Rotating Sander – The clever Helper for all your Renovations

In irregular intervals a homeworker is faced, besides the usual work, such as garden work or the reparation of little damages, you are inevitably dealing with the topic of renovation. No matter whether it is the renovation of an old room door, the painting of wooden window frames or even the modernization of a complete room, almost all of the mentioned works have one thing in common: they have to be ground a lot. A clever helper here is the rotating sander, because it combines the advantages of belt and orbital sander in one device.

The Advantages of the Rotating Sander

In Comparison to its brothers, the Belt Sander and the Angle Grinder, the Rotating Sander has a lot of advantages. When purchasing the grinding wheels, the manufacturer of the consumables does not play a major role, whether it’s a premium sandpaper or an inexpensive version from the discounter: The dimensions, and more importantly, the hole distance to the dust extraction, is identical for almost all versions. Depending on the task at hand, you can choose freely here. Also Compared to the Belt Sander, the material removal on the Rotating Sander is less high and the edges of the sanding paper are less likely to form a hard edge due to the eccentric movements. Thus no careful sanding is needed to avoid unevenness in the material. However, the abrasion on the other hand is higher than with the classic Rotating Sander, which significantly reduces the working time.

Sanding doors

New room doors, including the matching door frame cost quickly several hundred euros and the installation is often complicated for laymen without experience in this area. Precisely for these reasons, it has been proven to renovate room doors instead of completely replacing them. This is basically quite easy and even for laymen without experience to handle. After disassembling the door, it is necessary to remove the old paint. This is where the rotating sander comes into play. The rough work is done with a coarse sandpaper and the surface of the door and the frame is sanded off. Depending on the condition of the door, this is done in about 15 minutes. In the next step, the door is cleaned of sanding dust. This is best done with a soapy water soaked cotton cloth. Now that the door is clean, you finish the surface of the door with a fine grain. When working with the rotating sander, it is advisable to work with an attached vacuum cleaner, such as the Einhell Cordless Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner TE‐VC 18/10, or to use it outdoors. Since the resulting sanding dust can be inhaled very easily, I also recommend the use of a respirator. After the finish with the fine sandpaper, the surface is cleaned with a damp cloth. If the surface has dried, you should additionally wipe it with a cloth soaked in a thinner. In this way, fat residues, such as fingerprints, which may affect the adhesion of the paint, disappear without residue. Now the door can be painted. Between the individual layers of paint, you should sand the dried paint with a fine sandpaper. Thus, visible traces of the brush or roller disappear and the next coat of paint has a flat base. When you finish painting, the door can be hung back in the frame and you can enjoy the sight.

Prepare Wooden Windows with the Rotating Sander

As beautiful as wooden window frames are, they create a lot of work. Every few years you have to bite in the bullet and reprocess them.

Of course, this always starts with the grinding of the surfaces. Due to the weather there may be peelings of the colour in some places, some wood discolorations. With that the windows not only look unsightly, no, they are in some parts even defenselessly exposed to the weather. With a team of the rotating sander for the large areas and the triangle sander for the small corners, the sanding of the window frames is done in no time and the frames are ready for new color.

Working in Dry Construction with the Rotating Sander

But with the rotating sander is much more possible than simply sanding wood and paint! In drywall, ie in the installation of plasterboard and the corresponding spatula work, the use of this grinder is widespread. After gypsum plasterboard has been screwed to the wall and ceiling, the gaps are filled with freshly mixed plaster. This gypsum cures very quickly, but has the bad property off drying unevenly. Here, the rotating sander shows its strengths. The bumps can, due to the high and uniform removal, be ground smooth in a very short time. Since a lot of sanding dust develops here as well, the vacuum cleaner and respirator are mandatory again!

As you can see, the rotating sander is a small all‐rounder in the renovation as well as in the wood workshop! So get to the tool and let your home shine in new splendor!