Thread: orbital sanding disk prices???????

Originally Posted by nt900

Hi Bloke - Nice summary by McFeely's though.

Hi Anthony. Maybe you can pinch it.

Hi Bryan,

I wish I knew why the US seems to be cheaper than nearly every other country in the world including ours and even the countries the goods are manufactured in. And I am not just taking Festool or power tools either. It's near enough everything.

For individuals it seems more economical to bring it over from US, for small quantities you can avoid paying taxes and import duties. There can be down sides of course - but I am going to say that aren't I.

edit: Actually Festool abrasive prices in Aus dropped about two years ago, and despite last years minimal increase (less than CPI) are still a lot lower than back when.

Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Hi Anthony. Maybe you can pinch it.

It's standard Festool info, but they present it well. Gives me a few ideas though.

When I last posted those links I was going to get into some Platin 2 S2000 and S4000 with Tung Oil and see how that west. Still yet have that play about. But still fond of Titan P1500 and Tung Oil for a smooth satin burnished finish - then rubbed over with a felt disc. All with the ROTEX of course, in rotary mode.

Originally Posted by nt900

It's standard Festool info, but they present it well. Gives me a few ideas though.

When I last posted those links I was going to get into some Platin 2 S2000 and S4000 with Tung Oil and see how that west. Still yet have that play about. But still fond of Titan P1500 and Tung Oil for a smooth satin burnished finish - then rubbed over with a felt disc. All with the ROTEX of course, in rotary mode.

I've got some Platin 2000 and 4000 that I'm going to try on a jewelry chest I'm making for the step-daughter. We'll see who gets there first. Thought I'd use LGS's slurry technique and go on from there if wanted.

Just Tools in South Melbourne sell Festool paper. There pricing structure is a bit silly. My memory is a bit scratcthy but the prices last week were about. $8 for a pack of 5 and $1.50 for single discs. If you but 10 single sheets you get them for $1.

You can buy them from their website http://www.justtools.com.au/category516_1.htm#2231

well just got a quote back from a company in the US to get some festool sandpaper sent over

50 pk 80grit
100 pk 120
100 pk 180

well just got quote back from US for sand paper

80 grit pack of 50
120 grit pack of 100
180 grit pack of 100
240 grit pack of 100
320 grit pack of 100
400 grit pack of 100

cost of these are 205$ US 75$ postage US dollar is at 84 cents total is 324.8

plus transaction fee 2$ if i get charged tax extra 30$ if i get this from festool web site it will cost 550$......

200 beter off on sand paper

nt900, you say you are using the titan disks, but these are recommended for automotive use - piants and fillers.

I am really confused by this, what would be the problem with me using Titan 2 disks for timber as you apparently are? How is the Titan cutting capability different to the other Festool papers? I understand that different quality papers use different quality grits, paper and adhesive that affects the quaility of the sandpaper. But if festool is all high quaility then how is one 80 grit Fetsool sandpaper going to perform differently to another 80 grit Festool sandpaper on a lump of timber

I have been using Titan for some time (on timber) as I have got a few boxes of mixed grits on ebay. It seems to work well and they last a long time. I have not used Rubin though.

regards

Marios

Originally Posted by routermaniac

I have been using Titan for some time (on timber) as I have got a few boxes of mixed grits on ebay. It seems to work well and they last a long time. I have not used Rubin though.

regards

Marios

Thanks for the info, it is good to know because I just picked up a box of 50 mixed off ebay for $26 including postage, would have got more but I scored the last box of the 10 the guy had.

that sandpaper man bloke seems to have good prices. well I hope he does. pretty shore he does. they seemed pretty good when I bought stuff from him at the time. Nice bloke.

Keep your eyes out on ebay for some Titan 2 test kits 150mm discs qty 50.

They comprise of 5-6 different grits, i picked up 4 boxes (200 disc's) for under $90 including postage...


joez

Originally Posted by Burnsy

nt900, you say you are using the titan disks, but these are recommended for automotive use - piants and fillers.

I am really confused by this, what would be the problem with me using Titan 2 disks for timber as you apparently are? How is the Titan cutting capability different to the other Festool papers? I understand that different quality papers use different quality grits, paper and adhesive that affects the quaility of the sandpaper. But if festool is all high quaility then how is one 80 grit Fetsool sandpaper going to perform differently to another 80 grit Festool sandpaper on a lump of timber

Hi Burnsy,

There are no problems using Titan2 abrasives on timber. Although Festool manufacture these with primarily automotive applications in mind there is no reason not to take advantage of the incredibly fine grits available in the Titan2 range for woodworking.

In my opinion sanding raw timber to P1500 is probably not going to give the average woodworker sanding the average timber any noticeably finer finish than Brilliant2 P400 or P800. The scratches left over from the abrasive at these grits are so minuscule as to be invisible to the naked eye. But using P400, P800, P1200, P1500 with oil for burnishing a beautiful finish (satin or gloss depending on your preference) is really cool. I would say use Brilliant2 for this if the Brilliant2 range went high enough, but Brillians2 'only' goes up to P800. So using Titan2 after P800 is the way to go if you want to go that fine.

My assumption when people talk about using Titan2 on timber, they are referring to the really fine P800+ grades which are not available in Rubin or Brilliant2.

Then there is Platin2 which goes up to 4000. After that.... let the microscopic particles floating in the currents of the air which pass by your workpiece do any further and finer 'sanding'.