Festool sanding advice

[RossJarvis]

Having somehow managed to drop a rather large mount of money on a Festool 90mm rotary/delta sander and being very pleased with its dustlessness in combination with an equally expensive Festool vacuum, I'm now wondering how to complement it. It seems fine for the tasks of windows and other small stuff, but wonder about other jobs. As I'm likely to be sanding walls, larger areas of wood both to strip and to finish off would a rotex 6" be a good choice?

I wasn't really aware of the Mirka sanders when buying this, would they fit in with a Festool vacuum and also would the Mirka Ceros 6" connect in with the auto mode on a Festool vacuum? How would one of these cope with paint stripping?

Cheers guys

 

[petermillard]

Rotex 150 is a good choice for using on the flat, but heavy if you're using it vertically or overhead e.g. walls or ceilings. I use an ETS 150/5 for larger flat areas and also an ETS 125 for inbetweener stuff where the RO90 is a bit too small.

Mirka Ceros wasn't around when I was buying my sanders, but I'd look at it very seriously if I was buying today - folks who have one seem very happy with them; pretty sure there are a few on here with them, so I'm sure they'll chime in. One thing that struck me about the Ceros was the bulky transformer needed to run it wouldn't be much fun to use onsite, but the more recent Deros doesn't need this; the Deros also comes with both 125 & 150mm pads, which is a neat.

HTH Pete

 

[carlb40]

It might be worth holding off for a bit as festool are updating some of their sanders. I know the new ets150 will be brushless, so there may be others in the pipe line.