Date:         Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:19:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      What sander would you buy?
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I'm negotiating with a body shop to do some light repainting on my 90
Carat. They can take care of the two small crunches behind the sliding
door, but they really don't want to mess with the fiberglass bumpers or
else they are being very honest telling me that I could save big my
doing them myself.

I can handle the small amount of fiberglass backing and filling no
problem. The real time-consuming part is going to be getting the layers
of paint on the front--that have been chipped up by stones--down to a
smooth level or else filled in and level even with the top surface of
paint. Once sanded, they will do the whole bumper cladding spray job
for $150.

My question is, if you had to pick one good air sander to do a job like
this with, what would it be--inline, mini-inline, orbital?

Thanks,

Jim