Depends....if you get the good, expensive rust-colored disks with cloth backing, then they'll last long enough for velcro to be a viable option. If you want to use the cheaper white-colored disks on think paper backing, then they won't last long enough that you'd ever want to switch grits and then put the original disk back on. For my 5" adhesive sander without dust-collection holes, Cheap white Porter Cable disks are $8.00 for a box of 50 The good red JISCO disks are $20 for a box of 50, but last more than twice as long. You want to change paper often enough that you're always sanding with fresh grains. The white paper disks seem to lose abrasive faster than it's worn out. These last maybe 5-7 minutes under constant use. The red cloth disks have plenty of abrasive, so it shears off for awhile, exposing fresh edges, then the edges wear out. These puppies last up to 15-20 minutes under constant use. Hope this muddys the water a bit more! ;) Shawn > Any comments on the velcro vs the adhesive disks. I got a random orbital > sander for Christmas that uses the adhesive disks along with a large supply > of velcro sanding disks. I need to take one or the other back. > > The sander I received has the dust collection built in so it is available on > the adhesive units. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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