My Walls are now as smooth as a babies um face (Wickes 280W Orbital Sander)

Member Name: fairdonion

Product:	Wickes 280W Orbital Sander
Date:	15/06/09 (110 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: smoothes without too much mess

Disadvantages: none

We wanted to do some redecorating of one of the bedrooms. Up until now because the wall was a bit uneven we had wallpaper but you know what it is with young adult children they have their own view of how it should be done and wanted it painted.

We therefore would have to really smooth the wall down and for that we would need a sander.

The first sander we bought from Amazon and if you read you will find out what happened! So we went to Wickes where I suppose we should have gone in the beginning.

Wickes do their own sander the 280W Orbital Sander.We not only liked this one because of the price well under £20 but because of the size and that it came with 10 assorted sandibng sheets.

The specifications of this sander is that it has rated voltage of 230V-50Hz, the rated input is 280W (hense the name). The speed is 12,000r/min and the pad size is 227x115mm.

The sander itself weighs 2.3kg and I dont want to be sexist but this makes it very handy for females to use after all why get a heavy one when a light weight one does exactly the same job.

It has a sturdy aluminium base plate so although it is light weight it is sturdy.

To use this sander you basically just plug in, it does have a good long lead, choose what grade sanding sheets you need for the job you are going to do and then fit them to the machine by using the clips provided. It really is as simple as that.

It has a soft grip handle which is great for the longer time jobs.

What I do like especially about this sander is that it takes half size sanding sheets. The other thing is that it does have a dust extraction facility - a bag which you fix to the back and believe me this does work and it saves a lot of clearing up afterwards. It also of course does a smooth job.

All in all this is a brilliant sander which I would definitely recommend to anyone.

Thank you for reading.

Summary: Why pay more when you can get one this good