suspect my cordless drill would run out of power really quickly if used this way?

Laura

[Percival P. Cassidy]

It's a long time since I've used a sanding disc, but I do recall that you can use only the edge of the disc, or else it *will* kick. The disc (or more correctly, the part to which the disc attached) is not flat anyway, so there wouldn't be any advantage in trying to use the whole disc.

Perce

[John Grabowski]

*Save your money Laura. You won't be able hold the drill and make maximum contact with the surface that you wish to sand. Buy a cheap orbital sander or for tight corners buy a cheap Harbor Freight multi-function tool with the sanding block.

[Joe]

Go down to your tool rental store and try out some of the various sanding tools they have. Once you know what really works for you, consider buying a similar version from a handy source, local, online, whatever. That should help avoid a budget mistake.

Joe

[Joe]

That's right.

Joe

[mkirsch1]

Is that anything like a cola kick?

Anyway, no, you can't use a rotary disk sander flat. You can only use the edge.

A rotary disk sander is for sanding/shaping edges and contours, not for stripping paint off a table, or sanding a surface flat. It will remove a lot of material in a short time, but it will leave swirl marks and gouges if you aren't skilled with the tool.

Do yourself a favor and get a random orbit sander. $20-$30 plus pads.

[dadiOH]

How tight and how much sanding? I often wrap sand paper around an appropriately sized piece of wood. The little sanding sponges work too. ___________

Yes. Keep in mind that being round, you can't sand into corners. _________

Depends. If the attachment is a circle of thin, hard rubber you cannot use it flat; if it is thick foam, you can. I used to use the latter to smooth up the hull on my boat before repainting...an 8" soft pad makes short work of it.

[DerbyDad03]

re: "I need to do some sanding in tight areas."

Please define "tight areas".

There are so many sanding options available, from hand sanding to multifunction tools to Dremels to sand-blasting, that its kind of hard to make a recommendation without knowing what/where you will be sanding.

What you are sanding might be just as important as where you are sanding.

[Jim Yanik]

[e-mail] (Graven Water) wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Harbor Freight sells kits for drills with two discs and abrasive pads of varying grit. You don't use a disc completely flat,you angle it slightly to use the outer rim. Discs don't get into "tight" places very well.

you also can buy a $30 clone of the Fein Multimaster which is great for getting in tight places for sanding or scraping.

[jimmy]

I cant seem to remember the name of the tool, however get down to your sears store, they have a tool made just for you, it's $99.00 and has many other attachments like scrapers, etc. A neat little gadget but I already have to many gadgets